diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4d050f890..2cc7009f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - core: `Guest#capability?` now works with strings as well
   - core: Fix NoMethodError in the new `Vagrant.has_plugin?` method [GH-2189]
   - core: Convert forwarded port parameters to integers. [GH-2173]
+  - core: Don't spike CPU to 100% while waiting for machine to boot. [GH-2163]
   - hosts/arch: NFS exporting works properly, no exceptions. [GH-2161]
   - hosts/bsd: Use only `sudo` for writing NFS exports. This lets NFS
     exports work if you have sudo privs but not `su`. [GH-2191]
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/wait_for_communicator.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/wait_for_communicator.rb
index 4748273e7..f2b7e8408 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/wait_for_communicator.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin/wait_for_communicator.rb
@@ -34,12 +34,18 @@ module Vagrant
             # Otherwise, periodically verify the VM isn't in a bad state.
             while true
               state = env[:machine].provider.state.id
+
               # Used to report invalid states
               Thread.current[:last_known_state] = state
+
+              # Check if we have the proper state so we can break out
               if !@states.include?(state)
                 Thread.current[:result] = false
                 break
               end
+
+              # Sleep a bit so we don't hit 100% CPU constantly.
+              sleep 1
             end
           end
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/communicator.rb b/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/communicator.rb
index 2f4d0b590..1ac8ef1bb 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/communicator.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/plugin/v2/communicator.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module Vagrant
             Timeout.timeout(duration) do
               while true
                 return true if ready?
-                sleep 0.2
+                sleep 0.5
               end
             end
           rescue Timeout::Error