diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8855d09e3..3a85af9d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - NFS export allows access from all private networks on the VM. [GH-1204]
   - Default VirtualBox VM name now contains the machine name as defined
     in the Vagrantfile, helping differentiate multi-VM. [GH-1281]
+  - NFS works properly on CentOS hosts. [GH-1394]
 
 ## 1.2.4 (July 16, 2013)
 
diff --git a/plugins/hosts/fedora/host.rb b/plugins/hosts/fedora/host.rb
index 40b1ca33d..29535a79c 100644
--- a/plugins/hosts/fedora/host.rb
+++ b/plugins/hosts/fedora/host.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         if release_file.exist?
           release_file.open("r") do |f|
-            return true if f.gets =~ /^Fedora/
+            contents = f.gets
+            return true if contents =~ /^Fedora/
+            return true if contents =~ /^CentOS/
           end
         end