diff --git a/bin/vagrant b/bin/vagrant
index 6f53a27bb..2e12f0d76 100755
--- a/bin/vagrant
+++ b/bin/vagrant
@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@
 # initializing which have historically resulted in stack traces.
 Signal.trap("INT") { abort }
 
+# Split arguments by "--" if its there, we'll recombine them later
+argv = ARGV.dup
+argv_extra = []
+if idx = argv.index("--")
+  argv_extra = argv.slice(idx+1, argv.length-2)
+  argv = argv.slice(0, idx)
+end
+
 # Fast path the version of Vagrant
 if argv.include?("-v") || argv.include?("--version")
+  require "vagrant/version"
   puts "Vagrant #{Vagrant::VERSION}"
   exit 0
 end
@@ -23,14 +32,6 @@ if !ENV["VAGRANT_INTERNAL_BUNDLERIZED"]
   raise "Fatal error: this line should never be reached"
 end
 
-# Split arguments by "--" if its there, we'll recombine them later
-argv = ARGV.dup
-argv_extra = []
-if idx = argv.index("--")
-  argv_extra = argv.slice(idx+1, argv.length-2)
-  argv = argv.slice(0, idx)
-end
-
 # Set logging level to `debug`. This is done before loading 'vagrant', as it
 # sets up the logging system.
 if argv.include?("--debug")