diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/host.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/host.rb
index 23d59f7d2..54928bdfc 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/host.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner/host.rb
@@ -147,20 +147,23 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           @machine.env.active_machines.each do |am|
             begin
               m = @machine.env.machine(*am)
+
+              # Call only once the SSH and WinRM info computation
+              # Note that machines configured with WinRM communicator, also have a "partial" ssh_info.
               m_ssh_info = m.ssh_info
-              if !m_ssh_info.nil?
-                forced_ssh_user = ""
-                if config.force_remote_user
-                  forced_ssh_user = "ansible_ssh_user='#{m_ssh_info[:username]}' "
-                end
-                machines += "#{m.name} ansible_ssh_host=#{m_ssh_info[:host]} ansible_ssh_port=#{m_ssh_info[:port]} #{forced_ssh_user}ansible_ssh_private_key_file='#{m_ssh_info[:private_key_path][0]}'\n"
+              if m.config.vm.communicator == :winrm
+                m_winrm_net_info = CommunicatorWinRM::Helper.winrm_info(m) # can raise a WinRMNotReady exception...
+                machines += get_inventory_winrm_machine(m, m_winrm_net_info)
+                @inventory_machines[m.name] = m
+              elsif !m_ssh_info.nil?
+                machines += get_inventory_ssh_machine(m, m_ssh_info)
                 @inventory_machines[m.name] = m
               else
                 @logger.error("Auto-generated inventory: Impossible to get SSH information for machine '#{m.name} (#{m.provider_name})'. This machine should be recreated.")
                 # Let a note about this missing machine
                 machines += "# MISSING: '#{m.name}' machine was probably removed without using Vagrant. This machine should be recreated.\n"
               end
-            rescue Vagrant::Errors::MachineNotFound => e
+            rescue Vagrant::Errors::MachineNotFound, CommunicatorWinRM::Errors::WinRMNotReady => e
               @logger.info("Auto-generated inventory: Skip machine '#{am[0]} (#{am[1]})', which is not configured for this Vagrant environment.")
             end
           end
@@ -168,6 +171,24 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           return machines
         end
 
+        def get_inventory_ssh_machine(machine, ssh_info)
+          forced_remote_user = ""
+          if config.force_remote_user
+            forced_remote_user = "ansible_ssh_user='#{ssh_info[:username]}' "
+          end
+
+          "#{machine.name} ansible_ssh_host=#{ssh_info[:host]} ansible_ssh_port=#{ssh_info[:port]} #{forced_remote_user}ansible_ssh_private_key_file='#{ssh_info[:private_key_path][0]}'\n"
+        end
+
+        def get_inventory_winrm_machine(machine, winrm_net_info)
+          forced_remote_user = ""
+          if config.force_remote_user
+            forced_remote_user = "ansible_ssh_user='#{machine.config.winrm.username}' "
+          end
+
+          "#{machine.name} ansible_connection=winrm ansible_ssh_host=#{winrm_net_info[:host]} ansible_ssh_port=#{winrm_net_info[:port]} #{forced_remote_user}ansible_ssh_pass='#{machine.config.winrm.password}'\n"
+        end
+
         def ansible_ssh_args
           @ansible_ssh_args ||= prepare_ansible_ssh_args
         end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
index 94626389a..55b40cd18 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner_test.rb
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ VF
       }
     end
 
-    it "enables '#{expected_transport_mode}' transport mode" do
+    it "enables '#{expected_transport_mode}' as default transport mode" do
       expect(Vagrant::Util::Subprocess).to receive(:execute).with { |*args|
         index = args.rindex("--connection=#{expected_transport_mode}")
         expect(index).to be > 0
@@ -373,6 +373,56 @@ VF
       end
     end
 
+    context "with winrm communicator" do
+
+      let(:iso_winrm_env) do
+        env = isolated_environment
+        env.vagrantfile <<-VF
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+  config.winrm.username = 'winner'
+  config.winrm.password = 'winword'
+  config.winrm.transport = :ssl
+
+  config.vm.define :machine1 do |machine|
+    machine.vm.box = "winbox"
+    machine.vm.communicator = :winrm
+  end
+end
+VF
+        env.create_vagrant_env
+      end
+
+      let(:machine) { iso_winrm_env.machine(iso_winrm_env.machine_names[0], :dummy) }
+
+      it_should_set_arguments_and_environment_variables
+
+      it "generates an inventory with winrm connection settings" do
+
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::Subprocess).to receive(:execute).with { |*args|
+          expect(config.inventory_path).to be_nil
+          expect(File.exists?(generated_inventory_file)).to be_true
+          inventory_content = File.read(generated_inventory_file)
+
+          expect(inventory_content).to include("machine1 ansible_connection=winrm ansible_ssh_host=127.0.0.1 ansible_ssh_port=55986 ansible_ssh_user='winner' ansible_ssh_pass='winword'\n")
+        }
+      end
+
+      describe "with force_remote_user option disabled" do
+        before do
+          config.force_remote_user = false
+        end
+
+        it "doesn't set the ansible remote user in inventory and use '--user' argument with the vagrant ssh username" do
+          expect(Vagrant::Util::Subprocess).to receive(:execute).with { |*args|
+            inventory_content = File.read(generated_inventory_file)
+
+            expect(inventory_content).to include("machine1 ansible_connection=winrm ansible_ssh_host=127.0.0.1 ansible_ssh_port=55986 ansible_ssh_pass='winword'\n")
+            expect(args).to include("--user=testuser")
+          }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     describe "with inventory_path option" do
       before do
         config.inventory_path = existing_file