diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2055ce001..dc6ac2a8b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
     functionality removed in 1.1 from "config.dotfile_name" [GH-1524]
   - Vagrant will show an error if VirtualBox 4.2.14 is running.
   - Added provider to BoxNotFound error message. [GH-1692]
+  - If Ansible fails to run properly, show an error message. [GH-1699]
 
 BUG FIXES:
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/errors.rb b/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
index 0999a820f..2d409a17f 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/errors.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ module Vagrant
       error_key(:active_machine_with_different_provider)
     end
 
+    class AnsibleFailed < VagrantError
+      error_key(:ansible_failed)
+    end
+
     class AnsiblePlaybookAppNotFound < VagrantError
       error_key(:ansible_playbook_app_not_found)
     end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
index aeafd86a9..1142b57cc 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/provisioner.rb
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         }
 
         begin
-          Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.execute(*command) do |type, data|
+          exit_status = Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.execute(*command) do |type, data|
             if type == :stdout || type == :stderr
               @machine.env.ui.info(data, :new_line => false, :prefix => false)
             end
           end
+
+          raise Vagrant::Errors::AnsibleFailed if exit_status != 0
         rescue Vagrant::Util::Subprocess::LaunchError
           raise Vagrant::Errors::AnsiblePlaybookAppNotFound
         end
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index df79cf17c..29252e576 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ en:
         Machine name: %{name}
         Active provider: %{active_provider}
         Requested provider: %{requested_provider}
+      ansible_failed: |-
+        Ansible failed to complete successfully. Any error output should be
+        visible above. Please fix these errors and try again.
       ansible_playbook_app_not_found: |-
         The "ansible-playbook" program could not be found! Please verify
         that "ansible-playbook" is available on the PATH of your host