diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f345f91dd..8b24816a2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
 
   - core: Support resumable downloads [GH-57]
   - core: owner/group of shared folders can be specified by integers. [GH-2390]
+  - core: the VAGRANT\_NO\_COLOR environmental variable may be used to enable
+    `--no-color` mode globally. [GH-2261]
   - commands/init: Add `--output` option for specifing output path, or
     "-" for stdin. [GH-1364]
   - commands/provision: Add `--no-parallel` option to disable provider
diff --git a/bin/vagrant b/bin/vagrant
index d92ce936c..a0ea90f3d 100755
--- a/bin/vagrant
+++ b/bin/vagrant
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ opts = {}
 #   * STDOUT is not a TTY
 #   * The terminal doesn't support colors (Windows)
 #
-if ARGV.include?("--no-color") or ENV["VAGRANT_NOCOLOR"]
+if ARGV.include?("--no-color") || ENV["VAGRANT_NO_COLOR"]
   # Delete the argument from the list so that it doesn't
   # cause any invalid arguments down the road.
   ARGV.delete("--no-color")