diff --git a/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper.rb b/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper.rb
index c5bf8cbda..9763d77eb 100644
--- a/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper.rb
+++ b/plugins/synced_folders/rsync/helper.rb
@@ -122,13 +122,24 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           machine.ui.info(I18n.t(
             "vagrant.rsync_folder_excludes", excludes: excludes.inspect))
         end
+        if opts.include?(:verbose)
+          machine.ui.info(I18n.t("vagrant.rsync_showing_output"));
+        end
 
         # If we have tasks to do before rsyncing, do those.
         if machine.guest.capability?(:rsync_pre)
           machine.guest.capability(:rsync_pre, opts)
         end
 
-        r = Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.execute(*(command + [command_opts]))
+        if opts.include?(:verbose)
+	  command_opts[:notify] = [ :stdout, :stderr ];
+          r = Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.execute(*(command + [command_opts])) { 
+            |io_name,data| data.each_line { |line| machine.ui.info("rsync[#{io_name}] -> #{line}") } 
+          }
+        else
+          r = Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.execute(*(command + [command_opts]))
+        end
+
         if r.exit_code != 0
           raise Vagrant::Errors::RSyncError,
             command: command.join(" "),
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index 554e6a01c..f96fb9312 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ en:
       The provider ('%{provider}') for the machine '%{name}' is
       using a proxy machine. RSync will sync to this proxy
       instead of directly to the environment itself.
+    rsync_showing_output: "Showing rsync output..."
     rsync_ssh_password: |-
       The machine you're rsyncing folders to is configured to use
       password-based authentication. Vagrant can't script rsync to automatically
diff --git a/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/rsync.html.md b/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/rsync.html.md
index 0d242676e..6281dc07a 100644
--- a/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/rsync.html.md
+++ b/website/docs/source/v2/synced-folders/rsync.html.md
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ The rsync synced folder type accepts the following options:
   pattern. By default, the ".vagrant/" directory is excluded. We recommend
   excluding revision control directories such as ".git/" as well.
 
+* `rsync__verbose` (boolean) - If true, then the output from the rsync
+  process will be echoed to the console. The output of rsync is subject
+  to rsync__args of course. By default, this is false.
+
 ## Example
 
 The following is an example of using RSync to sync a folder: