diff --git a/lib/vagrant/machine.rb b/lib/vagrant/machine.rb
index c5e73b415..884af9503 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/machine.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/machine.rb
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ module Vagrant
       info[:keys_only] ||= @config.ssh.default.keys_only
       info[:paranoid] ||= @config.ssh.default.paranoid
       info[:username] ||= @config.ssh.default.username
+      info[:compression] ||= @config.ssh.default.compression
+      info[:dsa_authentication] ||= @config.ssh.default.dsa_authentication
 
       # We set overrides if they are set. These take precedence over
       # provider-returned data.
@@ -447,6 +449,8 @@ module Vagrant
       info[:port] = @config.ssh.port if @config.ssh.port
       info[:keys_only] = @config.ssh.keys_only
       info[:paranoid] = @config.ssh.paranoid
+      info[:compression] = @config.ssh.compression
+      info[:dsa_authentication] = @config.ssh.dsa_authentication
       info[:username] = @config.ssh.username if @config.ssh.username
       info[:password] = @config.ssh.password if @config.ssh.password
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/util/ssh.rb b/lib/vagrant/util/ssh.rb
index 77cc1e911..45efddfbe 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/util/ssh.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/util/ssh.rb
@@ -107,10 +107,16 @@ module Vagrant
         # Command line options
         command_options = [
           "-p", options[:port].to_s,
-          "-o", "Compression=yes",
-          "-o", "DSAAuthentication=yes",
           "-o", "LogLevel=#{log_level}"]
 
+        if ssh_info[:compression]
+          command_options += ["-o", "Compression=yes"]
+        end
+
+        if ssh_info[:dsa_authentication]
+          command_options += ["-o", "DSAAuthentication=yes"]
+        end
+
         # Solaris/OpenSolaris/Illumos uses SunSSH which doesn't support the
         # IdentitiesOnly option. Also, we don't enable it in plain mode or if
         # if keys_only is false so that SSH and Net::SSH properly search our identities
diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v2/config/ssh_connect.rb b/plugins/kernel_v2/config/ssh_connect.rb
index d4cdba5c3..ba2f3175d 100644
--- a/plugins/kernel_v2/config/ssh_connect.rb
+++ b/plugins/kernel_v2/config/ssh_connect.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       attr_accessor :insert_key
       attr_accessor :keys_only
       attr_accessor :paranoid
+      attr_accessor :compression
+      attr_accessor :dsa_authentication
 
       def initialize
         @host             = UNSET_VALUE
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         @insert_key       = UNSET_VALUE
         @keys_only        = UNSET_VALUE
         @paranoid         = UNSET_VALUE
+        @compression      = UNSET_VALUE
+        @dsa_authentication = UNSET_VALUE
       end
 
       def finalize!
@@ -30,6 +34,8 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         @insert_key       = true if @insert_key == UNSET_VALUE
         @keys_only        = true if @keys_only == UNSET_VALUE
         @paranoid         = false if @paranoid == UNSET_VALUE
+        @compression      = true if @compression == UNSET_VALUE
+        @dsa_authentication = true if @dsa_authentication == UNSET_VALUE
 
         if @private_key_path && !@private_key_path.is_a?(Array)
           @private_key_path = [@private_key_path]
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/util/ssh_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/util/ssh_test.rb
index b2f2f853a..2015bf4aa 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/util/ssh_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/util/ssh_test.rb
@@ -27,4 +27,152 @@ describe Vagrant::Util::SSH do
       expect(key_path.stat.mode).to eq(0100600)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#exec" do
+    let(:ssh_info) {{
+      host: "localhost",
+      port: 2222,
+      username: "vagrant",
+      private_key_path: [temporary_file],
+      compression: true,
+      dsa_authentication: true
+    }}
+
+    it "raises an exception if there is no ssh" do
+      allow(Vagrant::Util::Which).to receive(:which).and_return(nil)
+
+      expect { described_class.exec(ssh_info) }.
+        to raise_error Vagrant::Errors::SSHUnavailable
+    end
+
+    it "raises an exception if there is no ssh and platform is windows" do
+      allow(Vagrant::Util::Which).to receive(:which).and_return(nil)
+      allow(Vagrant::Util::Platform).to receive(:windows?).and_return(true)
+
+      expect { described_class.exec(ssh_info) }.
+        to raise_error Vagrant::Errors::SSHUnavailableWindows
+    end
+
+    it "raises an exception if the platform is windows and uses PuTTY Link" do
+      allow(Vagrant::Util::Platform).to receive(:windows?).and_return(true)
+      allow(Vagrant::Util::Subprocess).to receive(:execute).
+        and_return(double("output", stdout: 'PuTTY Link'))
+
+      expect { described_class.exec(ssh_info) }.
+        to raise_error Vagrant::Errors::SSHIsPuttyLink
+    end
+
+    it "invokes SSH with options if subprocess is not allowed" do
+      allow(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to receive(:exec).and_return(nil)
+
+      expect(described_class.exec(ssh_info)).to eq(nil)
+      expect(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to have_received(:exec)
+        .with("ssh", "vagrant@localhost", "-p", "2222", "-o", "LogLevel=FATAL","-o", "Compression=yes", "-o", "DSAAuthentication=yes", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null", "-i", anything)
+    end
+
+    context "when disabling compression or dsa_authentication flags" do
+      let(:ssh_info) {{
+        host: "localhost",
+        port: 2222,
+        username: "vagrant",
+        private_key_path: [temporary_file],
+        compression: false,
+        dsa_authentication: false
+      }}
+
+      it "does not include compression or dsa_authentication flags if disabled" do
+        allow(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to receive(:exec).and_return(nil)
+
+        expect(described_class.exec(ssh_info)).to eq(nil)
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to have_received(:exec)
+          .with("ssh", "vagrant@localhost", "-p", "2222", "-o", "LogLevel=FATAL", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null", "-i", anything)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when paranoid is true" do
+      let(:ssh_info) {{
+        host: "localhost",
+        port: 2222,
+        username: "vagrant",
+        private_key_path: [temporary_file],
+        paranoid: true
+      }}
+
+      it "does not disable StrictHostKeyChecking or set UserKnownHostsFile" do
+        allow(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to receive(:exec).and_return(nil)
+
+        expect(described_class.exec(ssh_info)).to eq(nil)
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to have_received(:exec)
+          .with("ssh", "vagrant@localhost", "-p", "2222", "-o", "LogLevel=FATAL", "-i", anything)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when not on solaris not using plain mode or with keys_only enabled" do
+      let(:ssh_info) {{
+        host: "localhost",
+        port: 2222,
+        username: "vagrant",
+        private_key_path: [temporary_file],
+        keys_only: true
+      }}
+
+      it "adds IdentitiesOnly as an option for ssh" do
+        allow(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to receive(:exec).and_return(nil)
+        allow(Vagrant::Util::Platform).to receive(:solaris?).and_return(false)
+
+        expect(described_class.exec(ssh_info, {plain_mode: true})).to eq(nil)
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to have_received(:exec)
+          .with("ssh", "localhost", "-p", "2222", "-o", "LogLevel=FATAL", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when forward_x11 is enabled" do
+      let(:ssh_info) {{
+        host: "localhost",
+        port: 2222,
+        username: "vagrant",
+        private_key_path: [temporary_file],
+        forward_x11: true
+      }}
+
+      it "enables ForwardX11 options" do
+        allow(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to receive(:exec).and_return(nil)
+
+        expect(described_class.exec(ssh_info)).to eq(nil)
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to have_received(:exec)
+          .with("ssh", "vagrant@localhost", "-p", "2222", "-o", "LogLevel=FATAL", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null", "-i", anything,"-o", "ForwardX11=yes", "-o", "ForwardX11Trusted=yes")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when forward_agent is enabled" do
+      let(:ssh_info) {{
+        host: "localhost",
+        port: 2222,
+        username: "vagrant",
+        private_key_path: [temporary_file],
+        forward_agent: true
+      }}
+
+      it "enables agent forwarding options" do
+        allow(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to receive(:exec).and_return(nil)
+
+        expect(described_class.exec(ssh_info)).to eq(nil)
+        expect(Vagrant::Util::SafeExec).to have_received(:exec)
+          .with("ssh", "vagrant@localhost", "-p", "2222", "-o", "LogLevel=FATAL", "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no", "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null", "-i", anything,"-o", "ForwardAgent=yes")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with subprocess enabled" do
+      let(:ssh_info) {{
+        host: "localhost",
+        port: 2222,
+        username: "vagrant",
+        private_key_path: [temporary_file],
+      }}
+
+      it "executes SSH in a subprocess with options and returns an exit code Fixnum" do
+        expect(described_class.exec(ssh_info, {subprocess: true})).to be_an(Fixnum)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/website/source/docs/vagrantfile/ssh_settings.html.md b/website/source/docs/vagrantfile/ssh_settings.html.md
index a4acbee31..c6122d248 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/vagrantfile/ssh_settings.html.md
+++ b/website/source/docs/vagrantfile/ssh_settings.html.md
@@ -149,3 +149,11 @@ config.ssh.export_command_template = 'export %ENV_KEY%="%ENV_VALUE%"'
 `config.ssh.sudo_command` - The command to use when executing a command
 with `sudo`. This defaults to `sudo -E -H %c`. The `%c` will be replaced by
 the command that is being executed.
+
+`config.ssh.compression` - If `false`, this setting will not include the
+compression setting when ssh'ing into a machine. If this is not set, it will
+default to `true` and `Compression=yes` will be enabled with ssh.
+
+`config.ssh.dsa_authentication` - If `false`, this setting  will not include
+`DSAAuthentication` when ssh'ing into a machine. If this is not set, it will
+default to `true` and `DSAAuthentication=yes` will be used with ssh.