diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm.rb b/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm.rb
index 25bc74762..e7196a8ea 100644
--- a/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm.rb
+++ b/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm.rb
@@ -772,8 +772,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             next
           end
 
-          provisioner_names = @provisioners.map { |i| i.name if i.name != vm_provisioner.name }.reject(&:nil?)
-          provisioner_errors = vm_provisioner.validate(machine, provisioner_names)
+          provisioner_errors = vm_provisioner.validate(machine, @provisioners)
           if provisioner_errors
             errors = Vagrant::Config::V2::Util.merge_errors(errors, provisioner_errors)
           end
diff --git a/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm_provisioner.rb b/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm_provisioner.rb
index 9ba6f639d..61f16ba4b 100644
--- a/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm_provisioner.rb
+++ b/plugins/kernel_v2/config/vm_provisioner.rb
@@ -108,11 +108,13 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       # Validates the before/after options
       #
       # @param [Vagrant::Machine] machine - machine to validate against
-      # @param [Array<Symbol>] provisioner_names - Names of provisioners for a given machine
+      # @param [Array] provisioners - Array of defined provisioners for the guest machine
       # @return [Array] array of strings of error messages from config option validation
-      def validate(machine, provisioner_names)
+      def validate(machine, provisioners)
         errors = _detected_errors
 
+        provisioner_names = provisioners.map { |i| i.name if i.name != name }.reject(&:nil?)
+
         if @before
           if !VALID_BEFORE_AFTER_TYPES.include?(@before)
             if @before.is_a?(Symbol) && !VALID_BEFORE_AFTER_TYPES.include?(@before)
@@ -128,6 +130,14 @@ module VagrantPlugins
                                action: "before",
                                provisioner_name: @name)
             end
+
+            dep_prov = provisioners.map { |i| i if i.name.to_s == @before && (i.before || i.after) }.reject(&:nil?)
+
+            if !dep_prov.empty?
+              errors << I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.base.dependency_provisioner_dependency",
+                               name: @name,
+                               dep_name: dep_prov.first.name.to_s)
+            end
           end
         end
 
@@ -146,6 +156,13 @@ module VagrantPlugins
                                action: "after",
                                provisioner_name: @name)
             end
+
+            dep_prov = provisioners.map { |i| i if i.name.to_s == @after && (i.before || i.after) }.reject(&:nil?)
+            if !dep_prov.empty?
+              errors << I18n.t("vagrant.provisioners.base.dependency_provisioner_dependency",
+                               name: @name,
+                               dep_name: dep_prov.first.name.to_s)
+            end
           end
         end
 
diff --git a/templates/locales/en.yml b/templates/locales/en.yml
index f850324c6..5629125d3 100644
--- a/templates/locales/en.yml
+++ b/templates/locales/en.yml
@@ -2487,6 +2487,8 @@ en:
 
     provisioners:
       base:
+        dependency_provisioner_dependency: |-
+          Dependency provisioner "%{name}" relies on another dependency provisioner "%{dep_name}". This is currently not supported.
         invalid_alias_value: |-
           Provisioner option `%{opt}` is not set as a valid type. Must be a string, or one of the alias shortcuts: %{alias}
         missing_provisioner_name: |-