diff --git a/builtin/httpdownloader/downloader/downloader.go b/builtin/httpdownloader/downloader/downloader.go
index a597bb37c..dfcdfbcb5 100644
--- a/builtin/httpdownloader/downloader/downloader.go
+++ b/builtin/httpdownloader/downloader/downloader.go
@@ -1,21 +1,38 @@
 package downloader
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-sdk/component"
 )
 
+// Type is an enum of all the available http methods
+type HTTPMethod int64
+
+const (
+	GET HTTPMethod = iota
+	DELETE
+	HEAD
+	POST
+	PUT
+)
+
 type Downloader struct {
 	config DownloaderConfig
 }
 
 type DownloaderConfig struct {
-	Src     string
-	Dest    string
-	Headers http.Header
+	Dest           string
+	Headers        http.Header
+	Method         HTTPMethod
+	RetryCount     int
+	RequestBody    []byte
+	Src            string
+	UrlQueryParams map[string]string
 }
 
 // Config implements Configurable
@@ -28,15 +45,49 @@ func (d *Downloader) DownloadFunc() interface{} {
 }
 
 func (d *Downloader) Download() (err error) {
-	client := &http.Client{}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", d.config.Src, nil)
+	client := retryablehttp.NewClient()
+	client.RetryMax = d.config.RetryCount
+	var req *retryablehttp.Request
+
+	// Create request with request body if one is provided
+	if d.config.RequestBody != nil {
+		req, err = retryablehttp.NewRequest(
+			d.config.Method.String(), d.config.Src, bytes.NewBuffer(d.config.RequestBody),
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		// If no request body is provided then create an empty request
+		req, err = retryablehttp.NewRequest(
+			d.config.Method.String(), d.config.Src, nil,
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Add query params if provided
+	if d.config.UrlQueryParams != nil {
+		q := req.URL.Query()
+		for k, v := range d.config.UrlQueryParams {
+			q.Add(k, v)
+		}
+		req.URL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
+	}
+
+	// Set headers
 	req.Header = d.config.Headers
+	// Add headers to redirects
+	client.HTTPClient.CheckRedirect = func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
+		for key, val := range via[0].Header {
+			req.Header[key] = val
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
 	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/builtin/httpdownloader/downloader/httpmethod_string.go b/builtin/httpdownloader/downloader/httpmethod_string.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eda8a71a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/httpdownloader/downloader/httpmethod_string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Code generated by "stringer -type=HTTPMethod -linecomment ./downloader"; DO NOT EDIT.
+
+package downloader
+
+import "strconv"
+
+func _() {
+	// An "invalid array index" compiler error signifies that the constant values have changed.
+	// Re-run the stringer command to generate them again.
+	var x [1]struct{}
+	_ = x[GET-0]
+	_ = x[DELETE-1]
+	_ = x[HEAD-2]
+	_ = x[POST-3]
+	_ = x[PUT-4]
+}
+
+const _HTTPMethod_name = "GETDELETEHEADPOSTPUT"
+
+var _HTTPMethod_index = [...]uint8{0, 3, 9, 13, 17, 20}
+
+func (i HTTPMethod) String() string {
+	if i < 0 || i >= HTTPMethod(len(_HTTPMethod_index)-1) {
+		return "HTTPMethod(" + strconv.FormatInt(int64(i), 10) + ")"
+	}
+	return _HTTPMethod_name[_HTTPMethod_index[i]:_HTTPMethod_index[i+1]]
+}
diff --git a/builtin/httpdownloader/main.go b/builtin/httpdownloader/main.go
index 7dfbf1f7f..34385401d 100644
--- a/builtin/httpdownloader/main.go
+++ b/builtin/httpdownloader/main.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/builtin/httpdownloader/downloader"
 )
 
-//go:generate protoc -I ../../.. --go_opt=plugins=grpc --go_out=../../.. vagrant-ruby/builtin/httpdownloader/proto/plugin.proto
+//go:generate stringer -type=HTTPMethod -linecomment ./downloader
 
 var PluginOptions = []sdk.Option{
 	sdk.WithComponents(
diff --git a/internal/plugin/manager.go b/internal/plugin/manager.go
index 7a12ce9a4..cd42bf409 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/manager.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/manager.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var (
 		component.MapperType,
 		component.PluginInfoType,
 		component.PushType,
+		component.DownloaderType,
 	}
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/plugin/plugin.go b/internal/plugin/plugin.go
index 092d092ac..c27f8d398 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-sdk/core"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-sdk/internal-shared/cacher"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-sdk/internal-shared/cleanup"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/builtin/filedownloader"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/builtin/httpdownloader"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/builtin/myplugin"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/vagrant/builtin/otherplugin"
 )
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 	Builtins = map[string][]sdk.Option{
 		"myplugin":       myplugin.CommandOptions,
 		"otherplugin":    otherplugin.CommandOptions,
-		"filedownloader": filedownloader.PluginOptions,
+		"httpdownloader": httpdownloader.PluginOptions,
 	}
 )