diff --git a/lib/vagrant/guest.rb b/lib/vagrant/guest.rb
index c9d1e9af1..575669188 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/guest.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/guest.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ module Vagrant
   class Guest
     include CapabilityHost
 
+    autoload :Remote, "vagrant/guest/remote"
+
     def initialize(machine, guests, capabilities)
       @capabilities = capabilities
       @guests       = guests
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/guest/remote.rb b/lib/vagrant/guest/remote.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0d81541a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/guest/remote.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+module Vagrant
+  class Guest
+    # This module enables Guests for server mode
+    module Remote
+
+      # Add an attribute accesor for the client
+      # when applied to the Guest class
+      def self.prepended(klass)
+        klass.class_eval do
+          attr_accessor :client
+        end
+      end
+
+      def initialize(machine, guests, capabilities)
+        @capabilities = capabilities
+        @guests       = guests
+        @machine      = machine
+        @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::guest")
+      end
+
+      def initialize_capabilities!(host, hosts, capabilities, *args)
+        # no-op
+      end
+
+      def detect!
+        # no-op
+        # This operation not happen in Ruby, instead rely
+        # on getting the guest from the remote machine
+      end
+
+      # Executes the capability with the given name, optionally passing more
+      # arguments onwards to the capability. If the capability returns a value,
+      # it will be returned.
+      #
+      # @param [Symbol] cap_name Name of the capability
+      def capability(cap_name, *args)
+        @logger.debug("running remote guest capability #{cap_name} with args #{args}")
+        if !client.capability?(cap_name)
+          raise Errors::GuestCapabilityNotFound,
+          cap:  cap_name.to_s,
+          guest: name
+        end
+        client.capability(cap_name, @machine.to_proto, *args)
+      end
+
+      # Tests whether the given capability is possible.
+      #
+      # @param [Symbol] cap_name Capability name
+      # @return [Boolean]
+      def capability?(cap_name)
+        @logger.debug("checking for remote guest capability #{cap_name}")
+        client.capability?(cap_name)
+      end
+
+      # Returns the specified or detected guest type name.
+      #
+      # @return [Symbol]
+      def name
+        client.parents[0]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/shared_helpers.rb b/lib/vagrant/shared_helpers.rb
index 7b8c51339..7dcc937b1 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/shared_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/shared_helpers.rb
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ module Vagrant
   end
 
   SERVER_MODE_CALLBACKS = [
+    ->{ Vagrant::Guest.prepend(Vagrant::Guest::Remote) },
     ->{ Vagrant::Machine.prepend(Vagrant::Machine::Remote) },
     ->{ Vagrant::Environment.prepend(Vagrant::Environment::Remote) },
     ->{ Vagrant::MachineIndex.prepend(Vagrant::MachineIndex::Remote) },
diff --git a/plugins/commands/serve/client/guest.rb b/plugins/commands/serve/client/guest.rb
index 3d18cf1e6..3effcce5a 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/serve/client/guest.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/serve/client/guest.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           self.new(connect(proto: g, broker: broker), broker)
         end
 
+        # @return [<String>] parents
+        def parents
+          @logger.debug("getting parents")
+          req = SDK::FuncSpec::Args.new(
+            args: []
+          )
+          res = client.parents(req)
+          @logger.debug("got parents #{res}")
+          res.parents
+        end
+
         # @param [Symbol] cap_name Capability name
         # @return [Boolean]
         def capability?(cap_name)
@@ -34,7 +45,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
             )]
           )
           res = client.has_capability(req)
-          @logger.debug("got resutl #{res}")
+          @logger.debug("got result #{res}")
 
           res.has_capability
         end