diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builder.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builder.rb
index 7873e9ecc..2da948214 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builder.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builder.rb
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ module Vagrant
       # @param [Class] middleware The middleware class
       def use(middleware, *args, &block)
         if middleware.kind_of?(Builder)
+          # Prepend with a environment setter if args are given
+          self.use(Env::Set, *args, &block) if !args.empty? && args.first.is_a?(Hash)
+
           # Merge in the other builder's stack into our own
           self.stack.concat(middleware.stack)
         else
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ module Vagrant
       def to_app(env)
         # Prepend the error halt task so errneous environments are halted
         # before the chain even begins.
-        items = stack.dup.unshift([ErrorHalt, [], nil])
+        items = stack.dup.unshift([Env::ErrorHalt, [], nil])
 
         # Convert each middleware into a lambda which takes the next
         # middleware.
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/env/error_halt.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/env/error_halt.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..570b693ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/env/error_halt.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module Vagrant
+  class Action
+    module Env
+      # A middleware which simply halts if the environment is erroneous.
+      class ErrorHalt
+        def initialize(app,env)
+          @app = app
+        end
+
+        def call(env)
+          @app.call(env) if !env.error?
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/env/set.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/env/set.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd88fe5cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/env/set.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module Vagrant
+  class Action
+    module Env
+      # A middleware which just sets up the environment with some
+      # options which are passed to it.
+      class Set
+        def initialize(app,env,options=nil)
+          @app = app
+          env.merge!(options || {})
+        end
+
+        def call(env)
+          @app.call(env)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/error_halt.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/error_halt.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c4411659..000000000
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/error_halt.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-module Vagrant
-  class Action
-    # A middleware which simply halts if the environment is erroneous.
-    class ErrorHalt
-      def initialize(app,env)
-        @app = app
-      end
-
-      def call(env)
-        @app.call(env) if !env.error?
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/builder_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/builder_test.rb
index e4c1dc17c..80624ca57 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/builder_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/builder_test.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ class ActionBuilderTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         @instance.use other
         assert_equal 3, @instance.stack.length
       end
+
+      should "prepend a set environment task for merging middlewares if given" do
+        other = @klass.new do
+          use 1
+        end
+
+        @instance.use 0
+        @instance.use(other, :foo => :bar)
+        assert_equal 3, @instance.stack.length
+        assert_equal Vagrant::Action::Env::Set, @instance.stack[1].first
+      end
     end
 
     context "flatten" do
@@ -156,7 +167,7 @@ class ActionBuilderTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
         middleware.expects(:new).with(anything, env).returns(result)
         @instance.use middleware
         result = @instance.to_app(env)
-        assert result.kind_of?(Vagrant::Action::ErrorHalt)
+        assert result.kind_of?(Vagrant::Action::Env::ErrorHalt)
       end
 
       should "make non-classes lambdas" do
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/error_halt_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/env/error_halt_test.rb
similarity index 68%
rename from test/vagrant/action/error_halt_test.rb
rename to test/vagrant/action/env/error_halt_test.rb
index 4f3af8771..c34a010e0 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/action/error_halt_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/env/error_halt_test.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'test_helper')
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', '..', 'test_helper')
 
-class ErrorHaltTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+class ErrorHaltEnvActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   setup do
-    @klass = Vagrant::Action::ErrorHalt
+    @klass = Vagrant::Action::Env::ErrorHalt
     @app, @env = mock_action_data
     @instance = @klass.new(@app, @env)
   end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/action/env/set_test.rb b/test/vagrant/action/env/set_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15da49de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vagrant/action/env/set_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', '..', 'test_helper')
+
+class SetEnvActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  setup do
+    @klass = Vagrant::Action::Env::Set
+    @app, @env = mock_action_data
+  end
+
+  should "merge in the given options" do
+    @klass.new(@app, @env, :foo => :bar)
+    assert_equal :bar, @env[:foo]
+  end
+
+  should "not merge in anything if not given" do
+    @klass.new(@app, @env)
+    assert @env.empty?
+  end
+
+  should "just continue the chain" do
+    @app.expects(:call).with(@env)
+    @klass.new(@app, @env).call(@env)
+  end
+end