diff --git a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
index 9d81517cb..35c185a49 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo.rb
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ module Vagrant
       end
 
       def setup_solo_config
-        solo_file = <<-solo
-file_cache_path "#{env.config.chef.provisioning_path}"
-cookbook_path #{cookbooks_path}
-solo
+        solo_file = TemplateRenderer.render("chef_solo_solo", {
+          :provisioning_path => env.config.chef.provisioning_path,
+          :cookbooks_path => cookbooks_path
+        })
 
         logger.info "Uploading chef-solo configuration script..."
         env.ssh.upload!(StringIO.new(solo_file), File.join(env.config.chef.provisioning_path, "solo.rb"))
diff --git a/templates/chef_solo_solo.erb b/templates/chef_solo_solo.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a615a2960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/chef_solo_solo.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+file_cache_path "<%= provisioning_path %>"
+cookbook_path <%= cookbooks_path %>
diff --git a/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb b/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb
index 2bc738e97..6b6f53aad 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/provisioners/chef_solo_test.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ config
     end
 
     should "upload this file as solo.rb to the provisioning folder" do
+      Vagrant::Util::TemplateRenderer.expects(:render).returns("foo")
       @action.expects(:cookbooks_path).returns("cookbooks")
       StringIO.expects(:new).returns("foo")
       File.expects(:join).with(@env.config.chef.provisioning_path, "solo.rb").once.returns("bar")