diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/down.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/down.rb
index 2e9a7be1e..f8de682cf 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/down.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/down.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ module Vagrant
           @runner.add_action(Halt) if @runner.vm.running?
           @runner.add_action(Destroy)
         end
+
+        def after_halt
+          # This sleep is necessary to wait for the GUI to clean itself up.
+          # There appears to be nothing in the API that does this "wait"
+          # for us.
+          Kernel.sleep(1) if @runner.env.config.vm.boot_mode == "gui"
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/halt.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/halt.rb
index a05fed612..eec860f40 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/halt.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/halt.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ module Vagrant
         def execute!
           raise ActionException.new(:vm_not_running) unless @runner.vm.running?
 
-          logger.info "Forcing shutdown of VM..."
-          @runner.vm.stop
+          @runner.invoke_around_callback(:halt) do
+            logger.info "Forcing shutdown of VM..."
+            @runner.vm.stop
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/down_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/down_test.rb
index 4966d355b..1795addb9 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/down_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/down_test.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', '..', 'test_helper')
 
 class DownActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   setup do
-    @mock_vm, @vm, @action = mock_action(Vagrant::Actions::VM::Down)
+    @runner, @vm, @action = mock_action(Vagrant::Actions::VM::Down)
   end
 
   context "preparing" do
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class DownActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     def setup_action_expectations(order)
       default_seq = sequence("default_seq")
       order.each do |action|
-        @mock_vm.expects(:add_action).with(action).once.in_sequence(default_seq)
+        @runner.expects(:add_action).with(action).once.in_sequence(default_seq)
       end
     end
 
@@ -28,4 +28,18 @@ class DownActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @action.prepare
     end
   end
+
+  context "after halting" do
+    should "sleep if boot mode is GUI" do
+      @runner.env.config.vm.boot_mode = "gui"
+      Kernel.expects(:sleep).once
+      @action.after_halt
+    end
+
+    should "not sleep if boot mode is anything else" do
+      @runner.env.config.vm.boot_mode = "vrdp"
+      Kernel.expects(:sleep).never
+      @action.after_halt
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/halt_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/halt_test.rb
index b08e7ba8b..49470ac44 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/halt_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/halt_test.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ class HaltActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @vm.stubs(:running?).returns(true)
     end
 
+    should "invoke the 'halt' around callback" do
+      halt_seq = sequence("halt_seq")
+      @runner.expects(:invoke_around_callback).with(:halt).once.in_sequence(halt_seq).yields
+      @vm.expects(:stop).in_sequence(halt_seq)
+      @action.execute!
+    end
+
     should "force the VM to stop" do
       @vm.expects(:stop).once
       @action.execute!