diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 196b79026..5db495165 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     problems due to file permissions. [GH-748]
   - FreeBSD guests can now have their hostnames changed. [GH-757]
   - FreeBSD guests now support host only networking and bridged networking. [GH-762]
+  - `VM#run_action` is now public so plugin-devs can hook into it.
 
 ## 0.9.7 (February 9, 2012)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
index db00647b6..2959a881b 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
@@ -181,8 +181,6 @@ module Vagrant
       @_ui
     end
 
-    protected
-
     def run_action(name, options=nil)
       options = {
         :vm => self,