diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e72155d95..2af337298 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - When there is no route to host for SSH, re-establish a new connection.
   - `vagrant package` once again works, no more nil error. [GH-1423]
   - Human friendly error when "metadata.json" is missing in a box.
+  - Don't use the full path to the manifest file with the Puppet provisioner
+    because it exposes a bug with Puppet path lookup on VMware.
 
 ## 1.1.0 (March 14, 2013)
 
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
index 11a794a6b..5133ae318 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/puppet/provisioner/puppet.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           root_path = @machine.env.root_path
           @expanded_manifests_path = @config.expanded_manifests_path(root_path)
           @expanded_module_paths   = @config.expanded_module_paths(root_path)
-          @manifest_file           = File.join(manifests_guest_path, @config.manifest_file)
+          @manifest_file           = @config.manifest_file
 
           # Setup the module paths
           @module_paths = []