diff --git a/internal/core/target.go b/internal/core/target.go
index 0ecc8b744..2a19b6aef 100644
--- a/internal/core/target.go
+++ b/internal/core/target.go
@@ -609,6 +609,13 @@ func WithProject(p *Project) TargetOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func WithTargetProjectRef(p *vagrant_plugin_sdk.Ref_Project) TargetOption {
+	return func(t *Target) (err error) {
+		t.target.Project = p
+		return
+	}
+}
+
 // Set a vagrantfile instance on target
 func WithTargetVagrantfile(v *Vagrantfile) TargetOption {
 	return func(t *Target) (err error) {
diff --git a/internal/core/vagrantfile.go b/internal/core/vagrantfile.go
index fd786155c..5812feaf1 100644
--- a/internal/core/vagrantfile.go
+++ b/internal/core/vagrantfile.go
@@ -544,12 +544,15 @@ func (v *Vagrantfile) TargetConfig(
 	if err != nil {
 		// If we failed to get the subvm value, then we want to
 		// just load the target directly so it can generate
-		v.logger.Warn("failed to get subvm",
+		v.logger.Warn("failed to get target",
 			"name", name,
 			"error", err,
 		)
 
-		t, err := v.factory.NewTarget(WithTargetName(name))
+		t, err := v.factory.NewTarget(
+			WithTargetName(name),
+			WithTargetProjectRef(v.targetSource),
+		)
 		if err != nil {
 			if status.Code(err) != codes.NotFound {
 				return nil, err