diff --git a/plugins/hosts/arch/host.rb b/plugins/hosts/arch/host.rb
index 0384eb25e..ed6339689 100644
--- a/plugins/hosts/arch/host.rb
+++ b/plugins/hosts/arch/host.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
   module HostArch
     class Host < Vagrant.plugin("2", :host)
       def detect?(env)
-        File.exist?("/etc/arch-release")
+        File.exist?("/etc/arch-release") && !File.exist?("/etc/artix-release")
       end
     end
   end