diff --git a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
index 733ed72ac..bff5b1c98 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ module Vagrant
   # etc. In day-to-day usage, every `vagrant` invocation typically
   # leads to a single Vagrant environment.
   class Environment
+    autoload :Remote, "vagrant/environment/remote"
+
     # This is the current version that this version of Vagrant is
     # compatible with in the home directory.
     #
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/environment/remote.rb b/lib/vagrant/environment/remote.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..158b32d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/environment/remote.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module Vagrant
+  class Environment
+    module Remote
+
+      def self.prepended(klass)
+        klass.class_eval do
+          attr_reader :client
+        end
+      end
+
+      def initialize(opts={})
+        super
+        @client = opts[:client]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end