diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb
index 607909a4e..7bc8ceca0 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/chef/provisioner/base.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           # Checks for the existence of chef binary and error if it
           # doesn't exist.
           if windows?
-            command = "if ((&'#{binary}' -v) -Match 'Chef: *'){ exit 0 } else { exit 1 }"
+            command = "if ((&'#{binary}' -v) -Match 'Chef*'){ exit 0 } else { exit 1 }"
           else
             command = "sh -c 'command -v #{binary}'"
           end