diff --git a/lib/vagrant/machine/remote.rb b/lib/vagrant/machine/remote.rb
index f38c6d745..d52bcdb36 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/machine/remote.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/machine/remote.rb
@@ -313,11 +313,16 @@ module Vagrant
           impl = :virtualbox
           sf = Vagrant::Plugin::Remote::SyncedFolder.new(client: f[:plugin])
           # Set plugin, guestpath and hostpath from synced folder info
-          folders[impl] = {f[:folder][:destination] => f[:folder].merge({
+          new_folder = {f[:folder][:destination] => f[:folder].merge({
             plugin: sf,
             guestpath: f[:folder][:destination],
             hostpath: f[:folder][:source],
           })}
+          if folders[impl]
+            folders[impl].merge!(new_folder)
+          else
+            folders[impl] = new_folder
+          end
         end
         folders
       end
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/machine/remote_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/machine/remote_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79e3b39a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/machine/remote_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@
+require File.expand_path("../../../base", __FILE__)
+
+describe Vagrant::Machine::Remote do
+  include_context "unit"
+
+  let(:klass) { Class.new(Vagrant::Machine).tap { |c| c.prepend(described_class) }}
+
+  # == Machine Setup
+  #
+  # This setup is all copied from Vagrant::Machine unit tests - the only
+  # difference is the above klass is used so we can prepend the remote stuff
+
+  let(:name)     { "foo" }
+  let(:provider) { new_provider_mock }
+  let(:provider_cls) do
+    obj = double("provider_cls")
+    allow(obj).to receive(:new).and_return(provider)
+    obj
+  end
+  let(:provider_config) { Object.new }
+  let(:provider_name) { :test }
+  let(:provider_options) { {} }
+  let(:base)     { false }
+  let(:box) do
+    double("box").tap do |b|
+      allow(b).to receive(:name).and_return("foo")
+      allow(b).to receive(:provider).and_return(:dummy)
+      allow(b).to receive(:version).and_return("1.0")
+    end
+  end
+
+  let(:config)   { env.vagrantfile.config }
+  let(:data_dir) { Pathname.new(Dir.mktmpdir("vagrant-machine-data-dir")) }
+  let(:env)      do
+    # We need to create a Vagrantfile so that this test environment
+    # has a proper root path
+    test_env.vagrantfile("")
+
+    # Create the Vagrant::Environment instance
+    test_env.create_vagrant_env
+  end
+
+  let(:test_env) { isolated_environment }
+
+  let(:instance) { new_instance }
+
+  after do
+    FileUtils.rm_rf(data_dir) if data_dir
+  end
+
+  subject { instance }
+
+  def new_provider_mock
+    double("provider").tap do |obj|
+      allow(obj).to receive(:_initialize)
+        .with(provider_name, anything).and_return(nil)
+      allow(obj).to receive(:machine_id_changed).and_return(nil)
+      allow(obj).to receive(:state).and_return(Vagrant::MachineState.new(
+        :created, "", ""))
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Returns a new instance with the test data
+  def new_instance
+    klass.new(name, provider_name, provider_cls, provider_config,
+                        provider_options, config, data_dir, box,
+                        env, env.vagrantfile, base)
+  end
+
+  # == Machine::Remote Setup
+  #
+  # Now we do the setup that's specific to the remote module.
+  let(:client) { double(:client) }
+
+
+  before do
+    allow(env).to receive(:get_target) { client }
+    allow(client).to receive(:box) { box }
+    allow(client).to receive(:data_dir) { data_dir }
+  end
+
+  describe "#synced_folders" do
+    it "gets the synced_folders from the client" do
+      expect(client).to receive(:synced_folders) { [] }
+      subject.synced_folders
+    end
+
+    it "returns a hash with synced_folders returned from the client" do
+      synced_folder_clients = [
+        {
+          plugin: double("plugin"),
+          folder: {
+            disabled: false,
+            source: "/some/source",
+            destination: "/some/destination",
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+      allow(client).to receive(:synced_folders) { synced_folder_clients }
+
+      output = subject.synced_folders
+
+      expect(output).to match(
+        virtualbox: a_hash_including(
+          "/some/destination" => a_hash_including(
+            disabled: false,
+            guestpath: "/some/destination",
+            hostpath: "/some/source",
+            plugin: an_instance_of(Vagrant::Plugin::Remote::SyncedFolder),
+          )
+        )
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "works with multiple folders for a given impl" do
+      synced_folder_clients = [
+        {
+          plugin: double("pluginone"),
+          folder: {
+            disabled: false,
+            source: "/one",
+            destination: "/first",
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          plugin: double("plugintwo"),
+          folder: {
+            disabled: false,
+            source: "/two",
+            destination: "/second",
+          }
+        },
+      ]
+      allow(client).to receive(:synced_folders) { synced_folder_clients }
+
+      output = subject.synced_folders
+
+      expect(output).to match(
+        virtualbox: a_hash_including(
+          "/first" => a_hash_including(
+            disabled: false,
+            guestpath: "/first",
+            hostpath: "/one",
+            plugin: an_instance_of(Vagrant::Plugin::Remote::SyncedFolder),
+          ),
+          "/second" => a_hash_including(
+            disabled: false,
+            guestpath: "/second",
+            hostpath: "/two",
+            plugin: an_instance_of(Vagrant::Plugin::Remote::SyncedFolder),
+          ),
+        )
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "skips disabled folders" do
+      synced_folder_clients = [
+        {
+          plugin: double("pluginone"),
+          folder: {
+            disabled: true,
+            source: "/notme",
+            destination: "/noway",
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          plugin: double("plugintwo"),
+          folder: {
+            disabled: false,
+            source: "/yesme",
+            destination: "/pickme",
+          }
+        },
+      ]
+      allow(client).to receive(:synced_folders) { synced_folder_clients }
+
+      output = subject.synced_folders
+
+      expect(output).to match(
+        virtualbox: a_hash_including(
+          "/pickme" => a_hash_including(
+            disabled: false,
+            guestpath: "/pickme",
+            hostpath: "/yesme",
+            plugin: an_instance_of(Vagrant::Plugin::Remote::SyncedFolder),
+          ),
+        )
+      )
+      expect(output[:virtualbox]).to_not have_key("/noway")
+    end
+  end
+end