diff --git a/plugins/commands/login/client.rb b/plugins/commands/login/client.rb
index fb2dd0541..f9b0b037e 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/login/client.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/login/client.rb
@@ -40,15 +40,24 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       # Login logs a user in and returns the token for that user. The token
       # is _not_ stored unless {#store_token} is called.
       #
-      # @param [String] user
-      # @param [String] pass
+      # @param [String] username_or_email
+      # @param [String] password
+      # @param [String] description
       # @return [String] token The access token, or nil if auth failed.
-      def login(user, pass)
-        @logger.info("Logging in '#{user}'")
+      def login(username_or_email, password, description: nil)
+        @logger.info("Logging in '#{username_or_email}'")
 
         with_error_handling do
-          url      = "#{Vagrant.server_url}/api/v1/authenticate"
-          request  = { "user" => { "login" => user, "password" => pass } }
+          url = "#{Vagrant.server_url}/api/v1/authenticate"
+          request = {
+            user: {
+              login: username_or_email,
+              password: password
+            },
+            token: {
+              description: description
+            }
+          }
 
           proxy   = nil
           proxy ||= ENV["HTTPS_PROXY"] || ENV["https_proxy"]
diff --git a/plugins/commands/login/command.rb b/plugins/commands/login/command.rb
index 040bbb03c..fc110b827 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/login/command.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/login/command.rb
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         end
 
         # Ask for the username
-        login    = nil
-        password = nil
+        login       = nil
+        password    = nil
+        description = nil
         while !login
           login = @env.ui.ask("Vagrant Cloud Username: ")
         end
@@ -58,7 +59,14 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           password = @env.ui.ask("Password (will be hidden): ", echo: false)
         end
 
-        token = @client.login(login, password)
+        description_default = "Vagrant login"
+        while !description
+          description =
+            @env.ui.ask("Token description (Defaults to #{description_default.inspect}): ")
+        end
+        description = description_default if description.empty?
+
+        token = @client.login(login, password, description: description)
         if !token
           @env.ui.error(I18n.t("login_command.invalid_login"))
           return 1
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/commands/login/client_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/commands/login/client_test.rb
index 86c53da5d..33436dfd9 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/commands/login/client_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/commands/login/client_test.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::LoginCommand::Client do
           "login" => "foo",
           "password" => "bar",
         },
+        "token" => {
+          "description" => "Token description"
+        }
       }
 
       response = {
@@ -76,7 +79,8 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::LoginCommand::Client do
         with(body: JSON.dump(request), headers: headers).
         to_return(status: 200, body: JSON.dump(response))
 
-      expect(subject.login("foo", "bar")).to eq("baz")
+      expect(subject.login("foo", "bar", description: "Token description"))
+        .to eq("baz")
     end
 
     it "returns nil on bad login" do