diff --git a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/package.rb b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/package.rb
index e67dc6abb..5e405c244 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/package.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/actions/vm/package.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ module Vagrant
           end
         end
 
+        # This method creates the auto-generated Vagrantfile at the root of the
+        # box. This Vagrantfile contains the MAC address so that the user doesn't
+        # have to worry about it.
+        def create_vagrantfile
+          File.open(File.join(temp_path, "Vagrantfile"), "w") do |f|
+            f.write(TemplateRenderer.render("package_Vagrantfile", {
+              :base_mac => @runner.env.config.vm.base_mac
+            }))
+          end
+        end
+
         def compress
           logger.info "Packaging VM into #{tar_path}..."
           File.open(tar_path, File::CREAT | File::WRONLY, 0644) do |tar|
@@ -59,6 +70,7 @@ module Vagrant
                 current_dir = FileUtils.pwd
 
                 copy_include_files
+                create_vagrantfile
 
                 FileUtils.cd(temp_path)
                 Dir.glob(File.join(".", "**", "*")).each do |entry|
diff --git a/templates/package_Vagrantfile.erb b/templates/package_Vagrantfile.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edafe8f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/package_Vagrantfile.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
+  # This Vagrantfile is auto-generated by `vagrant package` to contain
+  # the MAC address of the box. Custom configuration should be placed in
+  # the actual `Vagrantfile` in this box.
+  config.vm.base_mac = "<%= base_mac %>"
+end
diff --git a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/package_test.rb b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/package_test.rb
index 31bd2f08e..588bbd23c 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/actions/vm/package_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/actions/vm/package_test.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,25 @@ class PackageActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  context "creating vagrantfile" do
+    setup do
+      @temp_path = "foo"
+      @action.stubs(:temp_path).returns(@temp_path)
+    end
+
+    should "write the rendered vagrantfile to temp_path Vagrantfile" do
+      f = mock("file")
+      rendered = mock("rendered")
+      File.expects(:open).with(File.join(@action.temp_path, "Vagrantfile"), "w").yields(f)
+      Vagrant::Util::TemplateRenderer.expects(:render).returns(rendered).with("package_Vagrantfile", {
+        :base_mac => @runner.env.config.vm.base_mac
+      })
+      f.expects(:write).with(rendered)
+
+      @action.create_vagrantfile
+    end
+  end
+
   context "compression" do
     setup do
       @tar_path = "foo"
@@ -109,6 +128,9 @@ class PackageActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @tar = Archive::Tar::Minitar
       Archive::Tar::Minitar::Output.stubs(:open).yields(@output)
       @tar.stubs(:pack_file)
+
+      @action.stubs(:copy_include_files)
+      @action.stubs(:create_vagrantfile)
     end
 
     should "open the tar file with the tar path properly" do
@@ -130,6 +152,7 @@ class PackageActionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
       FileUtils.expects(:pwd).once.returns(@pwd).in_sequence(compress_seq)
       @action.expects(:copy_include_files).once.in_sequence(compress_seq)
+      @action.expects(:create_vagrantfile).once.in_sequence(compress_seq)
       FileUtils.expects(:cd).with(@temp_path).in_sequence(compress_seq)
       Dir.expects(:glob).returns(@files).in_sequence(compress_seq)