diff --git a/lib/vagrant/easy.rb b/lib/vagrant/easy.rb
index 2e3a4caf8..c9410dd24 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/easy.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/easy.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module Vagrant
   module Easy
     autoload :CommandBase, "vagrant/easy/command_base"
+    autoload :CommandAPI,  "vagrant/easy/command_api"
     autoload :Operations,  "vagrant/easy/operations"
 
     # This creates a new easy command. This typically is not called
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/easy/command_api.rb b/lib/vagrant/easy/command_api.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38b2cd571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/vagrant/easy/command_api.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+require "delegate"
+
+require "vagrant/easy/operations"
+
+module Vagrant
+  module Easy
+    # This is the API that easy commands have access to. It is a subclass
+    # of Operations so it has access to all those methods as well.
+    class CommandAPI < DelegateClass(Operations)
+      attr_reader :argv
+
+      def initialize(vm, argv)
+        super(Operations.new(vm))
+
+        @argv = argv
+        @vm   = vm
+      end
+
+      # Outputs an error message to the UI.
+      #
+      # @param [String] message Message to send.
+      def error(message)
+        @vm.ui.error(message)
+      end
+
+      # Outputs a normal message to the UI. Use this for any standard-level
+      # messages.
+      #
+      # @param [String] message Message to send.
+      def info(message)
+        @vm.ui.info(message)
+      end
+
+      # Outputs a success message to the UI.
+      #
+      # @param [String] message Message to send.
+       def success(message)
+        @vm.ui.success(message)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/easy/command_base.rb b/lib/vagrant/easy/command_base.rb
index ab558afda..85a19ba22 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/easy/command_base.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/easy/command_base.rb
@@ -44,14 +44,26 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         # Parse the options
-        argv = parse_options(opts)
-        return if !argv
+        argv = nil
+        begin
+          argv = parse_options(opts)
+        rescue Errors::CLIInvalidOptions
+          # This means that an invalid flag such as "--foo" was passed.
+          # We usually show the help at this point (in built-in commands),
+          # but since we don't know what our implementation does, we just
+          # pass the flags through now.
+          argv = @argv.dup
+        end
+
+        # If argv is nil then `parse_options` halted execution and we
+        # halt our own execution here.
+        return 0 if !argv
 
         # Run the action for each VM.
         @logger.info("Running easy command: #{@command}")
-        with_target_vms(argv) do |vm|
+        with_target_vms do |vm|
           @logger.debug("Running easy command for VM: #{vm.name}")
-          @runner.call(Operations.new(vm))
+          @runner.call(CommandAPI.new(vm, argv))
         end
 
         # Exit status 0 every time for now