diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb
index cf7db63eb..ba3833897 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/runner.rb
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ module Vagrant
     class Runner
       @@reported_interrupt = false
 
-      def initialize(registry)
+      def initialize(registry, globals=nil)
         @registry = registry
+        @globals  = globals || {}
         @logger   = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::action::runner")
       end
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ module Vagrant
 
         # Create the initial environment with the options given
         environment = Environment.new
+        environment.merge!(@globals)
         environment.merge!(options || {})
 
         # Run the action chain in a busy block, marking the environment as
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/action/runner_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/action/runner_test.rb
index 15f10013e..2a3e1d4cd 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/action/runner_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/action/runner_test.rb
@@ -40,4 +40,15 @@ describe Vagrant::Action::Runner do
     instance.run(callable, "data" => "foo")
     result.should == "foo"
   end
+
+  it "should pass global options into the hash" do
+    result = nil
+    callable = lambda do |env|
+      result = env["data"]
+    end
+
+    instance = described_class.new(registry, "data" => "bar")
+    instance.run(callable)
+    result.should == "bar"
+  end
 end