diff --git a/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/shell_expand_guest_path.rb b/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/shell_expand_guest_path.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..167b0f61a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/shell_expand_guest_path.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module GuestSolaris11
+    module Cap
+      class ShellExpandGuestPath
+        def self.shell_expand_guest_path(machine, path)
+          real_path = nil
+          path = path.gsub(/ /, '\ ')
+          machine.communicate.execute("echo; printf #{path}") do |type, data|
+            if type == :stdout
+              real_path ||= ""
+              real_path += data
+            end
+          end
+
+          if real_path
+            # The last line is the path we care about
+            real_path = real_path.split("\n").last.chomp
+          end
+
+          if !real_path
+            # If no real guest path was detected, this is really strange
+            # and we raise an exception because this is a bug.
+            raise Vagrant::Errors::ShellExpandFailed
+          end
+
+          # Chomp the string so that any trailing newlines are killed
+          return real_path.chomp
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/solaris11/plugin.rb b/plugins/guests/solaris11/plugin.rb
index 768f70f4e..559b9530c 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/solaris11/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/solaris11/plugin.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         require_relative "cap/configure_networks"
         Cap::ConfigureNetworks
       end
+
+      guest_capability(:solaris11, :shell_expand_guest_path) do
+        require_relative "cap/shell_expand_guest_path"
+        Cap::ShellExpandGuestPath
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/shell_expand_guest_path_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/shell_expand_guest_path_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d117c9173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/solaris11/cap/shell_expand_guest_path_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+require_relative "../../../../base"
+
+describe "VagrantPlugins::GuestSolaris11::Cap::ShellExpandGuestPath" do
+  let(:caps) do
+    VagrantPlugins::GuestSolaris11::Plugin
+      .components
+      .guest_capabilities[:solaris11]
+  end
+
+  let(:machine) { double("machine", config: double("config", solaris11: double("solaris11", suexec_cmd: 'sudo', device: 'net'))) }
+  let(:comm) { VagrantTests::DummyCommunicator::Communicator.new(machine) }
+
+  before do
+    allow(machine).to receive(:communicate).and_return(comm)
+  end
+
+  describe "#shell_expand_guest_path" do
+    let(:cap) { caps.get(:shell_expand_guest_path) }
+
+    it "expands the path" do
+      path = "/export/home/vagrant/folder"
+      allow(machine.communicate).to receive(:execute).
+        with(any_args).and_yield(:stdout, "/export/home/vagrant/folder")
+
+      cap.shell_expand_guest_path(machine, path)
+    end
+
+    it "expands a path with tilde" do
+      path = "~/folder"
+      allow(machine.communicate).to receive(:execute).
+          with(any_args).and_yield(:stdout, "/export/home/vagrant/folder")
+
+      cap.shell_expand_guest_path(machine, path)
+    end
+
+    it "raises an exception if no path was detected" do
+      path = "/export/home/vagrant/folder"
+      expect { cap.shell_expand_guest_path(machine, path) }.
+        to raise_error(Vagrant::Errors::ShellExpandFailed)
+    end
+
+    it "returns a path with a space in it" do
+      path = "/export/home/vagrant folder/folder"
+      path_with_spaces = "/export/home/vagrant\\ folder/folder"
+      allow(machine.communicate).to receive(:execute).
+        with(any_args).and_yield(:stdout, path_with_spaces)
+
+      expect(machine.communicate).to receive(:execute).with("printf #{path_with_spaces}")
+      cap.shell_expand_guest_path(machine, path)
+    end
+  end
+end