diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2440d57df..eee3d9a37 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
       same name as a real directory. [GH-3732]
   - core: Parallelization is more stable, doesn't crash due to to
       bad locks. [GH-3735]
+  - guests/linux: Rsync chown ignores symlinks. [GH-3744]
   - guests/openbsd: Remove '-v' flag from chown for rsync. [GH-3743]
   - provisioners/shell: Fix shell provisioner config validation when the
     `binary` option is set to false [GH-3712]
diff --git a/plugins/guests/linux/cap/rsync.rb b/plugins/guests/linux/cap/rsync.rb
index 906b33cb1..42ed6d205 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/linux/cap/rsync.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/linux/cap/rsync.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
         def self.rsync_post(machine, opts)
           machine.communicate.sudo(
-            "find '#{opts[:guestpath]}' '(' ! -user #{opts[:owner]} -or ! -group #{opts[:group]} ')' -print0 | " +
-            "xargs -0 -r chown -v #{opts[:owner]}:#{opts[:group]}")
+            "find '#{opts[:guestpath]}' " +
+            "'!' -type l -a " +
+            "'(' ! -user #{opts[:owner]} -or ! -group #{opts[:group]} ')' -print0 | " +
+            "xargs -0 -r chown #{opts[:owner]}:#{opts[:group]}")
         end
       end
     end