diff --git a/vagrant.gemspec b/vagrant.gemspec
index eb2ddb091..caae62dda 100644
--- a/vagrant.gemspec
+++ b/vagrant.gemspec
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_dependency "net-sftp", "~> 3.0"
   s.add_dependency "net-scp", "~> 1.2.0"
   s.add_dependency "rb-kqueue", "~> 0.2.0"
+  s.add_dependency "rexml", "~> 3.2"
   s.add_dependency "rubyzip", "~> 2.0"
   s.add_dependency "vagrant_cloud", "~> 3.0.4"
   s.add_dependency "wdm", "~> 0.1.0"