diff --git a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin.rb b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin.rb
index a57f33e58..65a77eb03 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/action/builtin.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/action/builtin.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ module Vagrant
     # all the necessary Vagrant libraries are loaded. Hopefully
     # in the future this will no longer be necessary with autoloading.
     def self.builtin!
+      # provision - Provisions a running VM
+      provision = Builder.new do
+        use VM::Provision
+      end
+
+      register :provision, provision
+
       # start - Starts a VM, assuming it already exists on the
       # environment.
       start = Builder.new do
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
index 4853f8ae7..bad10f711 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/vm.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ module Vagrant
     end
 
     def provision
-      execute!(Actions::VM::Provision)
+      env.actions.run(:provision)
     end
 
     def destroy
diff --git a/test/vagrant/vm_test.rb b/test/vagrant/vm_test.rb
index 9b699c3d7..656bee4f1 100644
--- a/test/vagrant/vm_test.rb
+++ b/test/vagrant/vm_test.rb
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class VMTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
     context "provisioning" do
       should "execute the provision action" do
-        @vm.expects(:execute!).with(Vagrant::Actions::VM::Provision).once
+        @vm.env.actions.expects(:run).with(:provision).once
         @vm.provision
       end
     end