diff --git a/plugins/guests/centos/cap/flavor.rb b/plugins/guests/centos/cap/flavor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfaeb3263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/guests/centos/cap/flavor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module GuestCentos
+    module Cap
+      class Flavor
+        def self.flavor(machine)
+          # Read the version file
+          output = ""
+          machine.communicate.sudo("cat /etc/centos-release") do |_, data|
+            output = data
+          end
+
+          # Detect various flavors we care about
+          if output =~ /(CentOS)( .+)? 7/i
+            return :centos_7
+          elsif output =~ /(CentOS)( .+)? 8/i
+            return :centos_8
+          else
+            return :centos
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/centos/guest.rb b/plugins/guests/centos/guest.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f62a6bd59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/guests/centos/guest.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module GuestCentos
+    class Guest < Vagrant.plugin("2", :guest)
+      def detect?(machine)
+        machine.communicate.test("cat /etc/centos-release")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/centos/plugin.rb b/plugins/guests/centos/plugin.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc07dafd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/guests/centos/plugin.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+require "vagrant"
+
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module GuestCentos
+    class Plugin < Vagrant.plugin("2")
+      name "CentOS guest"
+      description "CentOS guest support."
+
+      guest(:centos, :redhat) do
+        require_relative "guest"
+        Guest
+      end
+
+      guest_capability(:centos, :flavor) do
+        require_relative "cap/flavor"
+        Cap::Flavor
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/flavor.rb b/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/flavor.rb
index 32dc1a7c2..bfe13d377 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/flavor.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/flavor.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ module VagrantPlugins
           end
 
           # Detect various flavors we care about
-          if output =~ /(CentOS|Red Hat Enterprise|Scientific|Cloud|Virtuozzo)\s*Linux( .+)? release 7/i
+          if output =~ /(Red Hat Enterprise|Scientific|Cloud|Virtuozzo)\s*Linux( .+)? release 7/i
             return :rhel_7
+          elsif output =~ /(Red Hat Enterprise|Scientific|Cloud|Virtuozzo)\s*Linux( .+)? release 8/i
+            return :rhel_8
           else
             return :rhel
           end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/centos/docker_install.rb
similarity index 61%
rename from plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_install.rb
rename to plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/centos/docker_install.rb
index 0a6868b8b..a755320f3 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/centos/docker_install.rb
@@ -1,31 +1,34 @@
 module VagrantPlugins
   module DockerProvisioner
     module Cap
-      module Redhat
+      module Centos
         module DockerInstall
           def self.docker_install(machine)
             machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
               comm.sudo("yum -q -y update")
               comm.sudo("yum -q -y remove docker-io* || true")
-              comm.sudo("curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh")
+              comm.sudo("yum install -y -q yum-utils")
+              comm.sudo("yum-config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/centos/docker-ce.repo")
+              comm.sudo("yum makecache")
+              comm.sudo("yum install -y -q docker-ce")
             end
 
             case machine.guest.capability("flavor")
-            when :rhel_7
-              docker_enable_rhel7(machine)
+            when :centos
+              docker_enable_service(machine)
             else
-              docker_enable_default(machine)
+              docker_enable_systemctl(machine)
             end
           end
 
-          def self.docker_enable_rhel7(machine)
+          def self.docker_enable_systemctl(machine)
             machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
               comm.sudo("systemctl start docker.service")
               comm.sudo("systemctl enable docker.service")
             end
           end
 
-          def self.docker_enable_default(machine)
+          def self.docker_enable_service(machine)
             machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
               comm.sudo("service docker start")
               comm.sudo("chkconfig docker on")
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/centos/docker_start_service.rb b/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/centos/docker_start_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..116d86fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/centos/docker_start_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module DockerProvisioner
+    module Cap
+      module Centos
+        module DockerStartService
+          def self.docker_start_service(machine)
+            case machine.guest.capability("flavor")
+            when :centos
+              machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
+                comm.sudo("service docker start")
+                comm.sudo("chkconfig docker on")
+              end
+            else
+              machine.communicate.tap do |comm|
+                comm.sudo("systemctl start docker.service")
+                comm.sudo("systemctl enable docker.service")
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_start_service.rb b/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_start_service.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e7662f00..000000000
--- a/plugins/provisioners/docker/cap/redhat/docker_start_service.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-module VagrantPlugins
-  module DockerProvisioner
-    module Cap
-      module Redhat
-        module DockerStartService
-          def self.docker_start_service(machine)
-            machine.communicate.sudo("service docker start")
-            # TODO :: waiting to start
-            sleep 5
-            machine.communicate.sudo("chkconfig docker on")
-          end
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/docker/plugin.rb b/plugins/provisioners/docker/plugin.rb
index 6de03e727..e761ae400 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/docker/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/docker/plugin.rb
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         Cap::Fedora::DockerInstall
       end
 
-      guest_capability("redhat", "docker_install") do
+      guest_capability("centos", "docker_install") do
         require_relative "cap/redhat/docker_install"
-        Cap::Redhat::DockerInstall
+        Cap::Centos::DockerInstall
       end
 
-      guest_capability("redhat", "docker_start_service") do
+      guest_capability("centos", "docker_start_service") do
         require_relative "cap/redhat/docker_start_service"
-        Cap::Redhat::DockerStartService
+        Cap::Centos::DockerStartService
       end
 
       guest_capability("linux", "docker_installed") do
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/centos/cap/flavor_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/centos/cap/flavor_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3bc89cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/centos/cap/flavor_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+require_relative "../../../../base"
+
+describe "VagrantPlugins::GuestCentos::Cap::Flavor" do
+  let(:caps) do
+    VagrantPlugins::GuestCentos::Plugin
+      .components
+      .guest_capabilities[:centos]
+  end
+
+  let(:machine) { double("machine") }
+  let(:comm) { VagrantTests::DummyCommunicator::Communicator.new(machine) }
+
+  before do
+    allow(machine).to receive(:communicate).and_return(comm)
+  end
+
+  after do
+    comm.verify_expectations!
+  end
+
+  describe ".flavor" do
+    let(:cap) { caps.get(:flavor) }
+
+    {
+      "CentOS Linux 2.4 release 7" => :centos_7,
+      "CentOS Linux release 8.1.1911 (Core)" => :centos_8,
+
+      "CentOS" => :centos,
+      "banana" => :centos,
+    }.each do |str, expected|
+      it "returns #{expected} for #{str}" do
+        comm.stub_command("cat /etc/centos-release", stdout: str)
+        expect(cap.flavor(machine)).to be(expected)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/flavor_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/flavor_test.rb
index c711495fa..1676d54f2 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/flavor_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/guests/redhat/cap/flavor_test.rb
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@ describe "VagrantPlugins::GuestRedHat::Cap::Flavor" do
     let(:cap) { caps.get(:flavor) }
 
     {
-      "CentOS Linux 2.4 release 7" => :rhel_7,
+      "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.4 release 7" => :rhel_7,
       "Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 7" => :rhel_7,
       "Scientific Linux release 7" => :rhel_7,
       "CloudLinux release 7.2 (Valeri Kubasov)" => :rhel_7,
 
-      "CentOS" => :rhel,
+      "CloudLinux release 8.1.1911 (Valeri Kubasov)" => :rhel_8,
+      "Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8" => :rhel_8,
+
+      "Red Hat Enterprise Linux" => :rhel,
       "RHEL 6" => :rhel,
       "banana" => :rhel,
     }.each do |str, expected|