diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 989ea1efa..d94ea9821 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ BUG FIXES:
     reporting dynamic progress.
   - When using `Builder` instances for hooks, the builders will be
     merged for the proper before/after chain. [GH-1555]
+  - Use the Vagrant temporary directory again for temporary files
+    since they can be quite large and were messing with tmpfs. [GH-1442]
 
 ## 1.1.6 (April 3, 2013)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/box_collection.rb b/lib/vagrant/box_collection.rb
index 2e9db8c54..c467cbe32 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/box_collection.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/box_collection.rb
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@ module Vagrant
     #
     # @param [Pathname] directory The directory that contains the collection
     #   of boxes.
-    def initialize(directory)
+    def initialize(directory, options=nil)
+      options ||= {}
+
       @directory = directory
+      @temp_root = options[:temp_dir_root]
       @logger    = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::box_collection")
     end
 
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ module Vagrant
     def v1_upgrade(dir)
       @logger.debug("Upgrading box in directory: #{dir}")
 
-      temp_dir = Pathname.new(Dir.mktmpdir("vagrant-"))
+      temp_dir = Pathname.new(Dir.mktmpdir(TEMP_PREFIX, @temp_root))
       @logger.debug("Temporary directory for upgrading: #{temp_dir}")
 
       # Move all the things into the temporary directory
@@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ module Vagrant
     # @param [String] dir Path to a temporary directory
     # @return [Object] The result of whatever the yield is
     def with_temp_dir(dir=nil)
-      dir ||= Dir.mktmpdir("vagrant-")
+      dir ||= Dir.mktmpdir(TEMP_PREFIX, @temp_root)
       dir = Pathname.new(dir)
 
       yield dir
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
index b031b7ee7..6a32c1696 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/environment.rb
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ module Vagrant
     #
     # @return [BoxCollection]
     def boxes
-      @_boxes ||= BoxCollection.new(boxes_path)
+      @_boxes ||= BoxCollection.new(boxes_path, temp_dir_root: tmp_path)
     end
 
     # This is the global config, comprised of loading configuration from