diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ca12387c..a8534b3c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## 0.9.4 (unreleased)
 
-
+  - Match VM names that have parens, brackets, etc.
 
 ## 0.9.3 (January 24, 2012)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox_4_0.rb b/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox_4_0.rb
index 166d25927..10d0f969c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox_4_0.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox_4_0.rb
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         output = execute("list", "vms")
-        if output =~ /^"#{name}" \{(.+?)\}$/
+        if output =~ /^"#{Regexp.escape(name)}" \{(.+?)\}$/
           return $1.to_s
         end
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox_4_1.rb b/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox_4_1.rb
index 221ff389e..e63a16443 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox_4_1.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/driver/virtualbox_4_1.rb
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         output = execute("list", "vms")
-        if output =~ /^"#{name}" \{(.+?)\}$/
+        if output =~ /^"#{Regexp.escape(name)}" \{(.+?)\}$/
           return $1.to_s
         end