diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2fcbe0663..10f0f0c9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
   - Solaris guests actually shut down properly. [GH-1506]
   - All provisioners only output newlines when the provisioner sends a
     newline. This results in the output looking a lot nicer.
+  - Sharing folders works properly if ".profile" contains an echo. [GH-1677]
 
 ## 1.2.4 (July 16, 2013)
 
diff --git a/plugins/guests/linux/cap/shell_expand_guest_path.rb b/plugins/guests/linux/cap/shell_expand_guest_path.rb
index 983e366f0..114edc415 100644
--- a/plugins/guests/linux/cap/shell_expand_guest_path.rb
+++ b/plugins/guests/linux/cap/shell_expand_guest_path.rb
@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       class ShellExpandGuestPath
         def self.shell_expand_guest_path(machine, path)
           real_path = nil
-          machine.communicate.execute("printf #{path}") do |type, data|
+          machine.communicate.execute("echo; printf #{path}") do |type, data|
             if type == :stdout
               real_path ||= ""
               real_path += data
             end
           end
 
+          # The last line is the path we care about
+          real_path = real_path.split("\n").last.chomp
+
           if !real_path
             # If no real guest path was detected, this is really strange
             # and we raise an exception because this is a bug.