diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 498737668..fb8f1a717 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ $libvirt_nested ||= false
 $ansible_verbosity ||= false
 $ansible_tags ||= ENV['VAGRANT_ANSIBLE_TAGS'] || ""
 
+$vagrant_dir ||= File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), ".vagrant")
+
 $playbook ||= "cluster.yml"
 
 host_vars = {}
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ $inventory = File.absolute_path($inventory, File.dirname(__FILE__))
 # if $inventory has a hosts.ini file use it, otherwise copy over
 # vars etc to where vagrant expects dynamic inventory to be
 if ! File.exist?(File.join(File.dirname($inventory), "hosts.ini"))
-  $vagrant_ansible = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), ".vagrant", "provisioners", "ansible")
+  $vagrant_ansible = File.join(File.absolute_path($vagrant_dir), "provisioners", "ansible")
   FileUtils.mkdir_p($vagrant_ansible) if ! File.exist?($vagrant_ansible)
   $vagrant_inventory = File.join($vagrant_ansible,"inventory")
   FileUtils.rm_f($vagrant_inventory)