diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index f199ee3a7c5..532211d0f5d 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ $kube_os = ENV['KUBERNETES_OS'] || "fedora"
 
 # Determine whether vagrant should use nfs to sync folders
 $use_nfs = ENV['KUBERNETES_VAGRANT_USE_NFS'] == 'true'
+# Determine whether vagrant should use rsync to sync folders
+$use_rsync = ENV['KUBERNETES_VAGRANT_USE_RSYNC'] == 'true'
 
 # To override the vagrant provider, use (e.g.):
 #   KUBERNETES_PROVIDER=vagrant VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER=... .../cluster/kube-up.sh
@@ -156,6 +158,15 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
 
     if $use_nfs then
       config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", nfs: true
+    elsif $use_rsync then
+      opts = {}
+      if ENV['KUBERNETES_VAGRANT_RSYNC_ARGS'] then
+        opts[:rsync__args] = ENV['KUBERNETES_VAGRANT_RSYNC_ARGS'].split(" ")
+      end
+      if ENV['KUBERNETES_VAGRANT_RSYNC_EXCLUDE'] then
+        opts[:rsync__exclude] = ENV['KUBERNETES_VAGRANT_RSYNC_EXCLUDE'].split(" ")
+      end
+      config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", opts
     end
 
     # Try VMWare Fusion first (see