diff --git a/lib/kitchen/driver/vagrant.rb b/lib/kitchen/driver/vagrant.rb
index 07428e7a..4504d53e 100644
--- a/lib/kitchen/driver/vagrant.rb
+++ b/lib/kitchen/driver/vagrant.rb
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ def winrm_transport?
         instance.transport.name.downcase =~ /win_?rm/
       end
 
+      # Setting up the `cache_directory` to store omnibus packages in cache
+      # and share a local folder to that directory so that we don't pull them
+      # down every single time
+      def cache_directory
+        windows_os? ? "$env:TEMP\\omnibus\\cache" : "/tmp/omnibus/cache"
+      end
+
       protected
 
       WEBSITE = "http://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html".freeze
@@ -248,6 +255,21 @@ def finalize_synced_folders!
               options || "nil"
             ]
           end
+        add_extra_synced_folders!
+      end
+
+      # We would like to sync a local folder to the instance so we can
+      # take advantage of the packages that we might have in cache,
+      # therefore we wont download a package we already have
+      def add_extra_synced_folders!
+        if cache_directory
+          FileUtils.mkdir_p(local_kitchen_cache)
+          config[:synced_folders].push([
+            local_kitchen_cache,
+            cache_directory,
+            "create: true"
+          ])
+        end
       end
 
       # Truncates the length of `:vm_hostname` to 12 characters for
@@ -389,6 +411,12 @@ def update_state(state)
         state[:rdp_port] = hash["RDPPort"] if hash["RDPPort"]
       end
 
+      # @return [String] full absolute path to the kitchen cache directory
+      # @api private
+      def local_kitchen_cache
+        @local_kitchen_cache ||= File.expand_path("~/.kitchen/cache")
+      end
+
       # @return [String] full local path to the directory containing the
       #   instance's Vagrantfile
       # @api private
diff --git a/spec/kitchen/driver/vagrant_spec.rb b/spec/kitchen/driver/vagrant_spec.rb
index b11f6952..46ffe314 100644
--- a/spec/kitchen/driver/vagrant_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/kitchen/driver/vagrant_spec.rb
@@ -147,6 +147,14 @@ def run_command(_cmd, options = {})
 
   describe "configuration" do
 
+    let(:cache_directory_array) do
+      [
+        File.expand_path("~/.kitchen/cache"),
+        "/tmp/omnibus/cache",
+        "create: true"
+      ]
+    end
+
     %W[centos debian fedora opensuse ubuntu].each do |name|
 
       context "for known bento platform names starting with #{name}" do
@@ -316,8 +324,8 @@ def run_command(_cmd, options = {})
       expect(driver[:ssh]).to eq(:a => "b", :c => { :d => "e" })
     end
 
-    it "sets :synced_folders to an empty array by default" do
-      expect(driver[:synced_folders]).to eq([])
+    it "sets :synced_folders with the cache_directory by default" do
+      expect(driver[:synced_folders]).to eq([cache_directory_array])
     end
 
     it "sets :synced_folders to a custom value" do
@@ -326,7 +334,11 @@ def run_command(_cmd, options = {})
       ]
 
       expect(driver[:synced_folders]).to eq([
-        [File.expand_path("/host_path"), "/vm_path", "create: true, type: :nfs"]
+        [
+          File.expand_path("/host_path"),
+          "/vm_path", "create: true, type: :nfs"
+        ],
+        cache_directory_array
       ])
     end
 
@@ -336,7 +348,8 @@ def run_command(_cmd, options = {})
       ]
 
       expect(driver[:synced_folders]).to eq([
-        [File.expand_path("/root/suitey-fooos-99"), "/vm_path", "stuff"]
+        [File.expand_path("/root/suitey-fooos-99"), "/vm_path", "stuff"],
+        cache_directory_array
       ])
     end
 
@@ -346,7 +359,8 @@ def run_command(_cmd, options = {})
       ]
 
       expect(driver[:synced_folders]).to eq([
-        [File.expand_path("/kroot/a"), "/vm_path", "stuff"]
+        [File.expand_path("/kroot/a"), "/vm_path", "stuff"],
+        cache_directory_array
       ])
     end
 
@@ -356,7 +370,8 @@ def run_command(_cmd, options = {})
       ]
 
       expect(driver[:synced_folders]).to eq([
-        [File.expand_path("/host_path"), "/vm_path", "nil"]
+        [File.expand_path("/host_path"), "/vm_path", "nil"],
+        cache_directory_array
       ])
     end
 
@@ -418,6 +433,14 @@ def run_command(_cmd, options = {})
 
     context "for windows os_types" do
 
+      let(:win_cache_directory_array) do
+        [
+          File.expand_path("~/.kitchen/cache"),
+          "$env:TEMP\\omnibus\\cache",
+          "create: true"
+        ]
+      end
+
       before { allow(platform).to receive(:os_type).and_return("windows") }
 
       it "sets :vm_hostname to nil by default" do
@@ -429,6 +452,21 @@ def run_command(_cmd, options = {})
 
         expect(driver[:vm_hostname]).to eq("this-is-a--k")
       end
+
+      it "sets :synced_folders with the cache_directory by default" do
+        expect(driver[:synced_folders]).to eq([win_cache_directory_array])
+      end
+
+      it "replaces %{instance_name} with instance name in :synced_folders" do
+        config[:synced_folders] = [
+          ["/root/%{instance_name}", "/vm_path", "stuff"]
+        ]
+
+        expect(driver[:synced_folders]).to eq([
+          [File.expand_path("/root/suitey-fooos-99"), "/vm_path", "stuff"],
+          win_cache_directory_array
+        ])
+      end
     end
   end