diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 3e8a576e27..59911837b4 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
   host_ip_addr = "127.0.0.1"
 
   config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", disabled: true
-  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/srv/zulip"
 
   vagrant_config_file = ENV['HOME'] + "/.zulip-vagrant-config"
   if File.file?(vagrant_config_file)
@@ -81,6 +80,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
         lxc.backingstore = 'dir'
       end
     end
+    config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/srv/zulip"
   end
 
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb, override|
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
     # It's possible we can get away with just 1.5GB; more testing needed
     vb.memory = 2048
     vb.cpus = 2
+    config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/srv/zulip", type: "nfs"
   end
 
   config.vm.provider "vmware_fusion" do |vb, override|