diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index eed6280e16..1a53b17e5c 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -31,25 +31,27 @@ end
 # have the box (e.g. on first setup), Vagrant would download it but too
 # late for us to patch it like this; so we prompt them to explicitly add it
 # first and then rerun.
-if ['up', 'provision'].include? ARGV[0]
-  LXC_VERSION = `lxc-ls --version`.strip unless defined? LXC_VERSION
-  if LXC_VERSION == "2.1.0"
-    lxc_config_file = ENV['HOME'] + "/.vagrant.d/boxes/fgrehm-VAGRANTSLASH-trusty64-lxc/1.2.0/lxc/lxc-config"
-    if File.file?(lxc_config_file)
-      lines = File.readlines(lxc_config_file)
-      deprecated_line = "lxc.pivotdir = lxc_putold\n"
-      if lines[1] == deprecated_line
-        lines[1] = "# #{deprecated_line}"
-        File.open(lxc_config_file, 'w') do |f|
-          f.puts(lines)
+if Vagrant::Util::Platform.linux?
+  if ['up', 'provision'].include? ARGV[0]
+    LXC_VERSION = `lxc-ls --version`.strip unless defined? LXC_VERSION
+    if LXC_VERSION == "2.1.0"
+      lxc_config_file = ENV['HOME'] + "/.vagrant.d/boxes/fgrehm-VAGRANTSLASH-trusty64-lxc/1.2.0/lxc/lxc-config"
+      if File.file?(lxc_config_file)
+        lines = File.readlines(lxc_config_file)
+        deprecated_line = "lxc.pivotdir = lxc_putold\n"
+        if lines[1] == deprecated_line
+          lines[1] = "# #{deprecated_line}"
+          File.open(lxc_config_file, 'w') do |f|
+            f.puts(lines)
+          end
         end
+      else
+        puts 'You are running LXC 2.1.0, and fgrehm/trusty64-lxc box is incompatible '\
+            "with it by default. First add the box by doing:\n"\
+            "  vagrant box add  https://vagrantcloud.com/fgrehm/trusty64-lxc\n"\
+            'Once this command succeeds, do "vagrant up" again.'
+        exit
       end
-    else
-      puts 'You are running LXC 2.1.0, and fgrehm/trusty64-lxc box is incompatible '\
-           "with it by default. First add the box by doing:\n"\
-           "  vagrant box add  https://vagrantcloud.com/fgrehm/trusty64-lxc\n"\
-           'Once this command succeeds, do "vagrant up" again.'
-      exit
     end
   end
 end