diff --git a/lib/vagrant-parallels/action/force_prl_fs_mount.rb b/lib/vagrant-parallels/action/force_prl_fs_mount.rb
index 6b0feda0..f6e0cb67 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-parallels/action/force_prl_fs_mount.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-parallels/action/force_prl_fs_mount.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+require "log4r"
+require 'vagrant/util/platform'
+
 module VagrantPlugins
   module Parallels
     module Action
@@ -9,12 +12,36 @@ class ForcePrlFsMount
 
         def initialize(app, env)
           @app = app
+          @logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::plugins::parallels::force_prl_fs_mount")
         end
 
         def call(env)
           # Only for Linux guests!
           if env[:machine].communicate.test("uname -s | grep 'Linux'")
             folders = synced_folders(env[:machine])[:parallels]
+
+            # Go through each folder and make sure to create it if
+            # it does not exist on host
+            folders.each do |id, data|
+              data[:hostpath] = File.expand_path(data[:hostpath], env[:root_path])
+
+              # Create the hostpath if it doesn't exist and we've been told to
+              if !File.directory?(data[:hostpath]) && data[:create]
+                @logger.info("Creating shared folder host directory: #{data[:hostpath]}")
+                begin
+                  Pathname.new(data[:hostpath]).mkpath
+                rescue Errno::EACCES
+                  raise Vagrant::Errors::SharedFolderCreateFailed,
+                        path: data[:hostpath]
+                end
+              end
+
+              if File.directory?(data[:hostpath])
+                data[:hostpath] = File.realpath(data[:hostpath])
+                data[:hostpath] = Vagrant::Util::Platform.fs_real_path(data[:hostpath]).to_s
+              end
+            end
+
             opts = nil
             instance = VagrantPlugins::Parallels::SyncedFolder.new
             instance.enable(env[:machine], folders, opts)