diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index bb349d0d1..5a4a0ad8e 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ Vagrant::configure("2") do |config|
 
   if Pathname.new(PUBLIC_KEY_PATH).exist?
     config.vm.provision :file, source: PUBLIC_KEY_PATH, destination: '/tmp/id_rsa.pub'
-    config.vm.provision :shell, :inline => "rm -f /root/.ssh/authorized_keys && cp /tmp/id_rsa.pub /root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
+    config.vm.provision :shell, :inline => "rm -f /root/.ssh/authorized_keys && mkdir -p /root/.ssh && sudo cp /tmp/id_rsa.pub /root/.ssh/authorized_keys"
   end
 end