diff --git a/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/post-processor.go b/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/post-processor.go
index 610c402b8..bc63debbc 100644
--- a/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/post-processor.go
+++ b/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/post-processor.go
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@
 package vagrantcloud
 
 import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -232,5 +237,34 @@ func providerFromVagrantBox(boxfile string) (providerName string, err error) {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
+	// Vagrant boxes are gzipped tar archives
+	ar, err := gzip.NewReader(f)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Error unzipping box archive: %s", err)
+	}
+	tr := tar.NewReader(ar)
+
+	// Loop through the files in the archive and read the provider
+	// information from the boxes metadata.json file
+	for {
+		hdr, err := tr.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("%s", err)
+		}
+
+		if hdr.Name == "metadata.json" {
+			contents, err := ioutil.ReadAll(tr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("Error reading contents of metadata.json file from box file: %s", err)
+			}
+			// TODO: Parse the json for the provider
+			log.Printf("Contents: %s", contents)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
 	return "", nil
 }
diff --git a/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/post-processor_test.go b/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/post-processor_test.go
index 439f580df..f42f0c63b 100644
--- a/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/post-processor_test.go
+++ b/post-processor/vagrant-cloud/post-processor_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"os"
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ func TestProviderFromBuilderName(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestProviderFromVagrantBox_missing_box(t *testing.T) {
+	// Bad: Box does not exist
 	boxfile := "i_dont_exist.box"
 	_, err := providerFromVagrantBox(boxfile)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -206,3 +208,18 @@ func TestProviderFromVagrantBox_missing_box(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	t.Logf("%s", err)
 }
+
+func TestProviderFromVagrantBox_empty_box(t *testing.T) {
+	// Bad: Empty box file
+	boxfile, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "test*.box")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error creating test box file: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(boxfile.Name())
+
+	_, err = providerFromVagrantBox(boxfile.Name())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Should have error as box file is empty")
+	}
+	t.Logf("%s", err)
+}