diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 2738d0ff7b..4cde1f0496 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
   config.vm.box = BOX_NAME
   config.vm.box_url = BOX_URI
   # Add docker PPA key to the local repository and install docker
-  pkg_cmd = "apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys #{PPA_KEY}; "
+  pkg_cmd = "apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys #{PPA_KEY}; "
   pkg_cmd << "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dotcloud/lxc-docker/ubuntu precise main' >>/etc/apt/sources.list; "
   pkg_cmd << "apt-get update -qq; apt-get install -q -y lxc-docker"
   if ARGV.include?("--provider=aws".downcase)