diff --git a/lib/vagrant/registry.rb b/lib/vagrant/registry.rb
index ef025ec0..417b4435 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/registry.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/registry.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module Vagrant
   class Registry
     def initialize
       @actions = {}
+      @results_cache = {}
     end
 
     # Register a callable by key.
@@ -26,8 +27,10 @@ module Vagrant
     # action stack.
     def get(key)
       return nil if !@actions.has_key?(key)
-      @actions[key].call
+      return @results_cache[key] if @results_cache.has_key?(key)
+      @results_cache[key] = @actions[key].call
     end
+    alias :[] :get
 
     # Iterate over the keyspace.
     def each(&block)
diff --git a/test/unit/vagrant/registry_test.rb b/test/unit/vagrant/registry_test.rb
index 8d251808..a450b089 100644
--- a/test/unit/vagrant/registry_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/vagrant/registry_test.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe Vagrant::Registry do
     end.to_not raise_error
   end
 
-  it "should call and return the result of a block when asking for the ite" do
+  it "should call and return the result of a block when asking for the item" do
     object = Object.new
     instance.register("foo") do
       object
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ describe Vagrant::Registry do
     instance.get("foo").should eql(object)
   end
 
+  it "should be able to get the item with []" do
+    object = Object.new
+    instance.register("foo") { object }
+
+    instance["foo"].should eql(object)
+  end
+
+  it "should cache the result of the item so they can be modified" do
+    # Make the proc generate a NEW array each time
+    instance.register("foo") { [] }
+
+    # Test that modifying the result modifies the actual cached
+    # value. This verifies we're caching.
+    instance.get("foo").should == []
+    instance.get("foo") << "value"
+    instance.get("foo").should == ["value"]
+  end
+
   it "should be enumerable" do
     instance.register("foo", "foovalue")
     instance.register("bar", "barvalue")