diff --git a/plugins/providers/docker/driver.rb b/plugins/providers/docker/driver.rb
index fc53926fd..88903039c 100644
--- a/plugins/providers/docker/driver.rb
+++ b/plugins/providers/docker/driver.rb
@@ -49,14 +49,23 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         run_cmd += volumes.map { |v|
           v = v.to_s
           if v.include?(":") && @executor.windows?
-            host, guest = v.split(":", 2)
-            host = Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows_path(host)
-            # NOTE: Docker does not support UNC style paths (which also
-            # means that there's no long path support). Hopefully this
-            # will be fixed someday and the gsub below can be removed.
-            host.gsub!(/^[^A-Za-z]+/, "")
-            v = [host, guest].join(":")
+            if v.index(":") != v.rindex(":")
+              # If we have 2 colons, the host path is an absolute Windows URL
+              # and we need to remove the colon from it
+              host, colon, guest = v.rpartition(":")
+              host = "//" + host[0].downcase + host[2..-1]
+              v = [host, guest].join(":")
+            else
+              host, guest = v.split(":", 2)
+              host = Vagrant::Util::Platform.windows_path(host)
+              # NOTE: Docker does not support UNC style paths (which also
+              # means that there's no long path support). Hopefully this
+              # will be fixed someday and the gsub below can be removed.
+              host.gsub!(/^[^A-Za-z]+/, "")
+              v = [host, guest].join(":")
+            end
           end
+
           ['-v', v.to_s]
         }
         run_cmd += %W(--privileged) if params[:privileged]
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/providers/docker/driver_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/providers/docker/driver_test.rb
index 7202a8aa9..fb271af54 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/providers/docker/driver_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/providers/docker/driver_test.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,33 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::DockerProvider::Driver do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#create windows' do
+    let(:params) { {
+      image:      'jimi/hendrix:eletric-ladyland',
+      cmd:        ['play', 'voodoo-chile'],
+      ports:      '8080:80',
+      volumes:    'C:/Users/BobDylan/AllAlong:/The/Watchtower',
+      detach:     true,
+      links:      [[:janis, 'joplin'], [:janis, 'janis']],
+      env:        {key: 'value'},
+      name:       cid,
+      hostname:   'jimi-hendrix',
+      privileged: true
+    } }
+
+    let(:translated_path) { "//c/Users/BobDylan/AllAlong:/The/Watchtower" }
+
+    before do
+      allow(Vagrant::Util::Platform).to receive(:windows?).and_return(true)
+      subject.create(params)
+    end
+
+    it 'shares folders' do
+      expect(cmd_executed).to match(/-v #{translated_path} .+ #{Regexp.escape params[:image]}/)
+    end
+  end
+
+
   describe '#created?' do
     let(:result) { subject.created?(cid) }