diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d53d8fb..a58dc24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ BUG FIXES:
 
   - Fix various issues related to detecting whether the container is running
     and is "SSHable" [#142](https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/issues/142)
+  - Nicely handle missing templates path [#139](https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/issues/139)
 
 ## [0.6.0](https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-lxc/compare/v0.5.0...v0.6.0) (Sep 12, 2013)
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
index 6f9b141..67fc3c9 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ module Vagrant
         yield template_name
       ensure
         @logger.info 'Removing LXC template'
-        @sudo_wrapper.run('rm', tmp_template_path)
+        if tmp_template_path
+          @sudo_wrapper.run('rm', tmp_template_path)
+        end
       end
 
       TEMPLATES_PATH_LOOKUP = %w(
@@ -169,8 +171,9 @@ module Vagrant
         return @templates_path if @templates_path
 
         path = TEMPLATES_PATH_LOOKUP.find { |candidate| File.directory?(candidate) }
-        # TODO: Raise an user friendly error
-        raise 'Unable to identify lxc templates path!' unless path
+        if !path
+          raise Errors::TemplatesDirMissing.new paths: TEMPLATES_PATH_LOOKUP.inspect
+        end
 
         @templates_path = Pathname(path)
       end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/errors.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/errors.rb
index c920465..e2c612f 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/errors.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/errors.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ module Vagrant
       class TemplateFileMissing < Vagrant::Errors::VagrantError
         error_key(:lxc_template_file_missing)
       end
+      class TemplatesDirMissing < Vagrant::Errors::VagrantError
+        error_key(:lxc_templates_dir_missing)
+      end
       class RootFSTarballMissing < Vagrant::Errors::VagrantError
         error_key(:lxc_invalid_box_version)
       end
diff --git a/locales/en.yml b/locales/en.yml
index 5e82009..237881b 100644
--- a/locales/en.yml
+++ b/locales/en.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ en:
         The template file used for creating the container was not found for %{name}
         box.
 
+      lxc_templates_dir_missing: |-
+        Unable to identify lxc templates path.
+
+        Looked up under: %{paths}
+
       lxc_not_installed: |-
         The `lxc` package does not seem to be installed or is not accessible on the PATH.