diff --git a/lib/vagrant-backports/utils.rb b/lib/vagrant-backports/utils.rb
index dec12f3..ca09514 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-backports/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-backports/utils.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,26 @@
 module Vagrant
   module Backports
     class << self
+      def vagrant_1_2_or_later?
+        greater_than?('1.2.0')
+      end
+
       def vagrant_1_3_or_later?
-        Gem::Version.new(Vagrant::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.3.0')
+        greater_than?('1.3.0')
       end
 
       def vagrant_1_4_or_later?
-        Gem::Version.new(Vagrant::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.4.0')
+        greater_than?('1.4.0')
       end
 
       def vagrant_1_5_or_later?
-        Gem::Version.new(Vagrant::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.5.0')
+        greater_than?('1.5.0')
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def greater_than?(version)
+        Gem::Version.new(Vagrant::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new(version)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/plugin.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/plugin.rb
index f489773..0bd0e19 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/plugin.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/plugin.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ module Vagrant
       LXC-based virtual machines.
       EOF
 
-      provider(:lxc, parallel: true) do
+      extra = []
+      extra << {parallel: true} if Vagrant::Backports.vagrant_1_2_or_later?
+      provider(:lxc, *extra) do
         require File.expand_path("../provider", __FILE__)
 
         I18n.load_path << File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../locales/en.yml')