diff --git a/communicator/ssh/communicator.go b/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
index cceeeb5eb..b32ad3ea7 100644
--- a/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
+++ b/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func (c *comm) DownloadDir(src string, dst string, excl []string) error {
 				break
 			case 'E':
 				dirStack = dirStack[:len(dirStack)-1]
-				if len(dirStack) == 1 {
+				if len(dirStack) == 0 {
 					fmt.Fprint(w, "\x00")
 					return nil
 				}
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ func (c *comm) DownloadDir(src string, dst string, excl []string) error {
 				return fmt.Errorf("unexpected server response (%x)", fi[0])
 			}
 
-			var mode string
+			var mode int64
 			var size int64
 			var name string
 			log.Printf("Download dir str:%s", fi)
-			n, err := fmt.Sscanf(fi, "%6s %d %s", &mode, &size, &name)
+			n, err := fmt.Sscanf(fi[1:], "%o %d %s", &mode, &size, &name)
 			if err != nil || n != 3 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("can't parse server response (%s)", fi)
 			}
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@ func (c *comm) DownloadDir(src string, dst string, excl []string) error {
 				return fmt.Errorf("negative file size")
 			}
 
-			log.Printf("Download dir mode:%s size:%d name:%s", mode, size, name)
+			log.Printf("Download dir mode:%0o size:%d name:%s", mode, size, name)
 
 			dst = filepath.Join(dirStack...)
 			switch fi[0] {
 			case 'D':
-				err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(dst, name), os.FileMode(0755))
+				err = os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(dst, name), os.FileMode(mode))
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (c *comm) DownloadDir(src string, dst string, excl []string) error {
 				continue
 			case 'C':
 				fmt.Fprint(w, "\x00")
-				err = scpDownloadFile(filepath.Join(dst, name), stdoutR, size, os.FileMode(0644))
+				err = scpDownloadFile(filepath.Join(dst, name), stdoutR, size, os.FileMode(mode))
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
diff --git a/post-processor/checksum/post-processor.go b/post-processor/checksum/post-processor.go
index 8bfa589d4..82d8c39a0 100644
--- a/post-processor/checksum/post-processor.go
+++ b/post-processor/checksum/post-processor.go
@@ -93,13 +93,8 @@ func (p *PostProcessor) PostProcess(ui packer.Ui, artifact packer.Artifact) (pac
 		h = getHash(ct)
 
 		for _, art := range files {
-			if len(artifact.Files()) > 1 {
-				checksumFile = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(art), ct+"sums")
-			} else if p.config.OutputPath != "" {
-				checksumFile = p.config.OutputPath
-			} else {
-				checksumFile = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", art, ct+"sum")
-			}
+			checksumFile = p.config.OutputPath
+
 			if _, err := os.Stat(checksumFile); err != nil {
 				newartifact.files = append(newartifact.files, checksumFile)
 			}
@@ -124,6 +119,7 @@ func (p *PostProcessor) PostProcess(ui packer.Ui, artifact packer.Artifact) (pac
 			fr.Close()
 			fw.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%x\t%s\n", h.Sum(nil), filepath.Base(art)))
 			fw.Close()
+			h.Reset()
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/provisioner/file/provisioner.go b/provisioner/file/provisioner.go
index 49498d08d..19e5c4bea 100644
--- a/provisioner/file/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/file/provisioner.go
@@ -95,12 +95,15 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Provision(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator) error {
 
 func (p *Provisioner) ProvisionDownload(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator) error {
 	for _, src := range p.config.Sources {
-		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Downloading %s => %s", src, p.config.Destination))
+		dst := p.config.Destination
+		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Downloading %s => %s", src, dst))
 		// ensure destination dir exists.  p.config.Destination may either be a file or a dir.
-		dir := p.config.Destination
+		dir := dst
 		// if it doesn't end with a /, set dir as the parent dir
-		if !strings.HasSuffix(p.config.Destination, "/") {
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(dst, "/") {
 			dir = filepath.Dir(dir)
+		} else if !strings.HasSuffix(src, "/") && !strings.HasSuffix(src, "*") {
+			dst = filepath.Join(dst, filepath.Base(src))
 		}
 		if dir != "" {
 			err := os.MkdirAll(dir, os.FileMode(0755))
@@ -108,12 +111,12 @@ func (p *Provisioner) ProvisionDownload(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator)
 				return err
 			}
 		}
-		// if the config.Destination was a dir, download the dir
-		if strings.HasSuffix(p.config.Destination, "/") {
-			return comm.DownloadDir(src, p.config.Destination, nil)
+		// if the src was a dir, download the dir
+		if strings.HasSuffix(src, "/") || strings.IndexAny(src, "*?[") >= 0 {
+			return comm.DownloadDir(src, dst, nil)
 		}
 
-		f, err := os.OpenFile(p.config.Destination, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0644)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -130,7 +133,9 @@ func (p *Provisioner) ProvisionDownload(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator)
 
 func (p *Provisioner) ProvisionUpload(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator) error {
 	for _, src := range p.config.Sources {
-		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Uploading %s => %s", src, p.config.Destination))
+		dst := p.config.Destination
+
+		ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Uploading %s => %s", src, dst))
 
 		info, err := os.Stat(src)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -154,7 +159,11 @@ func (p *Provisioner) ProvisionUpload(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator) er
 			return err
 		}
 
-		err = comm.Upload(p.config.Destination, f, &fi)
+		if strings.HasSuffix(dst, "/") {
+			dst = filepath.Join(dst, filepath.Base(src))
+		}
+
+		err = comm.Upload(dst, f, &fi)
 		if err != nil {
 			ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Upload failed: %s", err))
 			return err