diff --git a/provisioner/ansible-local/provisioner.go b/provisioner/ansible-local/provisioner.go
index fa4a8db23..23562ec9a 100644
--- a/provisioner/ansible-local/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/ansible-local/provisioner.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/common"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/common/uuid"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/helper/config"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/template/interpolate"
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	if p.config.StagingDir == "" {
-		p.config.StagingDir = DefaultStagingDir
+		p.config.StagingDir = filepath.Join(DefaultStagingDir, uuid.TimeOrderedUUID())
 	}
 
 	// Validation
diff --git a/provisioner/ansible-local/provisioner_test.go b/provisioner/ansible-local/provisioner_test.go
index 45ee1c6e3..236c6252a 100644
--- a/provisioner/ansible-local/provisioner_test.go
+++ b/provisioner/ansible-local/provisioner_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package ansiblelocal
 
 import (
-	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 )
 
 func testConfig() map[string]interface{} {
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ func TestProvisionerPrepare_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if p.config.StagingDir != DefaultStagingDir {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(filepath.ToSlash(p.config.StagingDir), DefaultStagingDir) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected staging dir %s, expected %s",
 			p.config.StagingDir, DefaultStagingDir)
 	}