diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/driver.go b/builder/virtualbox/driver.go
index 3a7e4bfb1..f73658b1b 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/driver.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/driver.go
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ func (d *VBox42Driver) IsRunning(name string) (bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	for _, line := range strings.Split(stdout.String(), "\n") {
+		// Need to trim off CR character when running in windows
+		line = strings.TrimRight(line, "\r");
+
 		if line == `VMState="running"` {
 			return true, nil
 		}
diff --git a/communicator/ssh/communicator.go b/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
index b30a392dc..67d21aa6a 100644
--- a/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
+++ b/communicator/ssh/communicator.go
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ func (c *comm) Upload(path string, input io.Reader) error {
 	target_dir := filepath.Dir(path)
 	target_file := filepath.Base(path)
 
+	// On windows, filepath.Dir uses backslash seperators (ie. "\tmp").
+	// This does not work when the target host is unix.  Switch to forward slash
+	// which works for unix and windows
+	target_dir = filepath.ToSlash(target_dir)
+
 	// Start the sink mode on the other side
 	// TODO(mitchellh): There are probably issues with shell escaping the path
 	log.Println("Starting remote scp process in sink mode")