diff --git a/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner.go b/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner.go
index 8b9e14570f..3b7b790250 100644
--- a/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner.go
+++ b/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/config"
 	helper "github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/ssh"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir"
 )
 
 type ResourceProvisioner struct{}
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ func (p *ResourceProvisioner) Apply(
 		return fmt.Errorf("Unsupported 'source' type! Must be string.")
 	}
 
+	src, err = homedir.Expand(src)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	dRaw := c.Config["destination"]
 	dst, ok := dRaw.(string)
 	if !ok {