Right now I have the following in my Vagrantfile:
config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef| chef.cookbooks_path = \"cookbooks\" chef.add_recipe \"apt\"
I seem to have been able to solve the issue by applying the following patch:
https://github.com/wil/cookbooks/commit/a470a4f68602ec3bf3374830f4990a7e19e9de81