diff --git a/src/vagrant/__init__.py b/src/vagrant/__init__.py
index 6b8282e..54afebb 100644
--- a/src/vagrant/__init__.py
+++ b/src/vagrant/__init__.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def init(self, box_name=None, box_url=None):
         """
         self._call_vagrant_command(["init", box_name, box_url])
 
-    def up(
+    def up(  # pylint: disable-msg=too-many-locals
         self,
         vm_name=None,
         no_provision=False,
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ def up(
         provision=None,
         provision_with=None,
         stream_output=False,
+        destroy_on_error=True,
     ):
         """
         Invoke `vagrant up` to start a box or boxes, possibly streaming the
@@ -330,6 +331,8 @@ def up(
           subprocess might hang.  if False, None is returned and the command
           is run to completion without streaming the output.  Defaults to
           False.
+        destroy_on_error: if True, the newly created will be destroyed if there
+          was any error in the provisioning.
         Note: If provision and no_provision are not None, no_provision will be
         ignored.
         returns: None or a generator yielding lines of output.
@@ -350,7 +353,10 @@ def up(
             if provision
             else "--no-provision"
         )
-
+        if destroy_on_error:
+            destroy_on_error_arg = "--destroy-on-error"
+        else:
+            destroy_on_error_arg = "--no-destroy-on-error"
         args = [
             "up",
             vm_name,
@@ -359,6 +365,7 @@ def up(
             provider_arg,
             prov_with_arg,
             providers_arg,
+            destroy_on_error_arg,
         ]
         if stream_output:
             generator = self._stream_vagrant_command(args)