diff --git a/packer/scripts/common/vagrant.sh b/packer/scripts/common/vagrant.sh
index cfb0ff2d6..4dadf6aee 100644
--- a/packer/scripts/common/vagrant.sh
+++ b/packer/scripts/common/vagrant.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,12 @@ mkdir /home/vagrant/.ssh
 wget --no-check-certificate \
     'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mitchellh/vagrant/master/keys/vagrant.pub' \
     -O /home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+# Guard for empty authorized_keys file, wget with error creates an empty file
+if [ ! -s /home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys ]; then
+  echo "Unable to download Vagrant public key"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 chown -R vagrant /home/vagrant/.ssh
 chmod -R go-rwsx /home/vagrant/.ssh