diff --git a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
index 8696f3fa2..5e59848b3 100644
--- a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner.go
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Run pwsh.exe instead of powershell.exe - latest version of powershell.
 	UsePwsh bool `mapstructure:"use_pwsh"`
 
+	// Whether to run PowerShell in non-interactive mode.
+	// Defaults to true.
+	NonInteractive *bool `mapstructure:"non_interactive"`
+
 	ctx interpolate.Context
 }
 
@@ -129,15 +133,19 @@ type Provisioner struct {
 }
 
 func (p *Provisioner) defaultExecuteCommand() string {
+	nonInteractive := ""
+	if *p.config.NonInteractive {
+		nonInteractive = "-NonInteractive "
+	}
 
 	if p.config.ExecutionPolicy == ExecutionPolicyNone {
-		return `-file {{.Path}}`
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`%s-file {{.Path}}`, nonInteractive)
 	}
 
 	if p.config.UsePwsh {
-		return fmt.Sprintf(`pwsh -executionpolicy %s -file {{.Path}}`, p.config.ExecutionPolicy)
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`pwsh %s-executionpolicy %s -file {{.Path}}`, nonInteractive, p.config.ExecutionPolicy)
 	} else {
-		return fmt.Sprintf(`powershell -executionpolicy %s -file {{.Path}}`, p.config.ExecutionPolicy)
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`powershell %s-executionpolicy %s -file {{.Path}}`, nonInteractive, p.config.ExecutionPolicy)
 	}
 
 }
@@ -152,14 +160,19 @@ func (p *Provisioner) defaultScriptCommand() string {
 
 	baseCmd += `. {{.Vars}}; &'{{.Path}}'; exit $LastExitCode }`
 
+	nonInteractive := ""
+	if *p.config.NonInteractive {
+		nonInteractive = "-NonInteractive "
+	}
+
 	if p.config.ExecutionPolicy == ExecutionPolicyNone {
-		return baseCmd
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`%s-command "%s"`, nonInteractive, baseCmd)
 	}
 
 	if p.config.UsePwsh {
-		return fmt.Sprintf(`pwsh -executionpolicy %s -command "%s"`, p.config.ExecutionPolicy, baseCmd)
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`pwsh %s-executionpolicy %s -command "%s"`, nonInteractive, p.config.ExecutionPolicy, baseCmd)
 	} else {
-		return fmt.Sprintf(`powershell -executionpolicy %s "%s"`, p.config.ExecutionPolicy, baseCmd)
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`powershell %s-executionpolicy %s "%s"`, nonInteractive, p.config.ExecutionPolicy, baseCmd)
 	}
 
 }
@@ -196,6 +209,11 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 		p.config.Inline = nil
 	}
 
+	if p.config.NonInteractive == nil {
+		b := true
+		p.config.NonInteractive = &b
+	}
+
 	if p.config.StartRetryTimeout == 0 {
 		p.config.StartRetryTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
 	}
diff --git a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_test.go b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_test.go
index 9ea318a37..47181bc81 100644
--- a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_test.go
+++ b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_test.go
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ func TestProvisionerPrepare_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("expected elevated_password to be empty")
 	}
 
-	if p.config.ExecuteCommand != `powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}` {
-		t.Fatalf(`Default command should be 'powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}', but got '%s'`, p.config.ExecuteCommand)
+	if p.config.ExecuteCommand != `powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}` {
+		t.Fatalf(`Default command should be 'powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}', but got '%s'`, p.config.ExecuteCommand)
 	}
 
-	if p.config.ElevatedExecuteCommand != `powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}` {
-		t.Fatalf(`Default command should be 'powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}', but got '%s'`, p.config.ElevatedExecuteCommand)
+	if p.config.ElevatedExecuteCommand != `powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}` {
+		t.Fatalf(`Default command should be 'powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}', but got '%s'`, p.config.ElevatedExecuteCommand)
 	}
 
 	if p.config.ElevatedEnvVarFormat != `$env:%s="%s"; ` {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func TestProvisionerPrepare_DebugMode(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
 	}
 
-	command := `powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}`
+	command := `powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass -file {{.Path}}`
 	if p.config.ExecuteCommand != command {
 		t.Fatalf(`Expected command should be '%s' but got '%s'`, command, p.config.ExecuteCommand)
 	}
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ func TestProvisionerProvision_Inline(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	cmd := comm.StartCmd.Command
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file c:/Windows/Temp/inlineScript.ps1`)
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass -file c:/Windows/Temp/inlineScript.ps1`)
 
 	matched := re.MatchString(cmd)
 	if !matched {
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ func TestProvisionerProvision_Inline(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	cmd = comm.StartCmd.Command
-	re = regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file c:/Windows/Temp/inlineScript.ps1`)
+	re = regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass -file c:/Windows/Temp/inlineScript.ps1`)
 	matched = re.MatchString(cmd)
 	if !matched {
 		t.Fatalf("Got unexpected command: %s", cmd)
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ func TestProvisionerProvision_Scripts(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	cmd := comm.StartCmd.Command
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -executionpolicy bypass "& { if \(Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference\){set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'};\. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1; &'c:/Windows/Temp/script.ps1'; exit \$LastExitCode }"`)
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass "& { if \(Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference\){set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'};\. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1; &'c:/Windows/Temp/script.ps1'; exit \$LastExitCode }"`)
 	matched := re.MatchString(cmd)
 	if !matched {
 		t.Fatalf("Got unexpected command: %s", cmd)
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func TestProvisionerProvision_ScriptsWithEnvVars(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	cmd := comm.StartCmd.Command
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -executionpolicy bypass "& { if \(Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference\){set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'};\. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1; &'c:/Windows/Temp/script.ps1'; exit \$LastExitCode }"`)
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass "& { if \(Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference\){set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'};\. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1; &'c:/Windows/Temp/script.ps1'; exit \$LastExitCode }"`)
 	matched := re.MatchString(cmd)
 	if !matched {
 		t.Fatalf("Got unexpected command: %s", cmd)
@@ -599,11 +599,11 @@ func TestProvisionerProvision_SkipClean(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			SkipClean:                true,
-			LastExecutedCommandRegex: `powershell -executionpolicy bypass "& { if \(Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference\){set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'};\. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1; &'c:/Windows/Temp/script.ps1'; exit \$LastExitCode }"`,
+			LastExecutedCommandRegex: `powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass "& { if \(Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference\){set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'};\. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1; &'c:/Windows/Temp/script.ps1'; exit \$LastExitCode }"`,
 		},
 		{
 			SkipClean:                false,
-			LastExecutedCommandRegex: `powershell -executionpolicy bypass "& { if \(Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference\){set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'};\. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1; &'c:/Windows/Temp/packer-cleanup-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1'; exit \$LastExitCode }"`,
+			LastExecutedCommandRegex: `powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass "& { if \(Test-Path variable:global:ProgressPreference\){set-variable -name variable:global:ProgressPreference -value 'SilentlyContinue'};\. c:/Windows/Temp/packer-ps-env-vars-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1; &'c:/Windows/Temp/packer-cleanup-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1'; exit \$LastExitCode }"`,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ func TestProvision_createCommandText(t *testing.T) {
 	p.generatedData = make(map[string]interface{})
 	cmd, _ := p.createCommandText()
 
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file c:/Windows/Temp/script.ps1`)
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass -file c:/Windows/Temp/script.ps1`)
 	matched := re.MatchString(cmd)
 	if !matched {
 		t.Fatalf("Got unexpected command: %s", cmd)
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ func TestProvision_createCommandText(t *testing.T) {
 	p.config.ElevatedUser = "vagrant"
 	p.config.ElevatedPassword = "vagrant"
 	cmd, _ = p.createCommandText()
-	re = regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file "C:/Windows/Temp/packer-elevated-shell-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1"`)
+	re = regexp.MustCompile(`powershell -NonInteractive -executionpolicy bypass -file "C:/Windows/Temp/packer-elevated-shell-[[:alnum:]]{8}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{4}-[[:alnum:]]{12}\.ps1"`)
 	matched = re.MatchString(cmd)
 	if !matched {
 		t.Fatalf("Got unexpected elevated command: %s", cmd)