diff --git a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
index b838424bb2..25e5ad3826 100644
--- a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
+++ b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
@@ -187,24 +187,6 @@ func (d *Driver) PreCreateCheck() error {
 	return d.vbm()
 }
 
-// IsVTXDisabled checks if VT-X is disabled in the BIOS. If it is, the vm will fail to start.
-// If we can't be sure it is disabled, we carry on and will check the vm logs after it's started.
-func (d *Driver) IsVTXDisabled() bool {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		output, err := cmdOutput("wmic", "cpu", "get", "VirtualizationFirmwareEnabled")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Debugf("Couldn't check that VT-X/AMD-v is enabled. Will check that the vm is properly created: %v", err)
-			return false
-		}
-
-		disabled := strings.Contains(output, "FALSE")
-		return disabled
-	}
-
-	// TODO: linux and OSX
-	return false
-}
-
 // cmdOutput runs a shell command and returns its output.
 func cmdOutput(name string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(name, args...)
diff --git a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox_darwin.go b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e044e1e7ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package virtualbox
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/log"
+)
+
+// IsVTXDisabled checks if VT-X is disabled in the BIOS. If it is, the vm will fail to start.
+// If we can't be sure it is disabled, we carry on and will check the vm logs after it's started.
+func (d *Driver) IsVTXDisabled() bool {
+	errmsg := "Couldn't check that VT-X/AMD-v is enabled. Will check that the vm is properly created: %v"
+	features, err := syscall.Sysctl("machdep.cpu.features")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf(errmsg, err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	disabled := !strings.Contains(features, "VMX")
+	return disabled
+}
diff --git a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox_linux.go b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5892d6fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package virtualbox
+
+// IsVTXDisabled checks if VT-X is disabled in the BIOS. If it is, the vm will fail to start.
+// If we can't be sure it is disabled, we carry on and will check the vm logs after it's started.
+func (d *Driver) IsVTXDisabled() bool {
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox_windows.go b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33da8b470d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package virtualbox
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/log"
+)
+
+// IsVTXDisabled checks if VT-X is disabled in the BIOS. If it is, the vm will fail to start.
+// If we can't be sure it is disabled, we carry on and will check the vm logs after it's started.
+func (d *Driver) IsVTXDisabled() bool {
+	errmsg := "Couldn't check that VT-X/AMD-v is enabled. Will check that the vm is properly created: %v"
+	output, err := cmdOutput("wmic", "cpu", "get", "VirtualizationFirmwareEnabled")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf(errmsg, err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	disabled := strings.Contains(output, "FALSE")
+	return disabled
+}