diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 27d3d5518..5fbfdbac6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -67,5 +67,8 @@ db.sqlite3
 
 # Other stuff that doesn't belong
 virtualenv
+
 scripts/import-for-development
 
+# Vagrant
+.vagrant
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..424794d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+VAGRANT_API_VERSION = "2"
+Vagrant.configure(VAGRANT_API_VERSION) do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+
+  # Provision using shell
+  #config.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/setup.sh"
+  config.vm.host_name = "dev.paperless"
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/opt/paperless"
+  config.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/setup.sh"  
+    
+  # Networking details
+  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "172.28.128.4"
+end
diff --git a/vagrant/setup.sh b/vagrant/setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05de45033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# install packages
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get build-dep -y python-imaging
+sudo apt-get install -y libjpeg8 libjpeg62-dev libfreetype6 libfreetype6-dev
+sudo apt-get install -y build-essential python-dev python-pip sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev git
+
+# setup python project
+pushd /opt/paperless
+sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
+popd