diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5de4fcc6f9..4715a21022 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 target/
 
+.vagrant/
+
 # these files autogenerated by mvn eclipse:eclipse
 .classpath
 .project
@@ -12,3 +14,5 @@ mystamps.iml
 # jasmine-maven-plugin uses phantomjs-maven-plugin.
 # phantomjs-maven-plugin creates this log file.
 phantomjsdriver.log
+
+# vagrant generated files
diff --git a/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/vagrant/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69bd522896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+
+
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+    # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
+    vb.memory = ENV["MYSTAMP_MEMORY"] || "2048"
+    vb.name = "mystamps-devel"
+  end
+
+  config.vm.synced_folder ENV["MYSTAMPS_PATH"] || "../.", "/data/src/"
+  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: '10.245.2.25'
+  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 8080, host: 8080
+
+  # before ansible provisioning, make sure we have ansible installed on the guest.
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+    sudo apt-get install -y ansible
+  SHELL
+
+  config.vm.provision :ansible do |ansible|
+    ansible.limit = "mystamps-devel"
+    ansible.verbose = ENV["ANSIBLE_VERBOSE"] || "vvvvv"
+    ansible.playbook = "mystamps-base.yml"
+    ansible.inventory_path = "inventory"
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/vagrant/inventory b/vagrant/inventory
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69b8ed81f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/inventory
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mystamps-devel ansible_ssh_host=10.245.2.25
diff --git a/vagrant/mystamps-base.yml b/vagrant/mystamps-base.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..852623516a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/mystamps-base.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+- hosts: mystamps-devel
+  user: vagrant
+  sudo: true
+
+  vars_files:
+    - vars/all
+
+  roles:
+    - role: common
diff --git a/vagrant/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/vagrant/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ab085d686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+- name: Change the default hostname
+  hostname: name=mystamps-devel
+
+- name: Update cache
+  apt: update_cache=yes upgrade=dist
diff --git a/vagrant/vars/all b/vagrant/vars/all
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2