diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 88ca74ce..d1889d2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ log/*.log
 tmp
 
 .DS_Store
+
+.vagrant
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce0c0c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+$script = <<SCRIPT
+
+# install base req's
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install git curl -y
+
+# rvm and ruby
+su - vagrant -c 'curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg --import -'
+su - vagrant -c 'curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby=2.1.3'
+
+# install some other deps
+sudo apt-get install nodejs -y
+sudo apt-get install postgresql -y
+sudo apt-get install libpq-dev -y
+sudo apt-get install redis-server -y
+
+# Install node
+ln -fs /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+
+# set the postgres password
+sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD '3112';"
+
+SCRIPT
+
+VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
+
+Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "trusty64"
+  config.vm.box_url = "http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box"
+  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 3000, host: 3000
+  config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "10.0.1.11"
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", :nfs => true
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $script
+end
diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..74f4121a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Make sure we've got NFS handy.
+if [ $(uname) == 'Linux' ] && [ ! -e /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server ]; then
+  sudo apt-get install -y nfs-common nfs-kernel-server rpcbind
+fi
+
+# Vagrant up
+vagrant up
+
+# Bundle!
+vagrant ssh --command "cd /vagrant; bundle install";
+
+# copy the db config
+vagrant ssh --command "cd /vagrant; cp config/database.yml.default config/database.yml";
+
+# Rake all the things
+vagrant ssh --command "cd /vagrant; rake db:create; rake db:schema:load; rake db:fixtures:load"