diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d3c3b58..af66537 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ doc/
 
 .vagrant
 /cache
+
+/dummy-ubuntu-cloudimg.box
diff --git a/dummy-box-files/metadata.json b/dummy-box-files/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..959aa0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dummy-box-files/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"provider":"lxc"}
diff --git a/tasks/package_dummy_box.rake b/tasks/package_dummy_box.rake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02bcec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/package_dummy_box.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+desc 'Packages a dummy Vagrant box to be used during development'
+task :package_dummy_box do
+  sh 'cd dummy-box-files/ && tar -czf ../dummy-ubuntu-cloudimg.box ./*'
+end