diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a3449f..47f9bab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@ TL;DR:
         set the database url appropriately in winchester.yaml
     ./build.sh
 
+Using Vagrant for fast local provisioning:
+
+    * Install [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html)
+    * Install [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)
+    * git clone https://github.com/StackTach/sandbox.git
+    * cd sandbox/vagrant
+    * vagrant up
+    * vagrant ssh
+    * cd stacktach-sandbox
+    * sudo ./build.sh
+
+    Note: 
+	This uses sandbox defaults including the use of the Winchester
+	pipeline.
+
 Tweaks:
 
 You can create a `local.sh` to override the defaults:
diff --git a/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/vagrant/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ecd1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+  config.vm.provision "shell", path: "bootstrap.sh"
+end
diff --git a/vagrant/bootstrap.sh b/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..583de61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password ROOTPASSWORD'
+debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password ROOTPASSWORD'
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y python-dev ipython mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev git vim rabbitmq-server python-pip librabbitmq1
+
+pip install virtualenv
+
+if [ ! -f /var/log/dbinstalled ];
+then
+    echo "CREATE USER 'winchester'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'testpasswd'" | mysql -uroot -pROOTPASSWORD
+    echo "CREATE DATABASE winchester" | mysql -uroot -pROOTPASSWORD
+    echo "GRANT ALL ON winchester.* TO 'winchester'@'localhost'" | mysql -uroot -pROOTPASSWORD
+    echo "flush privileges" | mysql -uroot -pROOTPASSWORD
+    touch /var/log/dbinstalled
+    if [ -f /vagrant/data/initial.sql ];
+    then
+        mysql -uroot -pROOTPASSWORD internal < /vagrant/data/initial.sql
+    fi
+fi
+
+git clone https://github.com/stackforge/stacktach-sandbox.git