diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f5ba5480..956ba27b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ cmd/drone/drone
 cmd/droned/droned
 deb/drone/usr/local/bin/drone
 deb/drone/usr/local/bin/droned
+
+.vagrant
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72d10963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+# Vagrantfile API/syntax version. Don't touch unless you know what you're doing!
+VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
+
+Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
+  # Drone supports 12.04 64bit and 13.04 64bit
+  config.vm.box = "precise64"
+  config.vm.box_url = "http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box"
+
+  # Forward keys from SSH agent rather than copypasta
+  config.ssh.forward_agent = true
+
+  # FIXME: Maybe this is enough
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+      v.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "1024"]
+  end
+
+  # Drone by default runs on port 80. Forward from host to guest
+  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 80, host: 8080
+  config.vm.network :private_network, ip: "192.168.56.101"
+
+  # system-level initial setup
+  config.vm.provision "shell" do |s|
+    s.path = "scripts/provision.sh"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/scripts/provision.sh b/scripts/provision.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..186d616f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/provision.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+# Ensure that agent forwarding is set up properly.
+if [ "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
+    echo "SSH_AUTH_SOCK is set; you are successfully agent-forwarding. These keys are loaded:"
+    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+        ssh-add -l
+    else
+        echo "Not attempting to list keys because windows ssh-agent communication is broken..."
+    fi
+else
+    echo "No SSH_AUTH_SOCK was found in the environment!"
+    exit 3
+fi
+
+# apt-get update.
+if [ -e /root/package-list-updated ]; then
+    echo "Skipping package cache update. To force, remove /root/package-list-updated and re-provision."
+else
+    echo "Updating package cache."
+    sudo apt-get update -qq
+	touch /root/package-list-updated
+fi
+
+echo "Installing Packages..."
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+( sed -e 's/#.*$//' | xargs sudo apt-get install -qqy --force-yes ) <<-EOF
+	git
+
+	# Stuff required by medley
+	python-software-properties	# TODO why do we need this?
+	build-essential				# needed to compile parts of packages
+	curl						# many scripts expect this to fetch urls.
+	python-dev					# for compiling python modules
+	python-imaging				# Useful if you do not want to compile PIL
+	python-pip					# for installing things
+	python-psycopg2				# python postgresql library
+	python-setuptools			# for installing/making packages
+	python-unittest2			# standard unit testing library
+	python-virtualenv			# for partioning python projects
+	pv							# "pipe viewer", for nice progressbars in med
+    exuberant-ctags             # required by 'med tags'
+
+	# geospatial libraries
+	libgdal1-dev
+	libgdal1-1.7.0
+	libgeos-3.2.2
+	libgeos-c1
+	libgeos-dev
+
+	python-lxml					# TODO why do we need this?
+	libxml2						# TODO why do we need this?
+	libxml2-dev					# TODO why do we need this?
+	libxslt1-dev				# TODO why do we need this?
+
+	postgresql-9.0				# our database.
+	postgresql-contrib-9.0		# django wants this
+	postgresql-server-dev-9.0	# TODO why do we need this?
+
+	# postgresql-9.0-postgis is not available in standard repos, so we install
+	# my custom package later.
+	#postgresql-9.0-postgis 	# utilize geo stuff in postgres
+
+
+	# Development helpers that I'm asserting don't need to be installed by
+	# default for everyone using this thing, they can just install them when
+	# they need them.
+	# ack-grep					# adreyer thinks you should have it
+	# ipython					# adreyer thinks you should have it
+	# bpython					# nksmith thinks you should have it
+	# memcached					# django can work around not having this
+	# proj						# TODO apt says it is transitional. wtf is it for?
+	# pyflakes					# adreyer thinks you should have it
+	# pylint					# adreyer thinks you should have it
+	# python-pycryptopp			# adreyer thinks you should have it
+	# virtualenvwrapper			# convenience tool
+	# rabbitmq-server			# adreyer thinks you should have it
+	# vim						# adreyer thinks you should have it
+
+	openjdk-7-jre-headless		# needed to run solr
+EOF