diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c92cebc7f..89ed2cfd2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ packaging/nsis/gtk-dll-manifest.nsh
 
 # Misc #
 ########
+.vagrant
 *.swp
 *~
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5e952c12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# -*- 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|
+
+  # Base box is Ubuntu 14.04
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+
+  # Bump the default resources as building is expensive
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+    v.memory = 1024
+    v.cpus = 2
+  end
+
+  # Share the source directory into the VM as `/wireshark`
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/wireshark"
+
+  # Permit X11 forwarding so running the graphical Wireshark works
+  config.ssh.forward_x11 = true
+
+  # Install and build the various things (including wireshark!)
+  config.vm.provision :shell, path: 'vagrant_provision.sh'
+  config.vm.provision :shell, path: 'vagrant_build.sh', privileged: false
+end
diff --git a/vagrant_build.sh b/vagrant_build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..648ed3451b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake /wireshark/
+make -j2
diff --git a/vagrant_provision.sh b/vagrant_provision.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95941133e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant_provision.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get build-dep -y wireshark
+apt-get install -y cmake valgrind qt5-default \
+    libqt5multimedia5 libqt5multimediawidgets5 qtmultimedia5-dev \
+    qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools