diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b844b14..77cbe8b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
+.vagrant
+Berksfile.lock
 Gemfile.lock
+*~
+*#
+.#*
+\#*#
+.*.sw[a-z]
+*.un~
+/cookbooks
diff --git a/Berksfile b/Berksfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c4bb297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Berksfile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+site :opscode
+
+metadata
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..878eb92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source :rubygems
+
+gem 'berkshelf'
+gem 'vagrant', '~> 1.0.5'
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e258acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require 'berkshelf/vagrant'
+
+Vagrant::Config.run do |config|
+  config.vm.host_name = "icinga-berkshelf"
+
+  config.vm.box = "opscode-ubuntu-12.04"
+  config.vm.box_url = "https://opscode-vm.s3.amazonaws.com/vagrant/boxes/opscode-ubuntu-12.04.box"
+
+  config.vm.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", "512"]
+
+  config.vm.network :hostonly, "33.33.33.11"
+
+  config.vm.forward_port 80, 8080
+  config.vm.share_folder("v-root", "/vagrant", ".")
+
+  config.vm.provision :shell, :inline => "sudo aptitude update"
+
+  config.ssh.max_tries = 40
+  config.ssh.timeout   = 120
+
+  config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
+    chef.json = {
+     :www_root => '/vagrant/public',
+     :mysql => {
+        :server_root_password => "rootpass",
+        :server_repl_password => "replpass",
+        :server_debian_password => "debpass"
+     },
+    }
+
+    chef.run_list = [
+      "recipe[icinga::core_source]"
+    ]
+  end
+end