diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 30bac8acb9..bb0ae29c7a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ log/*
 tmp/*
 pkg/*
 .internal_test_app
+.vagrant
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d309f1a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
+# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
+# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
+# you're doing.
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+
+  # The most common configuration options are documented and commented below.
+  # For a complete reference, please see the online documentation at
+  # https://docs.vagrantup.com.
+
+  # Every Vagrant development environment requires a box. You can search for
+  # boxes at https://atlas.hashicorp.com/search.
+  config.vm.box = "bento/centos-7.1"
+  config.vm.hostname = "blacklight"
+  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/home/vagrant/sync", type: 'virtualbox'
+
+
+  # Disable automatic box update checking. If you disable this, then
+  # boxes will only be checked for updates when the user runs
+  # `vagrant box outdated`. This is not recommended.
+  # config.vm.box_check_update = false
+
+  # Create a forwarded port mapping which allows access to a specific port
+  # within the machine from a port on the host machine. In the example below,
+  # accessing "localhost:8080" will access port 80 on the guest machine.
+  # config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 80, host: 8080
+  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 8983, host: 8983, auto_correct: true
+  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 3000, host: 3000, auto_correct: true
+
+  # Create a private network, which allows host-only access to the machine
+  # using a specific IP.
+  # config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "192.168.33.10"
+
+  # Create a public network, which generally matched to bridged network.
+  # Bridged networks make the machine appear as another physical device on
+  # your network.
+  # config.vm.network "public_network"
+
+  # Share an additional folder to the guest VM. The first argument is
+  # the path on the host to the actual folder. The second argument is
+  # the path on the guest to mount the folder. And the optional third
+  # argument is a set of non-required options.
+  # config.vm.synced_folder "../data", "/vagrant_data"
+
+  # Provider-specific configuration so you can fine-tune various
+  # backing providers for Vagrant. These expose provider-specific options.
+  # Example for VirtualBox:
+  #
+  # config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+  #   # Display the VirtualBox GUI when booting the machine
+  #   vb.gui = true
+  #
+  #   # Customize the amount of memory on the VM:
+  #   vb.memory = "1024"
+  # end
+  #
+  # View the documentation for the provider you are using for more
+  # information on available options.
+
+  # Define a Vagrant Push strategy for pushing to Atlas. Other push strategies
+  # such as FTP and Heroku are also available. See the documentation at
+  # https://docs.vagrantup.com/v2/push/atlas.html for more information.
+  # config.push.define "atlas" do |push|
+  #   push.app = "YOUR_ATLAS_USERNAME/YOUR_APPLICATION_NAME"
+  # end
+
+  # Enable provisioning with a shell script. Additional provisioners such as
+  # Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, and Docker are also available. Please see the
+  # documentation for more information about their specific syntax and use.
+  # config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+  #   sudo apt-get update
+  #   sudo apt-get install -y apache2
+  # SHELL
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell", path: "provision.sh"
+end
diff --git a/provision.sh b/provision.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fffb9df6e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provision.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+sudo yum install -y epel-release
+sudo yum install -y curl git java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel nodejs yum-utils gcc bzip2 kernel-devel dkms
+
+su - vagrant -c 'gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3'
+su - vagrant -c 'curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable'
+su - vagrant -c 'rvm 2.2.3 --install --default'
+su - vagrant -c 'gem install bundler'
+su - vagrant -c 'cd /home/vagrant/sync && bundle install'
+su - vagrant -c 'cd /home/vagrant/sync && rake engine_cart:generate'
+
+echo "
+Now to start Solr and Blacklight run the following from within the Blacklight directory:
+
+vagrant ssh
+cd /home/vagrant/sync
+rake blacklight:server[\"-b 0.0.0.0\"]
+
+Now you can make changes to Blacklight and see the results.
+"