diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a67eede..a6bbd21 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 bin/*
 *.pb.*
 !*.pb.go
+.vagrant
+*.swp
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b6478f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+    config.vm.box = "ubuntu/precise64"
+
+    config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+        v.memory = 1024
+        v.cpus = 2
+    end
+
+    config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/home/vagrant/lmctfy"
+    config.vm.provision :shell, :privileged => false, :path => "scripts/install-lmctfy.sh"
+
+end
diff --git a/scripts/install-lmctfy.sh b/scripts/install-lmctfy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d985ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install-lmctfy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# install the necessary dependencies and
+# tools on ubuntu 12.04
+
+# produce verbose output and exit on error
+set -xe
+
+# setup ubuntu package installs to not ask any questions.
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+### dependency variables to install
+
+re2_version=20140304
+protobuf_version=2.6.1
+compile_threads="$(lscpu  | awk '/^CPU\(s\)/ {print $2}')"
+
+#### change nothing below
+alias make="/usr/bin/make -j ${compile_threads}"
+alias wget="/usr/bin/wget -q"
+
+# update list of ubuntu packages.
+sudo apt-get update
+
+# install latest supported trusty (3.13) kernel
+# FIXME: using untested kernel version to get around issue #38:
+# https://github.com/google/lmctfy/issues/38
+sudo apt-get install -y linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
+
+# install general build tooling
+sudo apt-get install -y git zip autoconf libtool python-software-properties pkg-config cmake
+
+# setup g++ version 4.7 dependency
+# based on : http://charette.no-ip.com:81/programming/2011-12-24_GCCv47/
+sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y gcc-4.7 g++-4.7
+sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.6 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.6
+sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.7 40 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-4.7 
+sudo update-alternatives --set gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.7
+
+# setup protobuf dependency
+if ! [ -e protobuf-${protobuf_version} ]; then
+    wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v${protobuf_version}/protobuf-${protobuf_version}.tar.gz
+    tar zxvf protobuf-${protobuf_version}.tar.gz
+fi
+pushd protobuf-${protobuf_version}
+./autogen.sh
+./configure
+make
+#make check
+sudo make install
+popd
+
+# setup gflags dependency
+[ -e gflags ] || git clone https://github.com/schuhschuh/gflags.git
+pushd gflags
+[ -e build ] || mkdir build
+pushd build
+cmake ..
+make
+sudo make install
+popd
+popd
+
+# setup re2 dependencies
+if ! [ -e re2 ] ; then
+  wget https://re2.googlecode.com/files/re2-${re2_version}.tgz
+  tar zxvf re2-${re2_version}.tgz
+fi
+pushd re2
+make
+sudo make install
+popd
+
+# setup apparmor dependency
+sudo apt-get install -y apparmor libapparmor-dev
+
+# setup go dependency
+# HACK. stop this package from asking about upstream reporting and breaking the unattended install process (bad google)
+echo "golang-go golang-go/dashboard boolean false" | sudo debconf-set-selections
+sudo apt-get install -y --force-yes golang
+
+# add /usr/local/lib to the list of places to look for libraries
+echo "/usr/local/lib" |sudo tee /etc/ld.so.conf.d/usrlocal.conf
+sudo ldconfig
+
+# setup lmctfy
+pushd lmctfy
+make
+make check
+sudo make install
+popd
+
+# setup /sys/fs/cgroup mount
+printf "tmpfs\t/sys/fs/cgroup\ttmpfs\tdefaults\t0\t0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab
+
+# run lmctfy init on reboot
+cat << 'EOF' | sudo tee /etc/rc.local
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+/usr/local/bin/lmctfy init "
+  cgroup_mount:{
+    mount_path:'/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu'
+    hierarchy:CGROUP_CPU hierarchy:CGROUP_CPUACCT
+  }
+  cgroup_mount:{
+    mount_path:'/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset' hierarchy:CGROUP_CPUSET
+  }
+  cgroup_mount:{
+    mount_path:'/sys/fs/cgroup/freezer' hierarchy:CGROUP_FREEZER
+  }
+  cgroup_mount:{
+    mount_path:'/sys/fs/cgroup/memory' hierarchy:CGROUP_MEMORY
+  }"
+
+exit 0
+EOF
+
+# reboot
+sudo reboot