diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8f3c14..6312246 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .deps/
+.vagrant/
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
 aclocal.m4
diff --git a/README b/README
index d571154..1900629 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ backend to use.
 Recent versions of autoconf, automake, pkg-config and libtool must
 be installed.  Help2man is used to generate the manpages.  Gengetopt
 version 2.22.6 or later is needed for command line parameter handling.
+The [Vagrant VM](vagrant/development) has all these dependencies preinstalled.
 
 Generate the build system using:
 
diff --git a/vagrant/development/README.md b/vagrant/development/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61eddc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/development/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Vagrant VM for development
+===
+
+Usage:
+
+    alice@work $ cd yubico-piv-tool/vagrant/development
+    alice@work $ vagrant up
+    alice@work $ vagrant ssh
+    ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial $ cd /vagrant
+    ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial $ autoreconf --install
+    ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial $ ./configure
+    ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial $ make
+    ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial $ sudo make install
+    ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial $ yubico-piv-tool --help
+    ubuntu@ubuntu-xenial $ exit
+    alice@work $ vagrant destroy
diff --git a/vagrant/development/Vagrantfile b/vagrant/development/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5ce751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/development/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+
+  # Use Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial as a base box.
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/xenial64"
+
+  # Install dependencies needed for yubikey-piv-manager development.
+  config.vm.provision "shell", path: "provision.sh"
+
+  # Sync repository to /vagrant
+  config.vm.synced_folder '../..', '/vagrant'
+
+  # VirtualBox configuration
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+    vb.name = "yubikey-piv-tool_development"
+  end
+
+  # Uncomment this to add a USB filter for YubiKeys.
+  # This will connect the YubiKey to the VM when re-inserted.
+  # This filter uses VirtualBox as provider.
+  # Modify the paramters as needed depending on the device.
+
+  FILTER_NAME="YubiKey 4"
+  MANUFACTURER="Yubico"
+  VENDOR_ID="0x1050"
+  PRODUCT_ID="0x0407"
+  PRODUCT="Yubikey 4 OTP+U2F+CCID"
+
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+   vb.customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--usb', 'on']
+   vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0',
+     '--target', :id,
+     '--name', FILTER_NAME,
+     '--manufacturer', MANUFACTURER,
+     '--vendorid', VENDOR_ID,
+     '--productid', PRODUCT_ID,
+     '--product', PRODUCT]
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/vagrant/development/provision.sh b/vagrant/development/provision.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c56292d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant/development/provision.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Install development dependencies
+sudo apt-get update -qq
+sudo apt-get install -qq software-properties-common
+sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:yubico/stable
+sudo apt-get update -qq && apt-get -qq upgrade
+sudo apt-get install -qq \
+    autoconf \
+    automake \
+    gengetopt \
+    help2man \
+    libpcsclite-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libtool \
+    libykpiv1 \
+    pkg-config \
+    virtualbox-guest-dkms