diff --git a/99-hidraw.rules b/99-hidraw.rules
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+KERNEL=="hidraw*", SUBSYSTEM=="hidraw", MODE="0666", OWNER="vagrant"
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
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+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+
+  config.vm.synced_folder "./", "/home/vagrant/novatools"
+
+  # Enable USB and attach Novatouch in bootloader mode to the VM
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+       vb.customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--usb', 'on']
+       vb.customize ['usbfilter', 'add', '0', '--target', :id, '--name', 'USB HID device', '--vendorid', '0x2047', '--productid', '0x0200']
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get install -y make gcc-msp430 libhidapi-hidraw0 mspdebug python-pip bzr linux-image-extra-$(uname -r)
+
+    # udev rule to be able to access /dev/hidraw0 as vagrant user
+    cp novatools/99-hidraw.rules /etc/udev/rules.d
+    udevadm control --reload-rules ; udevadm trigger
+
+    # python-msp430-tools upstream package is broken.. install directly from bzr repo
+    # https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-msp430-tools/+bug/936695
+    pip install -e bzr+lp:python-msp430-tools#egg=python-msp430-tools
+
+    # cleanup
+    apt-get -y autoremove
+  SHELL
+end