diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d8cb014..2d30b632 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ Gemfile.lock
 *.swp
 
 /coverage/
+/.vagrant/
+/dump.rdb
diff --git a/.vagrant-provision-as-vagrant.sh b/.vagrant-provision-as-vagrant.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e9cd7b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vagrant-provision-as-vagrant.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+ln -svf /vagrant/.vagrant-skel/bashrc ~/.bashrc
+ln -svf /vagrant/.vagrant-skel/bash_profile ~/.bash_profile
+
+source ~/.bashrc
+
+set +x
+curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby=2.0.0 --auto-dotfiles
+
+source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
+gem install --no-ri --no-rdoc bundler foreman
diff --git a/.vagrant-provision.sh b/.vagrant-provision.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e31e860a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vagrant-provision.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+umask 022
+
+set -e
+set -x
+
+apt-get update -yq
+apt-get install --no-install-suggests -yq python-software-properties
+add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/redis-server
+apt-get update -yq
+apt-get install --no-install-suggests -yq \
+  build-essential \
+  byobu \
+  curl \
+  git \
+  make \
+  redis-server \
+  screen
+
+su - vagrant -c /vagrant/.vagrant-provision-as-vagrant.sh
diff --git a/.vagrant-skel/bash_profile b/.vagrant-skel/bash_profile
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..59d9e4ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vagrant-skel/bash_profile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!bash
+
+[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*
+
+if [[ "$PS1" ]] ; then
+  cd /vagrant
+fi
diff --git a/.vagrant-skel/bashrc b/.vagrant-skel/bashrc
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..20d0742d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vagrant-skel/bashrc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!bash
+
+export LANG='en_US.UTF-8'
+export LANGUAGE='en_US.UTF-8'
+export LC_ALL='en_US.UTF-8'
+
+export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin # Add RVM to PATH for scripting
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97da4e3d..e82a21ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -571,6 +571,33 @@ of the code looking very similar to resque, particularly in resque-web
 and the views. I wanted it to be similar enough that someone familiar
 with resque could easily work on resque-scheduler.
 
+### Development
+
+Working on resque-scheduler requires the following:
+
+* A relatively modern Ruby interpreter (MRI 1.9+ is what's tested)
+* bundler
+
+The development setup looks like this, which is roughly the same thing
+that happens on Travis CI:
+
+``` bash
+# Install everything
+bundle install
+
+# Make sure tests are green before you change stuff
+bundle exec rake
+# Change stuff
+# Repeat
+```
+
+If you have [vagrant](http://www.vagrantup.com) installed, there is a
+development box available that requires no plugins or external
+provisioners:
+
+``` bash
+vagrant up
+```
 
 ### Contributing
 
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d8ca06d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# vim:filetype=ruby
+
+Vagrant.configure('2') do |config|
+  config.vm.hostname = 'resque-scheduler'
+  config.vm.box = 'precise64'
+  config.vm.box_url = 'http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/vagrant/precise/' <<
+                      'current/precise-server-cloudimg-amd64-vagrant-disk1.box'
+
+  config.vm.network :private_network, ip: '33.33.33.10', auto_correct: true
+  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 5678, host: 15678,
+                                     auto_correct: true
+
+  config.vm.provision :shell, path: '.vagrant-provision.sh'
+end