diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bccdf40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Ignore Vagrant cache files
+/.vagrant/
+
+# Ignore retry files
+*.retry
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e14d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+  config.vm.box = "centos/7"
+  config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
+    vb.memory = "512"
+  end
+
+  config.vm.provision "ansible" do |ansible|
+    ansible.playbook = "tests/vagrant.yml"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/tests/test.yml b/tests/test.yml
index 14d2c49..352cff1 100644
--- a/tests/test.yml
+++ b/tests/test.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - hosts: localhost
-  remote_user: root
+  become: yes
+  become_user: root
   roles:
     - .
diff --git a/tests/vagrant.yml b/tests/vagrant.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6932e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vagrant.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+- hosts: all
+  become: yes
+  become_user: root
+  vars:
+    - clusterstore: yes
+  roles:
+    - ../docker
+  tasks:
+    - name: check consul state
+      command: docker ps -q -f name=consul
+      register: consulcheck
+
+    - name: ensure consul is running
+      command: docker run -d --name consul -p "8500:8500" progrium/consul -server -bootstrap
+      when: consulcheck.stdout_lines | length == 0