diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..433224d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# -*- mode: ruby -*-
+# vi: set ft=ruby :
+
+# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
+# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
+# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
+# you're doing.
+Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
+
+  # vagrant box to sanity check setup_env.sh
+  config.vm.define :trusty64, autostart: false do |trusty|
+    trusty.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
+    trusty.vm.provision "shell", :inline => "apt-get update -y"
+    trusty.vm.provision "shell", :inline => "cd /vagrant ; ./setup_env.sh"
+  end
+
+  # vagrant box to sanity check setup_env.sh
+  config.vm.define :centos7, autostart: false do |centos|
+    centos.vm.box = "centos/7"
+    centos.vm.provision "shell", :inline => "cd /home/vagrant/sync ; ./setup_env.sh"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/setup_env.sh b/setup_env.sh
index 887eb78..685a3a8 100755
--- a/setup_env.sh
+++ b/setup_env.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,45 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+#
+# Install python pip & virtualenv packages & then create
+# a python virtualenv & install the infra-ansible dependencies in it
 
-# Install virtualenv package if not installed
-if [ ! -f /usr/bin/pip ]; then
-    sudo -E apt-get install python-pip
-fi
+# check platform prerequisites
+case $(uname) in
+  Linux)
+    # check if the apt-get executable is available
+    if hash apt-get 2>/dev/null; then
+        # check for & install the various packages
+        hash pip 2>/dev/null || { sudo -E apt-get install -y python-pip; }
+        [[ -z "$(dpkg -l python-dev | grep '^ii  python-dev')" ]] && sudo -E apt-get install -y python-dev
+        hash virtualenv 2>/dev/null || { sudo pip install virtualenv; }
+    elif hash yum 2>/dev/null; then
+        # on RHEL/CentOS, pip is installed during the virtualenv setup
+        hash virtualenv 2>/dev/null || { sudo -E yum install -y python-virtualenv python-devel gcc gcc-c++; }
+        hash wget 2>/dev/null || { sudo -E yum install -y wget; }
+    else
+        echo "ERROR: Zoinks, I only know about Debian and RHEL"
+        exit 1
+    fi
 
-# Create infra-ansible virtual environment
-pip install virtualenv
+    ;;
+  Darwin)
+    hash pip 2>/dev/null || { echo "ERROR: pip isn't installed, please rectify this!" ; exit 1; }
+    hash virtualenv 2>/dev/null || { sudo pip install virtualenv; }
+    ;;
+esac
+
+
+# Create a fresh infra-ansible virtual environment
+[[ -e venv ]] && rm -rf venv
 virtualenv venv
 source venv/bin/activate
 pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # Create inventory folder
-if [ ! -d inventory ]; then
+if [[ ! -d inventory ]]; then
     mkdir inventory
 fi
 
 # Install Ansible openstack inventory
-/usr/bin/wget -N https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/contrib/inventory/openstack.py -O inventory/openstack.py
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/contrib/inventory/openstack.py -O inventory/openstack.py
 chmod +x inventory/openstack.py