diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile b/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
index e3be2edb7..b1ea907f5 100644
--- a/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
@@ -39,4 +39,13 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     end
   end
 
+  config.vm.define :centos65 do |centos65|
+    centos65.vm.box = "centos65"
+    centos65.vm.box_url = "https://github.com/2creatives/vagrant-centos/releases/download/v6.5.1/centos65-x86_64-20131205.box"
+    centos65.vm.provision :shell do |s|
+      s.args   = "centos65"
+      s.path   = "initCentOSRHELScript.sh"
+    end
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..08ccf9fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+boxName=$1
+
+echo
+echo "Init script for $boxName"
+echo
+
+# some of these packages are already installed. But lets be sure
+
+neededPackages=(gcc-g++ mercurial git flex bison make ccache rpm-build)
+bonusPackages=(emacs csh tcsh zsh)
+
+for p in ${neededPackages[@]}; do
+    yum install -y $p
+done
+
+for p in ${bonusPackages[@]}; do
+    yum install -y $p
+done
+
+echo "Update mercurial to a more recent version"
+rpm -Uhv http://pkgs.repoforge.org/mercurial/mercurial-2.2.2-1.el6.rfx.x86_64.rpm
+
+echo
+echo "RHEL/CentOS-specific ended. Now doing general stuff"
+echo
+
+/vagrant/initGeneralScript.sh
+
+echo
+echo "Ended"