diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/README b/vagrantSandbox/README
index d631a58ea..1db210727 100644
--- a/vagrantSandbox/README
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/README
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
                   compiling Foam
   - opensuse13 ::  OpenSUSE 13.1 machine. The current LTS-version of
                    OpenSUSE
+  - archlinux :: An ArchLinux-machine. Might take a long time during
+                 provisioning as the script updated the full
+                 OS.
   Some machines (read: the BSD-boxes) need the =VirtualBox Extension
   Pack= installed (because they have USB 2.0)
 * Scripts in the machine
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile b/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
index cdfb8ac6f..1b0403244 100644
--- a/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
@@ -154,4 +154,14 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     opensuse13.vm.hostname="opensuse13."+config.vm.hostname
   end
 
+  config.vm.define :archlinux do |archlinux|
+    archlinux.vm.box = "terrywang/archlinux"
+    archlinux.vm.box_check_update = true
+    archlinux.vm.provision :shell do |s|
+      s.args   = "archlinux"
+      s.path   = "initArchlinuxScript.sh"
+    end
+    archlinux.vm.hostname="archlinux."+config.vm.hostname
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initArchlinuxScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initArchlinuxScript.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7c798d2cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initArchlinuxScript.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+boxName=$1
+
+echo
+echo "Init script for $boxName"
+echo
+
+echo
+echo "Full update of the system"
+echo
+
+pacman -Syu
+
+yaourt --noconfirm -S rpm-org
+
+neededPackages=(gcc-fortran ccache mercurial bison flex git )
+bonusPackages=(emacs tcsh)
+thirdpartyPackages=(openmpi cmake hwloc)
+
+for p in ${neededPackages[@]}; do
+    pacman --noconfirm -S $p
+done
+
+for p in ${bonusPackages[@]}; do
+    pacman --noconfirm -S $p
+done
+
+for p in ${thirdpartyPackages[@]}; do
+    pacman --noconfirm -S $p
+done
+
+echo
+echo "Archlinux-specific ended. Now doing general stuff"
+echo
+
+/vagrant/initGeneralScript.sh
+
+echo
+echo "Ended"
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initGeneralScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initGeneralScript.sh
index 086fdf1ed..01448705e 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/initGeneralScript.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initGeneralScript.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ do
     else
 	echo "Copying $target from skeleton"
 	cp -r "/vagrant/skel/$f" $target
+        chown -R vagrant:vagrant $target
     fi
 done