diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/README b/vagrantSandbox/README
index 4517f92b2..de590c01e 100644
--- a/vagrantSandbox/README
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/README
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@
                 =lucid=-machine. Not yet working
   - centos65 :: A CentOS 6.5 machine with preinstalled development
                 tools
-  - freebsd92 :: FreeBSD 9.2 32-bit machine. Untested
-  - freebsd10 :: FreeBSD 10.0 32-big machine. Currently does not boot
-                 properly
+  - freebsd92 :: FreeBSD 9.2 32-bit machine. Does not work because
+                 FreeBSD does not support shared folders
+  - freebsd10 :: FreeBSD 10.0 32-big machine. Tries to set up shared
+                 folders via NFS. Currently not working
   - opensuse12 :: OpenSUSE 12.3 machine. Boots but is not provisioned
   Some machines (read: the BSD-boxes) need the =VirtualBox Extension
   Pack= installed (because they have USB 2.0)
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile b/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
index e07baee3b..081f8ab5b 100644
--- a/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
       s.args   = "freebsd10"
       s.path   = "initFreeBSDScript.sh"
     end
+    freebsd10.vm.network :private_network, ip: "10.0.0.2"
+
+    # configure the NICs
+    freebsd10.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
+      vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--nictype1", "virtio"]
+      vb.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--nictype2", "virtio"]
+    end
+
+    # use NFS for the synced folder
+    freebsd10.vm.synced_folder "..", "/FOAM-sources", :nfs => true
   end
 
   config.vm.define :opensuse12 do |opensuse12|