diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/README b/vagrantSandbox/README
index de590c01e..29045362f 100644
--- a/vagrantSandbox/README
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/README
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
                  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
+  - opensuse12 :: OpenSUSE 12.3 machine. Currently not completely
+                  compiling Foam
   Some machines (read: the BSD-boxes) need the =VirtualBox Extension
   Pack= installed (because they have USB 2.0)
 * Scripts
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
index 11cf62072..b96b1f71e 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ echo
 
 # some of these packages are already installed. But lets be sure
 
-neededPackages=(gcc-g++ mercurial git flex bison make ccache rpm-build wget zlib-devel)
+neededPackages=(gcc-g++ mercurial git flex bison make ccache rpm-build wget zlib-devel binutils-devel)
 bonusPackages=(emacs csh tcsh zsh)
 
 for p in ${neededPackages[@]}; do
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initOpenSUSEScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initOpenSUSEScript.sh
index d4be5b834..89d5fb7b8 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/initOpenSUSEScript.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initOpenSUSEScript.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ zypper -n remove patterns-openSUSE-minimal_base-conflicts
 
 # patterns-openSUSE-devel_python
 
-neededPackages=(gcc-c++ mercurial git flex bison make ccache zlib-devel rpm-build)
+neededPackages=(gcc-c++ mercurial git flex bison make ccache zlib-devel rpm-build binutils-devel)
 bonusPackages=(emacs csh tcsh zsh)
 
 for p in ${neededPackages[@]}; do