diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/README b/vagrantSandbox/README
index 5040c0a3f..d631a58ea 100644
--- a/vagrantSandbox/README
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/README
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
   - freebsd92 :: FreeBSD 9.2 64-bit machine. Currently this machine
                  does not provision automatically. After the first
                  failure log in and do
+  - centos70 :: A CentOS 7.0 machine with preinstalled development
+                tools
 : sudo pkg_add -r rsync
 : sudo pkg_add -r bash
                  then halt the machine and bring it up again (with the
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile b/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
index da7dcb844..cdfb8ac6f 100644
--- a/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/Vagrantfile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     vb.cpus=nrCPU
     # make sure each CPU has enough memory (at least .5 Gig per CPU. 2.5 Gig Minimum to run the testHarness)
     vb.memory=512*[(1+nrCPU),5].max
+    vb.gui=false
   end
 
   config.vm.define :trusty do |trusty|
@@ -62,6 +63,16 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
     centos65.vm.hostname="centos65."+config.vm.hostname
   end
 
+  config.vm.define :centos70 do |centos70|
+    centos70.vm.box = "matyunin/centos7"
+    centos70.vm.box_check_update = true
+    centos70.vm.provision :shell do |s|
+      s.args   = "centos70"
+      s.path   = "initCentOSRHELScript.sh"
+    end
+    centos70.vm.hostname="centos70."+config.vm.hostname
+  end
+
   # legacy
   config.vm.define :lucid do |lucid|
     lucid.vm.box = "lucid64"
diff --git a/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh b/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
index de0966b80..67144adc8 100755
--- a/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
+++ b/vagrantSandbox/initCentOSRHELScript.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,15 @@ echo "Init script for $boxName"
 echo
 
 echo "Install the EPEL-repository for additional software"
-rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
+
+if [ "$boxName" == "centos70" ]
+then
+    echo "Centos 7"
+    rpm -Uhv http://mirror.digitalnova.at/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-2.noarch.rpm
+else
+    echo "Centos 6"
+    rpm -Uvh http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
+fi
 
 # some of these packages are already installed. But lets be sure
 
@@ -22,8 +30,11 @@ 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
+if [ "$boxName" == "centos65" ]
+then
+    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
+fi
 
 echo
 echo "RHEL/CentOS-specific ended. Now doing general stuff"