diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -168,8 +168,16 @@ to enable, depending on your use case. Please see
 
 ## Building from source ##
 
-To build from source, the following build-time dependencies must be
-installed (package names may differ on your platform):
+This repository includes a Vagrant configuration for building Davrods from source
+on either CentOS 7 (for the RPM package) or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (for the DEB package).
+It can be found in `vagrant/build`. In order to build a package using Vagrant, edit
+the .env file in the Vagrant build directory. Adjust the BOXNAME and IRODS_VERSION vars
+as needed. Then run `vagrant up` to provision the VM. The VM has all dependencies
+pre-installed, as well as a clone of the Davrods repository. Log in on the VM
+using `vagrant ssh`, then generate the build directory and create the package (see below).
+
+To build from source without using the Vagrant configuration, the following build-time
+dependencies must be installed (package names may differ on your platform):
 
 - `cmake`
 - `make`
diff --git a/vagrant/build/.env b/vagrant/build/.env
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@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Tested/supported box names:
+# - centos/7
+# - ubuntu/bionic64
+BOXNAME=ubuntu/bionic64
+
+# Amount of memory for VM (MB)
+MEMORY=2048
+
+# Amount of diskspace for VM
+# The minimum value for the CentOS/7 image is approximately 41 GB.
+# The minimum value for the Ubuntu/Bionic64 image is approximately 11 GB
+DISKSPACE="41GB"
+
+# Version of iRODS to use
+IRODS_VERSION="4.2.10"
+
+# URL of the signing key of the iRODS apt repository
+APT_IRODS_REPO_SIGNING_KEY_LOC=https://packages.irods.org/irods-signing-key.asc
+
+# Parameters of the iRODS apt repository. As of 2 July 2019, the distribution 
+# for Ubuntu 18.04 servers (bionic) needs to be set to Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial),
+# since packages for Ubuntu 18.04 aren't available yet.
+APT_IRODS_REPO_URL=https://packages.irods.org/apt/
+APT_IRODS_REPO_ARCHITECTURE=amd64
+APT_IRODS_REPO_DISTRIBUTION=xenial
+APT_IRODS_REPO_COMPONENT=main
+
+# Packages to be installed (separated by whitespace).
+# Dependencies do not have to be listed. They are resolved by the script
+APT_GEN_PACKAGES="cmake make gcc apache2 apache2-dev rpm libssl-dev"
+APT_IRODS_PACKAGES="irods-runtime irods-dev"
+
+# Parameters of Yum repository
+YUM_IRODS_REPO_SIGNING_KEY_LOC=https://packages.irods.org/irods-signing-key.asc
+YUM_REPO_FILE_LOC=https://packages.irods.org/renci-irods.yum.repo
+YUM_GEN_PACKAGES="git vim cmake make gcc httpd rpmdevtools openssl-libs openssl-devel httpd-devel"
+YUM_IRODS_PACKAGES="irods-runtime irods-devel"
+
+# Hostnames and IP addresses
+PROVIDER_IP=192.168.2.3
+PROVIDER_HOSTNAME=davrods-dev
diff --git a/vagrant/build/Vagrantfile b/vagrant/build/Vagrantfile
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@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
+
+  config.env.enable
+
+  # Workaround for Vagrant issue with TTY errors - copied from
+  # https://superuser.com/questions/1160025/how-to-solve-ttyname-failed-inappropriate-ioctl-for-device-in-vagrant
+  config.ssh.shell = "bash -c 'BASH_ENV=/etc/profile exec bash'"
+
+  config.disksize.size = ENV['DISKSPACE']
+
+  config.vm.define "dev" do |dev|
+    dev.vm.box = ENV['BOXNAME']
+    dev.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |v|
+      v.memory = ENV['MEMORY']
+      # Synchronize clock in one step if difference is more than 1000 ms / 1s
+      # Copied from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19490652/how-to-sync-time-on-host-wake-up-within-virtualbox
+      v.customize [ "guestproperty", "set", :id, "/VirtualBox/GuestAdd/VBoxService/--timesync-set-threshold", 1000 ]
+    end
+    dev.vm.provision "file", source: ".env", destination: "/tmp/irods-test.env"
+    dev.vm.provision :shell, :path => 'install-davrods-build-env.sh', :args => "/tmp/irods-test.env"
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/vagrant/build/install-davrods-build-env.sh b/vagrant/build/install-davrods-build-env.sh
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC1090
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+set -u
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+SETTINGSFILE=${1:-./local-repo.env}
+
+if [ -f "$SETTINGSFILE" ]
+then source "$SETTINGSFILE"
+else echo "Error: settings file $SETTINGSFILE not found." && exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -f /etc/centos-release ]
+then
+
+  echo "Installing DavRODS build environment on CentOS."
+
+  echo "Installing dependencies ..."
+  sudo yum -y install wget epel-release yum-plugin-versionlock
+
+  echo "Adding iRODS repository ..."
+  sudo rpm --import https://packages.irods.org/irods-signing-key.asc
+  wget -qO - https://packages.irods.org/renci-irods.yum.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/renci-irods.yum.repo
+
+  for package in $YUM_IRODS_PACKAGES
+  do echo "Installing package $package and its dependencies"
+     sudo yum -y install "$package-${IRODS_VERSION}"
+     sudo yum versionlock "$package"
+  done
+
+  for package in $YUM_GEN_PACKAGES
+  do echo "Installing package $package and its dependencies"
+     sudo yum -y install "$package"
+  done
+
+elif lsb_release -i | grep -q Ubuntu
+then
+
+  echo "Installing DavRODS build environment on Ubuntu."
+
+  echo "Installing dependencies ..."
+  sudo apt-get -y install aptitude
+
+  echo "Downloading and installing iRODS repository signing key ..."
+  wget -qO - "$APT_IRODS_REPO_SIGNING_KEY_LOC" | sudo apt-key add -
+
+  echo "Adding iRODS repository ..."
+cat << ENDAPTREPO | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/irods.list
+deb [arch=${APT_IRODS_REPO_ARCHITECTURE}] $APT_IRODS_REPO_URL $APT_IRODS_REPO_DISTRIBUTION $APT_IRODS_REPO_COMPONENT
+ENDAPTREPO
+  sudo apt-get update
+
+  for package in $APT_IRODS_PACKAGES
+  do echo "Installing package $package and its dependencies"
+     sudo apt-get -y install "$package=${IRODS_VERSION}"
+     sudo aptitude hold "$package"
+  done
+
+  for package in $APT_GEN_PACKAGES
+  do echo "Installing package $package and its dependencies"
+     sudo apt-get -y install "$package"
+  done
+
+else
+  echo "Error: install script is not suitable for this box."
+
+fi
+
+git clone https://github.com/UtrechtUniversity/davrods.git
+mkdir davrods/build
+chown -R vagrant:vagrant davrods