diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index 96c7d8b..5279884 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ### Prerequisites
 
 * Git client
-* Working installation of Vagrant
+* Working installation of Vagrant -- see https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html
 * jq -- a useful command line too to work with JSON data. On the MAC, you can install jq with ```brew install jq```; on Ubuntu you can do it with ```sudo apt-get install jq```. You will not regret it.
 
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4d586e2..3c70680 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 	@echo "utest        : Run all unit tests"
 	@echo
 
+vagrant:
+	vagrant up
+
 build: fetch utest
 	docker build -t cord/voltha -f Dockerfile .