diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 462f7151..cbf08507 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+livecd-rootfs (2.418ubuntu1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Louis Zuckerman ]
+  * Fixes for vagrant box builder in ubuntu-cpc LP: #1565985
+  * Install vagrant base box packages
+  * Don't disable default synced folder
+  * Don't set vm name
+
+ -- Louis Zuckerman <me@louiszuckerman.com>  Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:01:45 -0400
+
 livecd-rootfs (2.418) yakkety; urgency=medium
 
   * Ubuntu-MATE now does follow Recommends; adjust the configuration for it
diff --git a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/042-vagrant.binary b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/042-vagrant.binary
index bb9f8db1..ba92bb42 100755
--- a/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/042-vagrant.binary
+++ b/live-build/ubuntu-cpc/hooks/042-vagrant.binary
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-#!/bin/bash -eux
+#!/bin/bash -ex
 # vi: ts=4 noexpandtab
 #
 # Generate a generic Vagrant Box.
 #
-# Vagrant images are essentially nothing more than OVA's with extra-metadata.
+# Vagrant images are essentially nothing more than OVA's with extra-metadata and
+# some preinstalled packages.
 #
 # We can't use the OVA's for Vagrant since Vagrant uses SSH to modify the instance.
 # This build step creates a cloud-config ISO so that Cloud-Init will configure
 # the initial user, creates meta-data that tells Vagrant how to interact with
 # the cloud-init created users, and finally create the OVA.
 #
-# For this step, we re-use the VMDK's made in 040-vmdk-image.binary
+# For this step, we make a deriviative of binary/boot/disk.ext4 and install some
+# packages in it, convert it to a vmdk, and then assemble the vagrant box.
 
 cur_d=${PWD}
 my_d=$(dirname $(readlink -f ${0}))
 
-base_vmdk="livecd.ubuntu-cpc.disk1.vmdk"
-
 case $ARCH in
 	amd64|i386) ;;
 	*)
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ case $ARCH in
 		exit 0
 esac
 
-if [ ! -e ${base_vmdk} ]; then
-	echo "Did not find VMDK to produce Vagrant images."
-    exit 0
-fi
-
 . /build/config/functions
 
 # Virtualbox is needed for making a small VMDK
@@ -37,7 +32,27 @@ apt-get -qqy install genisoimage qemu-utils
 # Lets be safe about this
 box_d=$(mktemp -d)
 seed_d=$(mktemp -d)
-trap "rm -rf ${box_d} ${seed_d}" EXIT
+mount_d=$(mktemp -d)
+trap "rm -rf ${box_d} ${seed_d} ${mount_d}" EXIT
+
+pkgs=(virtualbox-guest-dkms
+      virtualbox-guest-utils
+      linux-headers-generic
+      nfs-common
+      python-apport
+      puppet
+      chef
+      byobu
+      juju
+      ruby
+      libnss-myhostname
+)
+# Package list from: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-on-ec2/vmbuilder/jenkins_kvm/view/head:/templates/img-vagrant.tmpl#L249
+
+create_derivative "disk" "vagrant" #sets ${derivative_img}
+mount_disk_image ${derivative_img} ${mount_d}
+env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive chroot ${mount_d} apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y ${pkgs[@]}
+umount_disk_image ${mount_d}
 
 # Used to identify bits
 suite=$(chroot chroot lsb_release -c -s)
@@ -47,7 +62,8 @@ distro=$(chroot chroot lsb_release --id --short | tr [:upper:] [:lower:])
 # Get the VMDK in place
 prefix="${distro}-${suite}-${version}-cloudimg"
 vmdk_f="${box_d}/${prefix}.vmdk"
-cp ${base_vmdk} ${vmdk_f}
+create_vmdk ${derivative_img} ${vmdk_f}
+rm -f ${derivative_img}
 
 # Vagrant needs a base user. We either inject the well-known SSH key
 # or use password authentication. Both are ugly. So we'll use a password
@@ -111,15 +127,11 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   config.vm.base_mac = "${macaddr}"
   config.ssh.username = "ubuntu"
   config.ssh.password = "${ubuntu_user_pass}"
-  config.vm.synced_folder '.', '/vagrant', disabled: true
 
   config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |vb|
-     vb.name = "${prefix}"
      vb.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--uart1", "0x3F8", "4" ]
-     vb.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--uartmode1", "file", File.join(Dir.pwd, "%s-console.log" % vb.name) ]
+     vb.customize [ "modifyvm", :id, "--uartmode1", "file", File.join(Dir.pwd, "${prefix}-console.log") ]
   end
-
-
 end
 EOF
 
@@ -151,10 +163,10 @@ cp ${my_d}/ovf/ubuntu-ova-v1-cloudcfg-vmdk.tmpl ${ovf}
 serial_stamp=$(date +%Y%m%d)
 sed -i "${ovf}" \
     -e "s/@@NAME@@/${prefix}-${serial_stamp}/g" \
-	-e "s/@@FILENAME1@@/${vmdk_f##*/}/g" \
+    -e "s/@@FILENAME1@@/${vmdk_f##*/}/g" \
     -e "s/@@VMDK_FILE_SIZE@@/${vmdk_size}/g" \
     -e "s/@@VMDK_CAPACITY@@/${vmdk_capacity}/g" \
-	-e "s/@@FILENAME2@@/${cdrom_vmdk_f##*/}/g" \
+    -e "s/@@FILENAME2@@/${cdrom_vmdk_f##*/}/g" \
     -e "s/@@VMDK_FILE_SIZE2@@/${cdrom_size}/g" \
     -e "s/@@VMDK_CAPACITY2@@/${cdrom_capacity}/g" \
     -e "s/@@NUM_CPUS@@/2/g" \
@@ -181,16 +193,16 @@ OVA information:
     VMDK Name:      ${vmdk_f##*/}
     VMDK Capacity:  ${vmdk_capacity}
     VMDK SHA256:    ${vmdk_sha256}
-	CDROM Name:     ${cdrom_vmdk_f##*/}
+    CDROM Name:     ${cdrom_vmdk_f##*/}
     CDROM Capacity: ${cdrom_capacity}
-	CDROM SHA256:   ${cdrom_sha256}
+    CDROM SHA256:   ${cdrom_sha256}
 EOM
 
 tar -C ${box_d} \
     -cf ${cur_d}/livecd.ubuntu-cpc.vagrant.box \
     box.ovf \
-	Vagrantfile \
-	metadata.json \
+    Vagrantfile \
+    metadata.json \
     ${prefix}.mf \
     ${vmdk_f##*/} \
-	${cdrom_vmdk_f##*/}
+    ${cdrom_vmdk_f##*/}