diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index 6904e19d3..030abe544 100644
--- a/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
       config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "sudo chown root:wheel /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf"
       config.vm.provision "shell", inline: "sudo chmod 644 /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf"
     end
+  when "arch-linux"
+    #See: https://app.vagrantup.com/generic/boxes/arch
+    config.vm.box = "generic/arch"
   else
     "Invalid argument #{distro}"
     abort("Invalid argument!")
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh b/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh
index afd3b2937..02e42e1c2 100755
--- a/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ case "$SPDK_VAGRANT_DISTRO" in
 	freebsd11)
 		export SPDK_VAGRANT_DISTRO
 	;;
+	arch-linux)
+		export SPDK_VAGRANT_DISTRO
+	;;
 	*)
 		echo "  Invalid argument \"${SPDK_VAGRANT_DISTRO}\""
 		echo "  Try: \"$0 -h\"" >&2