diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index 3d23ee800..f02942f9f 100644
--- a/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
   emulated_nvme_types=(ENV['NVME_DISKS_TYPE'] || "nvme").split(',')
   nvme_namespaces=(ENV['NVME_DISKS_NAMESPACES'] || "").split(',')
   nvme_file=(ENV['NVME_FILE'] || "").split(',')
+  vagrantfile_dir=(ENV['VAGRANTFILE_DIR'] || "none")
 
   config.ssh.forward_agent = true
   config.ssh.forward_x11 = true
@@ -194,6 +195,11 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     config.vm.synced_folder "#{spdk_dir}", "/home/vagrant/spdk_repo/spdk", owner: "vagrant", group: "vagrant", type: "rsync", rsync__auto: false
   end
 
+  # rsync artifacts from build
+  if ENV['COPY_SPDK_ARTIFACTS'] == "1"
+    config.vm.synced_folder "#{vagrantfile_dir}", "/home/vagrant/spdk_repo/output", type: "sshfs"
+  end
+
   # provision the vm with all of the necessary spdk dependencies for running the autorun.sh tests
   if ENV['DEPLOY_TEST_VM'] == "1" && spdk_dir != "none"
     config.vm.provision "shell" do |setup|
diff --git a/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh b/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh
index e11043769..7252cf15f 100755
--- a/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh
+++ b/scripts/vagrant/create_vbox.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ display_help() {
 	echo "  -c                              Create all above disk, default 0"
 	echo "  -u                              Use password authentication to the VM instead of SSH keys."
 	echo "  -l                              Use a local copy of spdk, don't try to rsync from the host."
+	echo "  -a                              Copy spdk/autorun.sh artifacts from VM to host system."
 	echo "  -d                              Deploy a test vm by provisioning all prerequisites for spdk autotest"
 	echo "  --qemu-emulator=<path>          Path to custom QEMU binary. Only works with libvirt provider"
 	echo "  --vagrantfiles-dir=<path>       Destination directory to put Vagrantfile into."
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ SPDK_VAGRANT_HTTP_PROXY=""
 VERBOSE=0
 HELP=0
 COPY_SPDK_DIR=1
+COPY_SPDK_ARTIFACTS=0
 DRY_RUN=0
 DEPLOY_TEST_VM=0
 SPDK_VAGRANT_DISTRO="distro"
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ VAGRANTFILE_DIR=""
 VAGRANT_PASSWORD_AUTH=0
 VAGRANT_PACKAGE_BOX=0
 
-while getopts ":b:n:s:x:p:u:vcrldh-:" opt; do
+while getopts ":b:n:s:x:p:u:vcraldh-:" opt; do
 	case "${opt}" in
 		-)
 		case "${OPTARG}" in
@@ -115,6 +117,9 @@ while getopts ":b:n:s:x:p:u:vcrldh-:" opt; do
 			display_help >&2
 			exit 0
 		;;
+		a)
+			COPY_SPDK_ARTIFACTS=1
+		;;
 		l)
 			COPY_SPDK_DIR=0
 		;;
@@ -228,6 +233,7 @@ export SPDK_VAGRANT_VMCPU
 export SPDK_VAGRANT_VMRAM
 export SPDK_DIR
 export COPY_SPDK_DIR
+export COPY_SPDK_ARTIFACTS
 export DEPLOY_TEST_VM
 export NVME_DISKS_TYPE
 export NVME_DISKS_NAMESPACES
@@ -262,6 +268,7 @@ if [ ${DRY_RUN} = 1 ]; then
 fi
 if [ -z "$VAGRANTFILE_DIR" ]; then
 	VAGRANTFILE_DIR="${VAGRANT_TARGET}/${SPDK_VAGRANT_DISTRO}-${SPDK_VAGRANT_PROVIDER}"
+	export VAGRANTFILE_DIR
 fi
 
 if [ -d "${VAGRANTFILE_DIR}" ]; then
@@ -289,6 +296,7 @@ http_proxy: ${http_proxy}
 EOF
 		fi
 	fi
+	mkdir -p "${VAGRANTFILE_DIR}/output"
 	vagrant up $provider
 	if [ ${VAGRANT_PACKAGE_BOX} == 1 ]; then
 		vagrant ssh -c 'sudo spdk_repo/spdk/scripts/vagrant/update.sh'