diff --git a/tests/scripts/generate_ssh_config.sh b/tests/scripts/generate_ssh_config.sh
index feebaf676c..a98c1f181e 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/generate_ssh_config.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/generate_ssh_config.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # Generate a custom ssh config from Vagrant so that it can then be used by
 # ansible.cfg 
 
+source vagrant.sh
+
 path=$1
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]
diff --git a/tests/scripts/vagrant_up.sh b/tests/scripts/vagrant_up.sh
index 05b17582f4..609f296c17 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/vagrant_up.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/vagrant_up.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -x
+
+source vagrant.sh
+
+test -d ~/.vagrant.d && mkdir ~/.vagrant.d
+
 if [[ -n $1 ]]; then
   DIRECTORY=$1
   shift
diff --git a/vagrant.sh b/vagrant.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..492c19176d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vagrant.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+vagrant(){
+  podman run -it --rm \
+    -e LIBVIRT_DEFAULT_URI \
+    -e SSH_AUTH_SOCK="${SSH_AUTH_SOCK}" \
+    -v /var/run/libvirt/:/var/run/libvirt/ \
+    -v ~/.vagrant.d:/.vagrant.d \
+    -v $(realpath "${PWD}"):${PWD} \
+    -w "${PWD}" \
+    --network host \
+    --entrypoint /bin/bash \
+    --security-opt label=disable \
+    docker.io/vagrantlibvirt/vagrant-libvirt:latest \
+      vagrant $@
+}