diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/statements/InstallGuestAdditions.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/statements/InstallGuestAdditions.java
index b0eb11a425..0a4e8f5023 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/statements/InstallGuestAdditions.java
+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/statements/InstallGuestAdditions.java
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 import static org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.Statements.call;
 import static org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.Statements.exec;
 
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.ScriptBuilder;
 import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.OsFamily;
+import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.SaveHttpResponseTo;
 import org.jclouds.scriptbuilder.domain.Statement;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap;
+
 public class InstallGuestAdditions implements Statement {
 	
    private final String vboxVersion;
@@ -56,9 +60,11 @@ public class InstallGuestAdditions implements Statement {
       
       String vboxGuestAdditionsIso = "VBoxGuestAdditions_" + vboxVersion + ".iso";
       ScriptBuilder scriptBuilder = new ScriptBuilder()
-      .addStatement(exec("{cd} {fs}tmp"))
-      .addStatement(exec("wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/" + vboxVersion + "/" + vboxGuestAdditionsIso))
-      .addStatement(exec(String.format("mount -o loop %s %s", vboxGuestAdditionsIso, mountPoint)))
+            .addStatement(
+                  new SaveHttpResponseTo("{tmp}", vboxGuestAdditionsIso, "GET", URI
+                        .create("http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/" + vboxVersion + "/"
+                              + vboxGuestAdditionsIso), ImmutableMultimap.<String, String> of()))
+      .addStatement(exec(String.format("mount -o loop {tmp}{fs}%s %s", vboxGuestAdditionsIso, mountPoint)))
       .addStatement(call("installGuestAdditions"))
       .addStatement(exec(String.format("sh %s%s", mountPoint, "/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run")))
       .addStatement(exec(String.format("umount %s", mountPoint)));
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_install_guest_additions.sh b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_install_guest_additions.sh
index e4f4172807..fe2736bff5 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_install_guest_additions.sh
+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/resources/test_install_guest_additions.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ function installGuestAdditions {
    return 0
 }
 export PATH=/usr/ucb/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
-cd /tmp
-wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.6/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.6.iso
-mount -o loop VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.6.iso /mnt
+(mkdir -p /tmp && cd /tmp && [ ! -f VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.6.iso ] && curl -q -s -S -L --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 600 --retry 20 -C - -X GET  http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.1.6/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.6.iso >VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.6.iso)
+mount -o loop /tmp/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.6.iso /mnt
 installGuestAdditions || exit 1
 sh /mnt/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
 umount /mnt