diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/experiment/TestUtils.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/experiment/TestUtils.java
index b8513f5f56..3aed31e8cf 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/experiment/TestUtils.java
+++ b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/experiment/TestUtils.java
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.virtualbox.experiment;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import com.google.inject.Module;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.jclouds.byon.Node;
 import org.jclouds.byon.config.CacheNodeStoreModule;
 import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContext;
@@ -30,10 +32,11 @@ import org.jclouds.encryption.bouncycastle.config.BouncyCastleCryptoModule;
 import org.jclouds.logging.slf4j.config.SLF4JLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.sshj.config.SshjSshClientModule;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
-import java.util.Map;
+import com.google.common.cache.Cache;
+import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.inject.Module;
 
 public class TestUtils {
    public static ComputeServiceContext computeServiceForLocalhost() throws IOException {
@@ -66,6 +69,51 @@ public class TestUtils {
               new SshjSshClientModule(), new SLF4JLoggingModule(), new BouncyCastleCryptoModule(), new CacheNodeStoreModule(nodeMap)));
    }
 
+   public static ComputeServiceContext computeServiceForVBox() throws IOException {
+
+	      Node host = Node.builder().id("host")
+	              .name("host installing virtualbox")
+	              .hostname("localhost")
+	              .osFamily(OsFamily.LINUX.toString())
+	              .osDescription(System.getProperty("os.name"))
+	              .osVersion(System.getProperty("os.version"))
+	              .group("ssh")
+	              .username(System.getProperty("user.name"))
+	              .credentialUrl(privateKeyFile())
+	              .build();
+	      Node guest = Node.builder().id("guest")
+	              .name("new guest")
+	              .hostname("localhost")
+	              .loginPort(2222)
+	              .osFamily(OsFamily.UBUNTU.toString())
+	              .osDescription("ubuntu/11.04")
+	              .osVersion(System.getProperty("11.04"))
+	              .group("guest")
+	              .username("toor")
+	              .sudoPassword("password")
+	              .credential("password")
+	              .build();
+
+	      
+	      final CacheLoader<String, Node> cacheLoader = new CacheLoader<String, Node>() {
+			/*
+			 * (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader#load(java.lang.Object)
+			 * this will take the machine from vbox and convert to a node by id
+			 * so you would use vbox/arp commands whatever and then return Node.builder()..... 
+			 * inside the load method
+			 */
+			@Override
+			public Node load(String instanceName) throws Exception {
+				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+				return null;
+			}
+		}; 
+		
+	      return new ComputeServiceContextFactory().createContext("byon", "foo", "bar", ImmutableSet.<Module>of(
+	              new SshjSshClientModule(), new SLF4JLoggingModule(), new BouncyCastleCryptoModule(), new CacheNodeStoreModule(cacheLoader)));
+	   }
+   
    private static URI privateKeyFile() {
       try {
          return new URI("file://" + System.getProperty("user.home") + "/.ssh/id_rsa");