diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/common/artifact.go b/builder/virtualbox/common/artifact.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4fc48100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/common/artifact.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+)
+
+// This is the common builder ID to all of these artifacts.
+const BuilderId = "mitchellh.virtualbox"
+
+// Artifact is the result of running the VirtualBox builder, namely a set
+// of files associated with the resulting machine.
+type artifact struct {
+	dir string
+	f   []string
+}
+
+// NewArtifact returns a VirtualBox artifact containing the files
+// in the given directory.
+func NewArtifact(dir string) (packer.Artifact, error) {
+	files := make([]string, 0, 5)
+	visit := func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if !info.IsDir() {
+			files = append(files, path)
+		}
+
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := filepath.Walk(dir, visit); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &artifact{
+		dir: dir,
+		f:   files,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (*artifact) BuilderId() string {
+	return BuilderId
+}
+
+func (a *artifact) Files() []string {
+	return a.f
+}
+
+func (*artifact) Id() string {
+	return "VM"
+}
+
+func (a *artifact) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("VM files in directory: %s", a.dir)
+}
+
+func (a *artifact) Destroy() error {
+	return os.RemoveAll(a.dir)
+}
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/common/artifact_test.go b/builder/virtualbox/common/artifact_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9ddc5dbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/common/artifact_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+)
+
+func TestArtifact_impl(t *testing.T) {
+	var _ packer.Artifact = new(artifact)
+}
+
+func TestNewArtifact(t *testing.T) {
+	td, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "packer")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(td)
+
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(td, "a"), []byte("foo"), 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(td, "b"), 0755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	a, err := NewArtifact(td)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if a.BuilderId() != BuilderId {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", a.BuilderId())
+	}
+	if len(a.Files()) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("should length 1: %d", len(a.Files()))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/iso/artifact.go b/builder/virtualbox/iso/artifact.go
deleted file mode 100644
index afbdf584f..000000000
--- a/builder/virtualbox/iso/artifact.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package iso
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-)
-
-// Artifact is the result of running the VirtualBox builder, namely a set
-// of files associated with the resulting machine.
-type Artifact struct {
-	dir string
-	f   []string
-}
-
-func (*Artifact) BuilderId() string {
-	return BuilderId
-}
-
-func (a *Artifact) Files() []string {
-	return a.f
-}
-
-func (*Artifact) Id() string {
-	return "VM"
-}
-
-func (a *Artifact) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("VM files in directory: %s", a.dir)
-}
-
-func (a *Artifact) Destroy() error {
-	return os.RemoveAll(a.dir)
-}
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/iso/builder.go b/builder/virtualbox/iso/builder.go
index d89715d16..9cbc9dd92 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/iso/builder.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/iso/builder.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	vboxcommon "github.com/mitchellh/packer/builder/virtualbox/common"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/common"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
 	"log"
@@ -457,26 +458,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 		return nil, errors.New("Build was halted.")
 	}
 
-	// Compile the artifact list
-	files := make([]string, 0, 5)
-	visit := func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
-		if !info.IsDir() {
-			files = append(files, path)
-		}
-
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if err := filepath.Walk(b.config.OutputDir, visit); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	artifact := &Artifact{
-		dir: b.config.OutputDir,
-		f:   files,
-	}
-
-	return artifact, nil
+	return vboxcommon.NewArtifact(b.config.OutputDir)
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) Cancel() {