diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/builder.go b/builder/virtualbox/builder.go
index 10a7dfa57..a53f97de6 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/builder.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/builder.go
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 package virtualbox
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
 )
 
 const BuilderId = "mitchellh.virtualbox"
 
 type Builder struct {
 	config config
+	driver Driver
 	runner multistep.Runner
 }
 
@@ -18,16 +21,63 @@ type config struct {
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) Prepare(raw interface{}) error {
+	var err error
 	if err := mapstructure.Decode(raw, &b.config); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if b.config.OutputDir == "" {
+		b.config.OutputDir = "virtualbox"
+	}
+
+	errs := make([]error, 0)
+
+	b.driver, err = b.newDriver()
+	if err != nil {
+		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("Failed creating VirtualBox driver: %s", err))
+	}
+
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		return &packer.MultiError{errs}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) packer.Artifact {
+	steps := []multistep.Step{
+		new(stepPrepareOutputDir),
+		new(stepSuppressMessages),
+	}
+
+	// Setup the state bag
+	state := make(map[string]interface{})
+	state["cache"] = cache
+	state["config"] = &b.config
+	state["driver"] = b.driver
+	state["hook"] = hook
+	state["ui"] = ui
+
+	// Run
+	b.runner = &multistep.BasicRunner{Steps: steps}
+	b.runner.Run(state)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (b *Builder) Cancel() {
+	if b.runner != nil {
+		log.Println("Cancelling the step runner...")
+		b.runner.Cancel()
+	}
+}
+
+func (b *Builder) newDriver() (Driver, error) {
+	vboxmanagePath := "VBoxManage"
+	driver := &VBox42Driver{vboxmanagePath}
+	if err := driver.Verify(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return driver, nil
 }
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/driver.go b/builder/virtualbox/driver.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d01a22b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/driver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package virtualbox
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+// A driver is able to talk to VirtualBox and perform certain
+// operations with it.
+type Driver interface {
+	// SuppressMessages should do what needs to be done in order to
+	// suppress any annoying popups from VirtualBox.
+	SuppressMessages() error
+
+	// Verify checks to make sure that this driver should function
+	// properly. If there is any indication the driver can't function,
+	// this will return an error.
+	Verify() error
+}
+
+type VBox42Driver struct {
+	// This is the path to the "VBoxManage" application.
+	VBoxManagePath string
+}
+
+func (d *VBox42Driver) SuppressMessages() error {
+	extraData := map[string]string{
+		"GUI/RegistrationData": "triesLeft=0",
+		"GUI/SuppressMessages": "confirmInputCapture,remindAboutAutoCapture,remindAboutMouseIntegrationOff,remindAboutMouseIntegrationOn,remindAboutWrongColorDepth",
+	}
+
+	for k, v := range extraData {
+		if err := d.vboxmanage("setextradata", "global", k, v); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *VBox42Driver) Verify() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *VBox42Driver) vboxmanage(args ...string) error {
+	log.Printf("Executing VBoxManage: %#v", args)
+	cmd := exec.Command(d.VBoxManagePath, args...)
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/step_prepare_output_dir.go b/builder/virtualbox/step_prepare_output_dir.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86213cb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/step_prepare_output_dir.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package virtualbox
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"os"
+)
+
+type stepPrepareOutputDir struct{}
+
+func (stepPrepareOutputDir) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
+	config := state["config"].(*config)
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(config.OutputDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (stepPrepareOutputDir) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/step_suppress_messages.go b/builder/virtualbox/step_suppress_messages.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4197e47d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/step_suppress_messages.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package virtualbox
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/multistep"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"log"
+)
+
+// This step sets some variables in VirtualBox so that annoying
+// pop-up messages don't exist.
+type stepSuppressMessages struct{}
+
+func (stepSuppressMessages) Run(state map[string]interface{}) multistep.StepAction {
+	driver := state["driver"].(Driver)
+	ui := state["ui"].(packer.Ui)
+
+	log.Println("Suppressing annoying messages in VirtualBox")
+	if err := driver.SuppressMessages(); err != nil {
+		ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error configuring VirtualBox to suppress messages: %s", err))
+		return multistep.ActionHalt
+	}
+
+	return multistep.ActionContinue
+}
+
+func (stepSuppressMessages) Cleanup(map[string]interface{}) {}