diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index bbdf3462..6fbeefb2 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
   config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest_ip: "0.0.0.0", guest: 13747, host: 13747
   config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $script
   config.vm.provision "shell", inline: $script_services, run: "always"
-  config.vm.provider "libvirt" do |v|
+  config.vm.provider "libvirt" do |v, override|
+    override.vm.synced_folder "./", "/tmp/module_build_service", type: "sshfs"
     v.memory = 1024
     #v.cpus = 2
   end
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 629aa922..3d8149a2 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ for folder syncing::
 
     $ vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
 
+If you are using libvirt, then folder syncing will be done using SSHFS. To
+install this on Fedora, use:
+
+    $ dnf install vagrant-sshfs
+
+If you are using libvirt but not using Fedora, you can install the plugin
+directly in Vagrant using:
+
+    $ vagrant plugin install vagrant-sshfs
+
 To launch Vagrant, run (depending on your OS, you may need to run it with sudo)::
 
     $ vagrant up