diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 53e575ed..729ba195 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ end
 SLAVES_COUNT = cfg["slaves_count"]
 SLAVES_RAM = cfg["slaves_ram"]
 MASTER_RAM = cfg["master_ram"]
+SYNC_TYPE = cfg["sync_type"]
 
 def ansible_playbook_command(filename, args=[])
   "ansible-playbook -v -i \"localhost,\" -c local /vagrant/bootstrap/playbooks/#{filename} #{args.join ' '}"
@@ -67,10 +68,17 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
     end
 
     config.vm.provider:libvirt do |libvirt|
-      config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "9p", disabled: false, accessmode: "mapped"
       libvirt.driver = 'kvm'
       libvirt.memory = MASTER_RAM
     end
+
+    if SYNC_TYPE == 'nfs'
+      config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"
+    end
+    if SYNC_TYPE == 'rsync'
+      config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", rsync: "nfs",
+        rsync__args: ["--verbose", "--archive", "--delete", "-z"]
+    end
   end
 
   SLAVES_COUNT.times do |i|
@@ -95,11 +103,19 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
         ]
         v.name = "solar-dev#{index}"
       end
-    config.vm.provider:libvirt do |libvirt|
-      config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "9p", disabled: false, accessmode: "mapped"
-      libvirt.driver = 'kvm'
-      libvirt.memory = SLAVES_RAM
-    end
+
+      config.vm.provider:libvirt do |libvirt|
+        libvirt.driver = 'kvm'
+        libvirt.memory = SLAVES_RAM
+      end
+
+      if SYNC_TYPE == 'nfs'
+        config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"
+      end
+      if SYNC_TYPE == 'rsync'
+        config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", rsync: "nfs",
+          rsync__args: ["--verbose", "--archive", "--delete", "-z"]
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/docs/libvirt.md b/docs/libvirt.md
index 04d7da4d..753db23f 100644
--- a/docs/libvirt.md
+++ b/docs/libvirt.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ vagrant plugin install vagrant-mutate
 vagrant mutate cgenie/solar-master libvirt
 ```
 
+You can also change `sync_type` in your custom `vagrant-settings.yml` file.
+
 # Use solar
 
 ``` bash
diff --git a/vagrant-settings.yaml_defaults b/vagrant-settings.yaml_defaults
index af415d95..19fbfe74 100644
--- a/vagrant-settings.yaml_defaults
+++ b/vagrant-settings.yaml_defaults
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@
 slaves_count: 2
 slaves_ram: 1024
 master_ram: 1024
+# By default Virtualbox shared folder is used which is very slow
+# Uncomment following option to change it.
+# Possible options are: rsync, nfs
+# sync_type: nfs