diff --git a/virtualization/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/virtualization/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index e50c4e6de00..d3974d51a7a 100644
--- a/virtualization/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/virtualization/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -13,4 +13,12 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
     vb.cpus = 2
     vb.customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--memory', '1024']
   end
+  config.vm.provider :hyperv do |h, override|
+    override.vm.box = "generic/debian9"
+    override.vm.hostname = "contrib-stretch"
+    h.vmname = "home-assistant"
+    h.cpus = 2
+    h.memory = 1024
+    h.maxmemory = 1024
+  end
 end
diff --git a/virtualization/vagrant/provision.bat b/virtualization/vagrant/provision.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8174e939a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virtualization/vagrant/provision.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+@echo off
+call:main %*
+goto:eof
+
+:usage
+echo.############################################################
+echo.
+echo.Use `./provision.bat` to interact with HASS. E.g:
+echo.
+echo.- setup the environment: `./provision.bat start`
+echo.- restart HASS process: `./provision.bat restart`
+echo.- run test suit: `./provision.bat tests`
+echo.- destroy the host and start anew: `./provision.bat recreate`
+echo.
+echo.Official documentation at https://home-assistant.io/docs/installation/vagrant/
+echo.
+echo.############################################################'
+goto:eof
+
+:main
+if "%*"=="setup" (
+    if exist setup_done del setup_done
+    vagrant up --provision
+    copy /y nul setup_done
+) else (
+if "%*"=="tests" (
+    copy /y nul run_tests
+    vagrant provision
+) else (
+if "%*"=="restart" (
+    copy /y nul restart
+    vagrant provision
+) else (
+if "%*"=="start" (
+    vagrant up --provision
+) else (
+if "%*"=="stop" (
+    vagrant halt
+) else (
+if "%*"=="destroy" (
+    vagrant destroy -f
+) else (
+if "%*"=="recreate" (
+    if exist setup_done del setup_done
+    if exist restart del restart
+    vagrant destroy -f
+    vagrant up --provision
+) else (
+    call:usage
+)))))))
diff --git a/virtualization/vagrant/provision.sh b/virtualization/vagrant/provision.sh
index d4ef4e0b446..1d2eecddc73 100755
--- a/virtualization/vagrant/provision.sh
+++ b/virtualization/vagrant/provision.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ run_tests() {
     rsync -a --delete \
         --exclude='*.tox' \
         --exclude='*.git' \
+        --exclude='.vagrant' \
+        --exclude='lib64' \
+        --exclude='bin/python' \
+        --exclude='bin/python3' \
         /home-assistant/ /home-assistant-tests/
     cd /home-assistant-tests && tox || true
     echo '############################################################'