diff --git a/vagrant/puppet_master/install_certs.sh b/vagrant/puppet_master/install_certs.sh
--- a/vagrant/puppet_master/install_certs.sh
+++ b/vagrant/puppet_master/install_certs.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@
 CERT_DIR="/tmp/puppet_master"
 PUPPET_CERT_DIR=/var/lib/puppet/ssl
 
-sudo mkdir -p ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}/ 
+apt-get update
 
-sudo rsync -avP $CERT_DIR/* ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}
+apt-get install -y rsync
 
-sudo chown -R puppet:puppet ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}
+mkdir -p ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}/
+
+rsync -avP $CERT_DIR/* ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}
+
+chown -R puppet:puppet ${PUPPET_CERT_DIR}