all: iso
 
 .PHONY: clean
-clean: images-clean rpms-clean iso-clean tacker-clean congress-clean
+clean: images-clean rpms-clean iso-clean tacker-clean congress-clean vpp-clean
 
 .PHONY: images
 images: undercloud overcloud-full overcloud-opendaylight overcloud-onos overcloud-opendaylight-sfc
        @echo "Building the Congress RPM"
        rpmbuild --clean -bb --target noarch openstack-congress.spec -D '_topdir %(echo `pwd`)' -D '_builddir %(echo `pwd`)' -D '_sourcedir %(echo `pwd`)' -D '_rpmdir %(echo `pwd`)' -D '_specdir %(echo `pwd`)' -D '_srcrpmdir %(echo `pwd`)'
 
+###############
+#     VPP     #
+###############
+
+VPP_DIR = vpp
+
+.PHONY: vpp-clean
+vpp-clean:
+       @rm -f vpp-bin.tar.gz
+       @rm -rf vpp-bin vpp
+
+.PHONY: vpp-build
+vpp-build: vpp-bin.tar.gz
+
+vpp-bin.tar.gz: vpp
+       $(MAKE) -C $(VPP_DIR) UNATTENDED=yes install-dep bootstrap build pkg-rpm
+       $(MAKE) -C $(VPP_DIR)/build-root PLATFORM=vpp TAG=vpp_debug vpp-api-install
+       pushd vpp/vpp-api/python && python setup.py bdist
+       mkdir vpp-bin
+       mv vpp/build-root/*.rpm vpp-bin/
+       mv vpp/vpp-api/python/dist/*.tar.gz vpp-bin/
+       tar czf vpp-bin.tar.gz vpp-bin
+
+vpp:
+       git clone https://gerrit.fd.io/r/vpp
+
+
 ###############
 #  UNDERCLOUD #
 ###############
 .PHONY: overcloud-full
 overcloud-full: images/overcloud-full.qcow2
 
-images/overcloud-full.qcow2: tacker-rpm congress-rpm
+images/overcloud-full.qcow2: tacker-rpm congress-rpm vpp-build
        @echo "Building the Apex Base Overcloud Image"
        @./overcloud-full.sh
 
 
     --run-command "cd /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/congress/datasources && curl -O $doctor_driver" \
     --run-command "sed -i \"s/'--detailed-exitcodes',/'--detailed-exitcodes','-l','syslog','-l','console',/g\" /var/lib/heat-config/hooks/puppet" \
     --upload /tmp/fdio-master.repo:/etc/yum.repos.d/fdio-master.repo \
-    --install unzip,vpp,honeycomb \
+    --upload ../vpp-bin.tar.gz:/root \
+    --run-command "cd /root && tar zxvf vpp-bin.tar.gz" \
+    --run-command "yum install -y /root/vpp-bin/*.rpm" \
+    --run-command "tar zxvf /root/vpp-bin/vpp_papi*.tar.gz -C /" \
+    --install unzip,honeycomb \
     --upload puppet-fdio.tar.gz:/etc/puppet/modules \
     --run-command "cd /etc/puppet/modules && tar xzf puppet-fdio.tar.gz" \
     --upload vsperf.tar.gz:/var/opt \