diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd578bd..f488d5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ If you are using the default configuration, just create a `dump.sql` file in the
 * memcached
 * postfix
 * vim, git, screen, curl, composer
+* Zend Guard Loader 6
 
 ## Default credentials
 ### MySQL
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 4cf8cc9..ac0c611 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@
 
     # Enable and configure chef solo
     config.vm.provision :chef_solo do |chef|
+      chef.custom_config_path = "Vagrantfile.chef"
       chef.add_recipe "app::packages"
       chef.add_recipe "app::web_server"
       chef.add_recipe "app::vhost"
+      chef.add_recipe "app::zendguardloader"
       chef.add_recipe "memcached"
       chef.add_recipe "app::db"
       chef.json = {
diff --git a/Vagrantfile.chef b/Vagrantfile.chef
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc06693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Vagrantfile.chef
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Chef::Config.ssl_verify_mode = :verify_peer
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diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index 3582e5f..85ef82c 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@
 					<td>gd</td>
 					<td><i class="icon-<?php echo (function_exists('imagecreate') ? 'ok' : 'remove'); ?>"></i></td>
 				</tr>
+
+				<tr>
+					<td>zend loader</td>
+					<td><i class="icon-<?php echo (function_exists('zend_loader_enabled') ? 'ok' : 'remove'); ?>"></i></td>
+				</tr>
 			</table>
 
 			<h3>MySQL credentials</h3>
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/app/recipes/zendguardloader.rb b/site-cookbooks/app/recipes/zendguardloader.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7e1335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site-cookbooks/app/recipes/zendguardloader.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Install Zend Guard Loader
+bash "zend-guard-loader" do
+	user "root"
+	cwd "/tmp"
+	code <<-EOH
+		wget http://downloads.zend.com/guard/6.0.0/ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-linux-glibc23-i386.tar.gz
+		tar xzf ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-linux-glibc23-i386.tar.gz
+		cp ZendGuardLoader-70429-PHP-5.4-linux-glibc23-i386/php-5.4.x/ZendGuardLoader.so /usr/lib/php5/20100525+lfs/
+		 
+		file=/usr/lib/php5/20100525+lfs/ZendGuardLoader.so
+		echo zend_extension=$file > /etc/php5/conf.d/zend_extensions.ini
+		chmod 644 $file
+		chown 0:0 $file
+		 
+		service apache2 reload
+	  	EOH
+end
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