diff --git a/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/10-install-kvm.sh b/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/10-install-kvm.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca870b7fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/10-install-kvm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+yum install -y curl yum-utils libvirt qemu-kvm virt-install libguestfs-tools libvirt-client qemu-kvm-tools
+
+systemctl enable libvirtd.service
+systemctl restart libvirtd.service
+
+# Install docker-machine
+curl -Lo docker-machine https://github.com/docker/machine/releases/download/v0.15.0/docker-machine-Linux-x86_64
+chmod +x docker-machine
+cp -f docker-machine /usr/local/bin/
+
+# Install KVM2 driver for docker-machine
+curl -Lo docker-machine-driver-kvm2 https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/docker-machine-driver-kvm2
+chmod +x docker-machine-driver-kvm2
+cp -f docker-machine-driver-kvm2 /usr/local/bin/
diff --git a/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/10-install-virtualbox.sh b/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/10-install-virtualbox.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 943fc80bd8..0000000000
--- a/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/10-install-virtualbox.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Add CentOS ol7_addons repo with VirtualBox
-cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/ol7_addons.repo
-[ol7_addons]
-name=Oracle Linux $releasever Add ons (\$basearch)
-baseurl=http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/addons/\$basearch/
-gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
-gpgcheck=1
-enabled=1
-EOF
-rpm --import http://public-yum.oracle.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle-ol7
-yum makecache
-
-# Install dependencies
-yum install -y gcc make perl kernel-devel kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.17.1.el7.x86_64
-
-yum install -y VirtualBox-5.2
diff --git a/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/20-install-minikube.sh b/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/20-install-minikube.sh
index df2f980e82..cdedb834fb 100644
--- a/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/20-install-minikube.sh
+++ b/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/20-install-minikube.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
 # Install kubectl
+
 KUBECTL_VERSION=$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)
 curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${KUBECTL_VERSION}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl \
-  && chmod +x kubectl && mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
+  && chmod a+x kubectl && mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
 kubectl version
 
 # Install minikube
 curl -Lo minikube https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases/latest/minikube-linux-amd64 \
-  && chmod +x minikube && mv minikube /usr/local/bin/
+  && chmod a+x minikube && mv minikube /usr/local/bin/
 minikube version
+
+# Setting WantReportErrorPrompt to false prevents minikube from interactively prompting the user 
+# for consent on sending diagnostic information back home in case of failure.
+minikube config set WantReportErrorPrompt false
+minikube config set vm-driver kvm2
+
+# These settings allocate half of the host's CPU cores and memory to the minikube virtual machine.
+# The proportion can be adjusted by chaning the '/ 2' factor in the expressions below.
+minikube config set cpus $(($(lscpu -p | grep -cv '#') / 2))
+minikube config set memory $(($(free --mega -tw | grep Mem: | cut -d' ' -f12) / 2))
diff --git a/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/main.tf b/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/main.tf
index e73a9774eb..3ecece9354 100644
--- a/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/main.tf
+++ b/kubernetes/test-infra/minikube-on-packet/main.tf
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ resource "packet_device" "minikube" {
       user        = "root"
       private_key = "${tls_private_key.ssh.private_key_pem}"
     }
-    source      = "${path.module}/10-install-virtualbox.sh"
-    destination = "/tmp/10-install-virtualbox.sh"
+    source      = "${path.module}/10-install-kvm.sh"
+    destination = "/tmp/10-install-kvm.sh"
   }
   provisioner "file" {
     connection {
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ resource "packet_device" "minikube" {
       private_key = "${tls_private_key.ssh.private_key_pem}"
     }
     inline = [
-      "chmod a+x /tmp/10-install-virtualbox.sh && chmod a+x /tmp/20-install-minikube.sh",
-      "/tmp/10-install-virtualbox.sh | tee /var/log/provisioning-10-virtualbox.log",
+      "chmod a+x /tmp/10-install-kvm.sh && chmod a+x /tmp/20-install-minikube.sh",
+      "/tmp/10-install-kvm.sh | tee /var/log/provisioning-11-kvm.log",
       "/tmp/20-install-minikube.sh | tee /var/log/provisioning-20-minikube.log",
-      "minikube start --kubernetes-version=v${var.kubernetes_version}",
+      "/usr/local/bin/minikube start --kubernetes-version=v${var.kubernetes_version}",
       # Extract certs so they can be transfered back to client
       "mkdir -p /tmp/${var.dotminikube_path}",
-      "minikube ip | tr -d \"\n\" > /tmp/client/local-ip.txt",
+      "/usr/local/bin/minikube ip | tr -d \"\n\" > /tmp/client/local-ip.txt",
       "cp -r ~/.minikube/{ca.crt,client.crt,client.key} /tmp/${var.dotminikube_path}/",
     ]
   }