diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 506c7597c1..aef1dd1f6c 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -828,6 +828,18 @@ Options:
 
 The VirtualBox driver uses the latest boot2docker image.
 
+Environment variables:
+
+Here comes the list of the supported variables with the corresponding options. If both environment
+variable and CLI option are provided the CLI option takes the precedence.
+
+| Environment variable              | CLI option                        |
+|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
+| `VIRTUALBOX_MEMORY_SIZE`          | `--virtualbox-memory`             |
+| `VIRTUALBOX_CPU_COUNT`            | `--virtualbox-cpu-count`          |
+| `VIRTUALBOX_DISK_SIZE`            | `--virtualbox-disk-size`          |
+| `VIRTUALBOX_BOOT2DOCKER_URL`      | `--virtualbox-boot2docker-url`    |
+
 #### VMware Fusion
 Creates machines locally on [VMware Fusion](http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion). Requires VMware Fusion to be installed.
 
diff --git a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
index d2bbb75a5f..11d00836d4 100644
--- a/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
+++ b/drivers/virtualbox/virtualbox.go
@@ -65,20 +65,22 @@ func init() {
 func GetCreateFlags() []cli.Flag {
 	return []cli.Flag{
 		cli.IntFlag{
-			Name:  "virtualbox-memory",
-			Usage: "Size of memory for host in MB",
-			Value: 1024,
+			EnvVar: "VIRTUALBOX_MEMORY_SIZE",
+			Name:   "virtualbox-memory",
+			Usage:  "Size of memory for host in MB",
+			Value:  1024,
 		},
 		cli.IntFlag{
+			EnvVar: "VIRTUALBOX_CPU_COUNT",
 			Name:   "virtualbox-cpu-count",
 			Usage:  "number of CPUs for the machine (-1 to use the number of CPUs available)",
-			EnvVar: "VIRTUALBOX_CPU_COUNT",
 			Value:  -1,
 		},
 		cli.IntFlag{
-			Name:  "virtualbox-disk-size",
-			Usage: "Size of disk for host in MB",
-			Value: 20000,
+			EnvVar: "VIRTUALBOX_DISK_SIZE",
+			Name:   "virtualbox-disk-size",
+			Usage:  "Size of disk for host in MB",
+			Value:  20000,
 		},
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			EnvVar: "VIRTUALBOX_BOOT2DOCKER_URL",
diff --git a/test/integration/driver-virtualbox.bats b/test/integration/driver-virtualbox.bats
index 25a94fbf7f..9427c00710 100644
--- a/test/integration/driver-virtualbox.bats
+++ b/test/integration/driver-virtualbox.bats
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ findCPUCount() {
 
 @test "$DRIVER: check custom machine memory size" {
   findMemorySize
-  [[ ${output} == "${CUSTOM_MEMSIZE}"  ]]
+  [[ ${output} == "$CUSTOM_MEMSIZE"  ]]
 }
 
 @test "$DRIVER: check custom machine disksize" {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ findCPUCount() {
 
 @test "$DRIVER: check custom machine cpucount" {
   findCPUCount
-  [[ ${output} == "${CUSTOM_CPUCOUNT}" ]]
+  [[ ${output} == "$CUSTOM_CPUCOUNT" ]]
 }
 
 @test "$DRIVER: machine should show running after create" {
@@ -284,7 +284,41 @@ findCPUCount() {
   [ "$status" -eq 0  ]
 }
 
+@test "$DRIVER: can create custom machine using disk size, cpu count and memory size via env vars" {
+  VIRTUALBOX_DISK_SIZE=$CUSTOM_DISKSIZE VIRTUALBOX_CPU_COUNT=$CUSTOM_CPUCOUNT VIRTUALBOX_MEMORY_SIZE=$CUSTOM_MEMSIZE run machine create -d $DRIVER $NAME
+  [ "$status" -eq 0  ]
+}
+
+@test "$DRIVER: check machine's memory size was set correctly by env var" {
+  findMemorySize
+  [[ ${output} == "$CUSTOM_MEMSIZE"  ]]
+}
+
+@test "$DRIVER: check machine's disk size was set correctly by env var" {
+  findDiskSize
+  [[ ${output} == *"$CUSTOM_DISKSIZE"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "$DRIVER: check custom machine cpucount" {
+  findCPUCount
+  [[ ${output} == "$CUSTOM_CPUCOUNT" ]]
+}
+
+
+@test "$DRIVER: machine should show running after create with env" {
+  run machine ls
+  [ "$status" -eq 0  ]
+  [[ ${lines[1]} == *"Running"*  ]]
+}
+
+@test "$DRIVER: remove after custom env create" {
+  run machine rm -f $NAME
+  [ "$status" -eq 0  ]
+}
+
+# Cleanup of machine store should always be the last 'test'
 @test "$DRIVER: cleanup" {
   run rm -rf $MACHINE_STORAGE_PATH
   [ "$status" -eq 0  ]
 }
+