diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
index 20be6bafc4..e2ae0f6200 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ VBOX_VM::VBOX_VM() {
     enable_cache_disk = false;
     enable_isocontextualization = false;
     enable_remotedesktop = false;
+    enable_gbac = false;
     register_only = false;
     enable_network = false;
     network_bridged_mode = false;
diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.h b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.h
index 2010fd9434..06572fcea3 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.h
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vbox.h
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ public:
         // whether to use floppy io infrastructure
     bool enable_remotedesktop;
         // whether to enable remote desktop functionality
+    bool enable_gbac;
+        // whether to enable GBAC functionality
     double job_duration;
         // maximum amount of wall-clock time this VM is allowed to run before
         // considering itself done.
diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp b/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
index c05a69785e..90418cd78c 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ int parse_job_file(VBOX_VM& vm) {
         else if (xp.parse_bool("enable_cache_disk", vm.enable_cache_disk)) continue;
         else if (xp.parse_bool("enable_isocontextualization", vm.enable_isocontextualization)) continue;
         else if (xp.parse_bool("enable_remotedesktop", vm.enable_remotedesktop)) continue;
+        else if (xp.parse_bool("enable_gbac", vm.enable_gbac)) continue;
         else if (xp.parse_int("pf_guest_port", guest_port)) {
             PORT_FORWARD pf;
             pf.host_port = 0;