diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d497dd3898..5364d127f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1667,6 +1667,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "common",
  "orbclient",
+ "pcid",
  "redox-daemon",
  "redox_event 0.1.0",
  "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
diff --git a/vboxd/Cargo.toml b/vboxd/Cargo.toml
index b27804da77..23a4273c2a 100644
--- a/vboxd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vboxd/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ redox_syscall = "0.4"
 redox-daemon = "0.1"
 
 common = { path = "../common" }
+pcid = { path = "../pcid" }
diff --git a/vboxd/config.toml b/vboxd/config.toml
index d05651231a..d41fca4576 100644
--- a/vboxd/config.toml
+++ b/vboxd/config.toml
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ name = "VirtualBox Guest Device"
 class = 0x08
 vendor = 0x80EE
 device = 0xCAFE
-command = ["vboxd", "$NAME", "$BAR0", "$BAR1", "$IRQ"]
+command = ["vboxd"]
+use_channel = true
diff --git a/vboxd/src/main.rs b/vboxd/src/main.rs
index 845464d5e4..555b5eb675 100644
--- a/vboxd/src/main.rs
+++ b/vboxd/src/main.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ extern crate orbclient;
 extern crate syscall;
 
 use event::EventQueue;
-use std::{env, mem};
+use std::mem;
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{Result, Read, Write};
 
+use pcid_interface::{PciBar, PcidServerHandle};
 use syscall::call::iopl;
 use syscall::flag::EventFlags;
 use syscall::io::{Io, Mmio, Pio};
@@ -184,19 +185,27 @@ impl VboxGuestInfo {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut args = env::args().skip(1);
+    let mut pcid_handle =
+        PcidServerHandle::connect_default().expect("vboxd: failed to setup channel to pcid");
+    let pci_config = pcid_handle
+        .fetch_config()
+        .expect("vboxd: failed to fetch config");
 
-    let mut name = args.next().expect("vboxd: no name provided");
+    let mut name = pci_config.func.name();
     name.push_str("_vbox");
 
-    let bar0_str = args.next().expect("vboxd: no address provided");
-    let bar0 = usize::from_str_radix(&bar0_str, 16).expect("vboxd: failed to parse address");
+    let bar0 = match pci_config.func.bars[0] {
+        PciBar::Port(port) => port,
+        _ => unreachable!(),
+    };
 
-    let bar1_str = args.next().expect("vboxd: no address provided");
-    let bar1 = usize::from_str_radix(&bar1_str, 16).expect("vboxd: failed to parse address");
+    let bar1 = match pci_config.func.bars[1] {
+        PciBar::Memory32(addr) => addr as usize,
+        PciBar::Memory64(addr) => addr as usize,
+        PciBar::None | PciBar::Port(_) => unreachable!(),
+    };
 
-    let irq_str = args.next().expect("vboxd: no irq provided");
-    let irq = irq_str.parse::<u8>().expect("vboxd: failed to parse irq");
+    let irq = pci_config.func.legacy_interrupt_line;
 
     print!("{}", format!(" + VirtualBox {} on: {:X}, {:X}, IRQ {}\n", name, bar0, bar1, irq));