diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 51b93b1..90afd0e 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 
-
 from fabric.operations import put
 from fabric.api import run, sudo, env
 from fabric.contrib.files import exists
 from fabric.decorators import with_settings
-from fabric.context_managers import prefix, cd
+from fabric.context_managers import prefix, cd, settings
 
 env.user = 'colab' # key depends on env
 env.use_shell = False
@@ -100,6 +99,17 @@ def rebuild_index(age=None):
 
 
 @with_settings(user='vagrant')
+def build_solr_schema():
+    with cd('/vagrant/src/'), prefix(WORKON_COLAB):
+        run('python manage.py build_solr_schema -f /tmp/schema.xml')
+
+    with settings(user='colab'):
+        run('cp /tmp/schema.xml ~/apache-solr-3.6.2/example/solr/conf/schema.xml')
+
+    sudo('supervisorctl restart solr')
+
+
+@with_settings(user='vagrant')
 def runserver(update_requirements=False):
     env_created = mkvirtualenv()
 
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