diff --git a/src/leiningen/pom.clj b/src/leiningen/pom.clj
index d24acf87b..ea44757b7 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/pom.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/pom.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   (:use [clojure.contrib.duck-streams :only [reader copy]]
         [clojure.contrib.java-utils :only [file as-properties]])
   (:import [java.io StringWriter ByteArrayOutputStream]
-           [org.apache.maven.model Model Parent Dependency Repository Scm]
+           [org.apache.maven.model Build Model Parent Dependency Repository Scm]
            [org.apache.maven.project MavenProject]))
 
 (def #^{:doc "A notice to place at the bottom of generated files."} disclaimer
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@
                     "clojure-snapshots" "http://build.clojure.org/snapshots"
                     "clojars" "http://clojars.org/repo/"})
 
+(defn relative-path
+  [project path-key]
+  (.replace (path-key project) (str (:root project) "/") ""))
+
 (defn make-model [project]
   (let [model (doto (Model.)
                 (.setModelVersion "4.0.0")
@@ -92,7 +96,11 @@
                 (.setName (:name project))
                 (.setVersion (:version project))
                 (.setGroupId (:group project))
-                (.setDescription (:description project)))]
+                (.setDescription (:description project)))
+        build (doto (Build.)
+                (.setSourceDirectory (relative-path project :source-path))
+                (.setTestSourceDirectory (relative-path project :test-path)))]
+    (.setBuild model build)
     ;; TODO: add leiningen as a test-scoped dependency
     (doseq [dep (:dependencies project)]
       (.addDependency model (make-dependency dep)))
diff --git a/test/test_pom.clj b/test/test_pom.clj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e5276942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_pom.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+(ns test-pom
+  (:use [leiningen.core :only [read-project defproject]]
+        [leiningen.pom :only [pom make-model]])
+  (:use [clojure.test]
+        [clojure.contrib.java-utils :only [file delete-file]]))
+
+(def test-project (read-project "sample/project.clj"))
+
+(deftest test-pom
+  (let [pom-file (file (:root test-project) "pom.xml")]
+    (delete-file pom-file true)
+    (pom test-project)
+    (is (.exists pom-file))))
+
+(deftest test-make-model-includes-build-settings
+  (let [model (make-model test-project)]
+    (is (= "src" (-> model .getBuild .getSourceDirectory)))
+    (is (= "test" (-> model .getBuild .getTestSourceDirectory)))))