diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a14356999c..5830cc4076 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ To install or update CocoaPods see this [guide](http://docs.cocoapods.org/guides
   regression introduced by CocoaPods 0.22.1 and matching more closely Xcode
   behaviour.
 
+* The validator now builds the Pods target instead of the first target actually
+  performing the validation.
 
 ## 0.22.1
 [CocoaPods](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/compare/0.22.0...0.22.1)
diff --git a/lib/cocoapods/validator.rb b/lib/cocoapods/validator.rb
index 6541f06ae5..12fbefcf5b 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods/validator.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods/validator.rb
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def parse_xcodebuild_output(output)
     #         returns its output (bot STDOUT and STDERR).
     #
     def xcodebuild
-      `xcodebuild clean build 2>&1`
+      `xcodebuild clean build -target Pods 2>&1`
     end
 
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------------#