diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee6b9c52..c9494450 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ deploy: .deployed
 .tested: bin/boot
 	(export BOOT_VERSION=$(version) && export BOOT_EMIT_TARGET=no && cd boot/core && ../../bin/boot -x test)
 	(export BOOT_VERSION=$(version) && export BOOT_EMIT_TARGET=no && cd boot/worker && ../../bin/boot -x test)
-	(cd boot/pod && lein test)
+	(export BOOT_VERSION=$(version) && export BOOT_EMIT_TARGET=no && cd boot/pod && ../../bin/boot -x test)
 	date > .tested
 
 test: .installed .tested
diff --git a/boot/pod/build.boot b/boot/pod/build.boot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7eae50d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/pod/build.boot
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+(import boot.App)
+
+(def +version+ (App/config "BOOT_VERSION"))
+
+(set-env!
+ :source-paths #{"src" "test"}
+ :dependencies [['org.clojure/clojure "1.7.0"] ;; has to run 1.7.0 or boot-alt-test will fail
+                ['boot/aether +version+]
+                ['org.tcrawley/dynapath "1.0.0"]
+                ['org.projectodd.shimdandy/shimdandy-impl "1.2.0"]
+
+                ['metosin/boot-alt-test "0.3.2" :scope "test"]])
+
+(ns-unmap 'boot.user 'test)
+
+(require '[metosin.boot-alt-test :refer [alt-test]])
+
+(deftask test []
+  (comp
+   (with-pass-thru [fs]
+     (boot.util/info "Testing against version %s\n" (App/config "BOOT_VERSION")))
+   (alt-test)))