diff --git a/src/leiningen/core.clj b/src/leiningen/core.clj
index 2d461d547..2272bfdbd 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/core.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/core.clj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   (walk (fn [item]
           (cond (and (seq? item) (= `unquote (first item))) (second item)
                 ;; needed if we want fn literals to be usable by eval-in-project
-                (or (list? item) (symbol? item)) (list 'quote item)
+                (or (seq? item) (symbol? item)) (list 'quote item)
                 :else (unquote-project item)))
         identity
         args))
diff --git a/test/test_core.clj b/test/test_core.clj
index 324f4ab0d..298e86f6a 100644
--- a/test/test_core.clj
+++ b/test/test_core.clj
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 (ns test-core
-  (:require leiningen.core :reload-all)
+  (:use [leiningen.core] :reload-all)
   (:use [clojure.test]))
 
-;; testing private vars is awesome!
-
-(def make-groups @#'leiningen.core/make-groups)
-
-(def matching-arity? @#'leiningen.core/matching-arity?)
-
 (deftest test-make-groups-empty-args
   (is (= [[]] (make-groups []))))
 
@@ -37,3 +31,10 @@
   (is (matching-arity? "version" nil []))
   (is (not (matching-arity? "test" nil [])))
   (is (not (matching-arity? "test" nil ["test-core"]))))
+
+(deftest test-unquote
+  (let [project (binding [*ns* (find-ns 'leiningen.core)]
+                  (read-project "test_projects/sample/project.clj"))]
+    (is (= ['org.clojure/clojure "1.1.0-master-SNAPSHOT"]
+             (first (:dependencies project))))
+    (is (= '(fn [_] (> (rand) 0.5))))))
diff --git a/test_projects/sample/project.clj b/test_projects/sample/project.clj
index 6ba71e47e..11ed09244 100644
--- a/test_projects/sample/project.clj
+++ b/test_projects/sample/project.clj
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@
                   :bin "bin/nom"}
   :test-selectors {:integration :integration
                    :default (complement :integration)
+                   :random (fn [_] (> (rand) ~(float 1/2)))
                    :all (constantly true)})