diff --git a/test/leiningen/test/helper.clj b/test/leiningen/test/helper.clj
index 112d7515..2d5ad516 100644
--- a/test/leiningen/test/helper.clj
+++ b/test/leiningen/test/helper.clj
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 (def sample-no-aot-project (read-test-project "sample-no-aot"))
 
+(def sample-with-project (read-test-project "sample-with-project-profile"))
+
 (def tricky-name-project (read-test-project "tricky-name"))
 
 (def native-project (read-test-project "native"))
diff --git a/test/leiningen/test/pom.clj b/test/leiningen/test/pom.clj
index 85803581..2046b60f 100644
--- a/test/leiningen/test/pom.clj
+++ b/test/leiningen/test/pom.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
         [clojure.java.io :only [file delete-file]]
         [leiningen.pom :only [make-pom pom]]
         [leiningen.core.user :as user]
-        [leiningen.test.helper :only [sample-project] :as lthelper])
+        [leiningen.test.helper :only [sample-project sample-with-project]
+         :as lthelper])
   (:require [clojure.data.xml :as xml]
             [leiningen.core.project :as project]
             [leiningen.core.main :as main]))
@@ -318,3 +319,10 @@
         nrepls (filter #(re-find #"nrepl" (pr-str %)) deps)
         versions (map #(deep-content % [:dependency :version]) nrepls)]
     (is (= [["0.2.2"]] versions))))
+
+(deftest test-project-profile
+  (let [p (make-pom sample-with-project)
+        deps (deep-content (xml/parse-str p) [:project :dependencies])
+        clj-https (filter #(re-find #"clj-http" (pr-str %)) deps)
+        versions (map #(deep-content % [:dependency :version]) clj-https)]
+    (is (= [["1.0.0"]] versions))))
diff --git a/test_projects/sample-with-project-profile/project.clj b/test_projects/sample-with-project-profile/project.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89321dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_projects/sample-with-project-profile/project.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+;; This project is used for leiningen's test suite, so don't change
+;; any of these values without updating the relevant tests. If you
+;; just want a basic project to work from, generate a new one with
+;; "lein new".
+
+(def clj-version "1.3.0")
+
+(defproject nomnomnom "0.5.0-SNAPSHOT"
+  :description "A test project"
+  :plugins [[com.palletops/discovery-api "0.1.0"]]
+  :profiles {:project [:discovery-api]})