diff --git a/test/leiningen/test/helper.clj b/test/leiningen/test/helper.clj
index 75943db9..f657c5de 100644
--- a/test/leiningen/test/helper.clj
+++ b/test/leiningen/test/helper.clj
@@ -9,9 +9,20 @@
   (io/file local-repo
            (if (string? n) n (or (namespace n) (name n))) (name n) v))
 
+(defn- prepend-root [project key root]
+  (assoc project key (str root java.io.File/separator (key project))))
+
 (defn- read-test-project [name]
-  (binding [*ns* (find-ns 'leiningen.core)]
-    (project/read (format "test_projects/%s/project.clj" name))))
+  (let [project (project/read (format "test_projects/%s/project.clj" name))
+        root (:root project)]
+    (-> project
+        (prepend-root :source-path root)
+        (prepend-root :compile-path root)
+        (prepend-root :test-path root)
+        (prepend-root :resources-path root)
+        (prepend-root :dev-resources-path root)
+        (prepend-root :target-path root)
+        (prepend-root :native-path root))))
 
 (def sample-project (read-test-project "sample"))
 
diff --git a/test/leiningen/test/run.clj b/test/leiningen/test/run.clj
index 66bea8ea..bafedd57 100644
--- a/test/leiningen/test/run.clj
+++ b/test/leiningen/test/run.clj
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@
 ;; TODO: re-enable
 ;; (deftest test-run-java-main
 ;;   (javac dev-deps-project)
-;;   (is (zero? (run dev-deps-project))))
\ No newline at end of file
+;;   (is (zero? (run dev-deps-project))))
diff --git a/test_projects/sample_no_aot/project.clj b/test_projects/sample_no_aot/project.clj
index 28f75346..3c4239e8 100644
--- a/test_projects/sample_no_aot/project.clj
+++ b/test_projects/sample_no_aot/project.clj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ;; "lein new".
 
 (defproject nomnomnom "0.5.0-SNAPSHOT"
-  :dependencies [[clojure "1.2.0"]
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.2.0"]
                  [janino "2.5.15"]]
   :uberjar-exclusions [#"DUMMY"]
   :test-selectors {:default (fn [m] (not (:integration m)))
diff --git a/test_projects/tricky-name/project.clj b/test_projects/tricky-name/project.clj
index 059442b6..b09a61cd 100644
--- a/test_projects/tricky-name/project.clj
+++ b/test_projects/tricky-name/project.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (defproject org.domain/tricky-name "1.0"
   :description "One with a tricky group and project name"
-  :dev-dependencies [[clojure "1.2.0"]]
+  :dev-dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.2.0"]]
   :shell-wrapper true
   :main ^{:skip-aot true} org.domain.tricky-name.core
   :run-aliases {:bbb org.domain.tricky-name.brunch