diff --git a/scripts/test_wheel.bash b/scripts/test_wheel.bash
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+## TODO: fail if virtualenv is not located.
+
+set -e
+
+VERSION=$1
+
+# Ensure working directory is planemo project.
+SCRIPTS_DIRECTORY="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+PROJECT_DIRECTORY="${SCRIPTS_DIRECTORY}/.."
+DIST_DIRECTORY="${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/dist"
+WHEEL_FILE="${DIST_DIRECTORY}/planemo-$VERSION-py2.py3-none-any.whl"
+DEV_REQUIREMENTS="${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/dev-requirements.txt"
+
+cd $PROJECT_DIRECTORY
+
+
+WORKING_DIRECTORY=`mktemp -d -t planemotestXXXXXX`
+cp -r "$PROJECT_DIRECTORY"/{.coveragerc,setup.cfg,tests,project_templates} "$WORKING_DIRECTORY"
+
+cd "$WORKING_DIRECTORY"
+VIRTUALENV_DIRECTORY="$WORKING_DIRECTORY/venv"
+virtualenv "$VIRTUALENV_DIRECTORY"
+. "$VIRTUALENV_DIRECTORY/bin/activate"
+pip install "${WHEEL_FILE}"
+pip install -r "${DEV_REQUIREMENTS}"
+
+nosetests tests