diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 157a0d18a99..38fcae19354 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ path = "src/driver.rs"
 clippy_lints = { version = "0.0.170", path = "clippy_lints" }
 # end automatic update
 cargo_metadata = "0.2"
+regex = "0.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 compiletest_rs = "0.3"
 duct = "0.8.2"
 lazy_static = "0.2"
-regex = "0.2"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
 clippy-mini-macro-test = { version = "0.1", path = "mini-macro" }
 serde = "1.0"
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index 275508a372a..b53b34b3b2b 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -183,17 +183,28 @@ pub fn register_plugins(reg: &mut rustc_plugin::Registry) {
                 match utils::conf::lookup_conf_file() {
                     Ok(path) => path,
                     Err(error) => {
-                        reg.sess.struct_err(&format!("error reading Clippy's configuration file: {}", error)).emit();
+                        reg.sess.struct_err(&format!("error finding Clippy's configuration file: {}", error)).emit();
                         None
                     }
                 }
             };
 
+            let file_name = file_name.map(|file_name| if file_name.is_relative() {
+                reg.sess
+                    .local_crate_source_file
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .and_then(|file| std::path::Path::new(&file).parent().map(std::path::Path::to_path_buf))
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                    .join(file_name)
+            } else {
+                file_name
+            });
+
             let (conf, errors) = utils::conf::read(file_name.as_ref().map(|p| p.as_ref()));
 
             // all conf errors are non-fatal, we just use the default conf in case of error
             for error in errors {
-                reg.sess.struct_err(&format!("error reading Clippy's configuration file: {}", error)).emit();
+                reg.sess.struct_err(&format!("error reading Clippy's configuration file `{}`: {}", file_name.as_ref().and_then(|p| p.to_str()).unwrap_or(""), error)).emit();
             }
 
             conf
diff --git a/src/driver.rs b/src/driver.rs
index 8e88cc2e346..090e69cf027 100644
--- a/src/driver.rs
+++ b/src/driver.rs
@@ -129,33 +129,29 @@ fn show_version() {
 pub fn main() {
     use std::env;
 
-    if env::var("CLIPPY_DOGFOOD").is_ok() {
-        panic!("yummy");
-    }
-
     if std::env::args().any(|a| a == "--version" || a == "-V") {
         show_version();
         return;
     }
 
-    let home = option_env!("RUSTUP_HOME").or(option_env!("MULTIRUST_HOME"));
-    let toolchain = option_env!("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN").or(option_env!("MULTIRUST_TOOLCHAIN"));
-    let sys_root = if let (Some(home), Some(toolchain)) = (home, toolchain) {
-        format!("{}/toolchains/{}", home, toolchain)
-    } else {
-        option_env!("SYSROOT")
-            .map(|s| s.to_owned())
-            .or_else(|| {
-                Command::new("rustc")
-                    .arg("--print")
-                    .arg("sysroot")
-                    .output()
-                    .ok()
-                    .and_then(|out| String::from_utf8(out.stdout).ok())
-                    .map(|s| s.trim().to_owned())
-            })
-            .expect("need to specify SYSROOT env var during clippy compilation, or use rustup or multirust")
-    };
+    let sys_root = option_env!("SYSROOT")
+        .map(String::from)
+        .or_else(|| std::env::var("SYSROOT").ok())
+        .or_else(|| {
+            let home = option_env!("RUSTUP_HOME").or(option_env!("MULTIRUST_HOME"));
+            let toolchain = option_env!("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN").or(option_env!("MULTIRUST_TOOLCHAIN"));
+            home.and_then(|home| toolchain.map(|toolchain| format!("{}/toolchains/{}", home, toolchain)))
+        })
+        .or_else(|| {
+            Command::new("rustc")
+                .arg("--print")
+                .arg("sysroot")
+                .output()
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|out| String::from_utf8(out.stdout).ok())
+                .map(|s| s.trim().to_owned())
+        })
+        .expect("need to specify SYSROOT env var during clippy compilation, or use rustup or multirust");
 
     rustc_driver::in_rustc_thread(|| {
         // Setting RUSTC_WRAPPER causes Cargo to pass 'rustc' as the first argument.
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 10c0360a267..c613f029b16 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -49,12 +49,6 @@ fn show_version() {
 }
 
 pub fn main() {
-    use std::env;
-
-    if env::var("CLIPPY_DOGFOOD").is_ok() {
-        panic!("yummy");
-    }
-
     // Check for version and help flags even when invoked as 'cargo-clippy'
     if std::env::args().any(|a| a == "--help" || a == "-h") {
         show_help();
diff --git a/tests/compile-test.rs b/tests/compile-test.rs
index bd968cc6009..51ab6aee3a4 100644
--- a/tests/compile-test.rs
+++ b/tests/compile-test.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-extern crate compiletest_rs as compiletest;
+#![feature(test)]
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+extern crate compiletest_rs as compiletest;
+extern crate test;
+
+use std::path::{PathBuf, Path};
 use std::env::{set_var, var};
 
 fn clippy_driver_path() -> PathBuf {
@@ -11,16 +14,37 @@ fn clippy_driver_path() -> PathBuf {
     }
 }
 
-fn run_mode(dir: &'static str, mode: &'static str) {
+fn host_libs() -> PathBuf {
+    if let Some(path) = option_env!("HOST_LIBS") {
+        PathBuf::from(path)
+    } else {
+        Path::new("target").join(env!("PROFILE"))
+    }
+}
+
+fn rustc_test_suite() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    option_env!("RUSTC_TEST_SUITE").map(PathBuf::from)
+}
+
+fn rustc_lib_path() -> PathBuf {
+    option_env!("RUSTC_LIB_PATH").unwrap().into()
+}
+
+fn config(dir: &'static str, mode: &'static str) -> compiletest::Config {
     let mut config = compiletest::Config::default();
 
     let cfg_mode = mode.parse().expect("Invalid mode");
-    config.target_rustcflags = Some("-L target/debug/ -L target/debug/deps -Dwarnings".to_owned());
     if let Ok(name) = var::<&str>("TESTNAME") {
         let s: String = name.to_owned();
         config.filter = Some(s)
     }
 
+    if rustc_test_suite().is_some() {
+        config.run_lib_path = rustc_lib_path();
+        config.compile_lib_path = rustc_lib_path();
+    }
+    config.target_rustcflags = Some(format!("-L {0} -L {0}/deps -Dwarnings", host_libs().display()));
+
     config.mode = cfg_mode;
     config.build_base = {
         let mut path = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
@@ -29,8 +53,11 @@ fn run_mode(dir: &'static str, mode: &'static str) {
     };
     config.src_base = PathBuf::from(format!("tests/{}", dir));
     config.rustc_path = clippy_driver_path();
+    config
+}
 
-    compiletest::run_tests(&config);
+fn run_mode(dir: &'static str, mode: &'static str) {
+    compiletest::run_tests(&config(dir, mode));
 }
 
 fn prepare_env() {
@@ -45,3 +72,21 @@ fn compile_test() {
     run_mode("run-pass", "run-pass");
     run_mode("ui", "ui");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn dogfood() {
+    prepare_env();
+    let files = ["src/main.rs", "src/driver.rs", "src/lib.rs", "clippy_lints/src/lib.rs"];
+    let mut config = config("dogfood", "ui");
+    config.target_rustcflags = config.target_rustcflags.map(|flags| format!("{} -Dclippy -Dclippy_pedantic -Dclippy_internal", flags));
+
+    for file in &files {
+        let paths = test::TestPaths {
+            base: PathBuf::new(),
+            file: PathBuf::from(file),
+            relative_dir: PathBuf::new(),
+        };
+
+        compiletest::runtest::run(config.clone(), &paths);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/conf_whitelisted.rs b/tests/conf_whitelisted.rs
index 5ada775560e..10a7d3e72d7 100644
--- a/tests/conf_whitelisted.rs
+++ b/tests/conf_whitelisted.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #![feature(plugin)]
-#![plugin(clippy(conf_file = "./tests/auxiliary/conf_whitelisted.toml"))]
+#![plugin(clippy(conf_file = "./auxiliary/conf_whitelisted.toml"))]
diff --git a/tests/dogfood.rs b/tests/dogfood.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4870bd285b4..00000000000
--- a/tests/dogfood.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#![feature(test, plugin)]
-#![plugin(clippy)]
-#![deny(clippy, clippy_pedantic)]
-
-extern crate compiletest_rs as compiletest;
-extern crate test;
-
-use std::env::{set_var, var};
-use std::path::PathBuf;
-use test::TestPaths;
-
-#[test]
-fn dogfood() {
-    // don't run dogfood on travis, cargo-clippy already runs clippy on itself
-    if let Ok(travis) = var("TRAVIS") {
-        if travis == "true" {
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
-    let mut config = compiletest::Config::default();
-
-    let cfg_mode = "run-fail".parse().expect("Invalid mode");
-    let mut s = String::new();
-    s.push_str(" -L target/debug/");
-    s.push_str(" -L target/debug/deps");
-    s.push_str(" -Zextra-plugins=clippy -Ltarget_recur/debug -Dwarnings -Dclippy_pedantic -Dclippy -Dclippy_internal");
-    config.target_rustcflags = Some(s);
-    if let Ok(name) = var("TESTNAME") {
-        config.filter = Some(name.to_owned())
-    }
-
-    config.mode = cfg_mode;
-    config.verbose = true;
-
-    let files = ["src/main.rs", "src/lib.rs", "clippy_lints/src/lib.rs"];
-
-    for file in &files {
-        let paths = TestPaths {
-            base: PathBuf::new(),
-            file: PathBuf::from(file),
-            relative_dir: PathBuf::new(),
-        };
-
-        set_var("CLIPPY_DOGFOOD", "tastes like chicken");
-
-        compiletest::runtest::run(config.clone(), &paths);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/ui/conf_bad_toml.rs b/tests/ui/conf_bad_toml.rs
index 4de2cf6ae73..a2ce7ecc519 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conf_bad_toml.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/conf_bad_toml.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // error-pattern: error reading Clippy's configuration file
 
 
-#![plugin(clippy(conf_file="./tests/ui/conf_bad_toml.toml"))]
+#![plugin(clippy(conf_file="../ui/conf_bad_toml.toml"))]
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/conf_bad_toml.stderr b/tests/ui/conf_bad_toml.stderr
index 5ddf8c14f70..45477ff0855 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conf_bad_toml.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/conf_bad_toml.stderr
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 error: compiler plugins are experimental and possibly buggy (see issue #29597)
  --> $DIR/conf_bad_toml.rs:4:1
   |
-4 | #![plugin(clippy(conf_file="./$DIR/conf_bad_toml.toml"))]
-  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+4 | #![plugin(clippy(conf_file="../ui/conf_bad_toml.toml"))]
+  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   |
   = help: add #![feature(plugin)] to the crate attributes to enable
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/conf_bad_type.rs b/tests/ui/conf_bad_type.rs
index 4cb21b91582..cb18bfb8c90 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conf_bad_type.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/conf_bad_type.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // error-pattern: error reading Clippy's configuration file: `blacklisted-names` is expected to be a `Vec < String >` but is a `integer`
 
 
-#![plugin(clippy(conf_file="./tests/ui/conf_bad_type.toml"))]
+#![plugin(clippy(conf_file="../ui/conf_bad_type.toml"))]
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/conf_bad_type.stderr b/tests/ui/conf_bad_type.stderr
index 961df381c99..0fa40cfca9b 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conf_bad_type.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/conf_bad_type.stderr
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 error: compiler plugins are experimental and possibly buggy (see issue #29597)
  --> $DIR/conf_bad_type.rs:4:1
   |
-4 | #![plugin(clippy(conf_file="./$DIR/conf_bad_type.toml"))]
-  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+4 | #![plugin(clippy(conf_file="../ui/conf_bad_type.toml"))]
+  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   |
   = help: add #![feature(plugin)] to the crate attributes to enable
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/conf_french_blacklisted_name.rs b/tests/ui/conf_french_blacklisted_name.rs
index 9f22ff659f2..dbe6d85e5d2 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conf_french_blacklisted_name.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/conf_french_blacklisted_name.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-#![plugin(clippy(conf_file="./tests/auxiliary/conf_french_blacklisted_name.toml"))]
+#![plugin(clippy(conf_file="../auxiliary/conf_french_blacklisted_name.toml"))]
 
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 #![allow(single_match)]
diff --git a/tests/ui/conf_french_blacklisted_name.stderr b/tests/ui/conf_french_blacklisted_name.stderr
index c98adb6029f..f7eb174f9a6 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conf_french_blacklisted_name.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/conf_french_blacklisted_name.stderr
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 error: compiler plugins are experimental and possibly buggy (see issue #29597)
  --> $DIR/conf_french_blacklisted_name.rs:2:1
   |
-2 | #![plugin(clippy(conf_file="./tests/auxiliary/conf_french_blacklisted_name.toml"))]
-  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+2 | #![plugin(clippy(conf_file="../auxiliary/conf_french_blacklisted_name.toml"))]
+  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   |
   = help: add #![feature(plugin)] to the crate attributes to enable
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/conf_unknown_key.rs b/tests/ui/conf_unknown_key.rs
index aec2c883367..437d0f9d8b0 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conf_unknown_key.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/conf_unknown_key.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // error-pattern: error reading Clippy's configuration file: unknown key `foobar`
 
 
-#![plugin(clippy(conf_file="./tests/auxiliary/conf_unknown_key.toml"))]
+#![plugin(clippy(conf_file="../auxiliary/conf_unknown_key.toml"))]
 
 fn main() {}
diff --git a/tests/ui/conf_unknown_key.stderr b/tests/ui/conf_unknown_key.stderr
index 9fc7dbea563..c525366c129 100644
--- a/tests/ui/conf_unknown_key.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/conf_unknown_key.stderr
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 error: compiler plugins are experimental and possibly buggy (see issue #29597)
  --> $DIR/conf_unknown_key.rs:4:1
   |
-4 | #![plugin(clippy(conf_file="./tests/auxiliary/conf_unknown_key.toml"))]
-  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+4 | #![plugin(clippy(conf_file="../auxiliary/conf_unknown_key.toml"))]
+  | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   |
   = help: add #![feature(plugin)] to the crate attributes to enable
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/format.stderr b/tests/ui/format.stderr
index 67d97f295d8..558e9e83c33 100644
--- a/tests/ui/format.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/format.stderr
@@ -6,15 +6,3 @@ error: useless use of `format!`
   |
   = note: `-D useless-format` implied by `-D warnings`
 
-error: useless use of `format!`
- --> $DIR/format.rs:8:5
-  |
-8 |     format!("{}", "foo");
-  |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-error: useless use of `format!`
-  --> $DIR/format.rs:15:5
-   |
-15 |     format!("{}", arg);
-   |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
diff --git a/tests/ui/implicit_hasher.rs b/tests/ui/implicit_hasher.rs
index 32ca0f56d77..c93f858b5ca 100644
--- a/tests/ui/implicit_hasher.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/implicit_hasher.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #![allow(unused)]
-//#![feature(plugin)]#![plugin(clippy)]
+
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::cmp::Eq;
 use std::hash::{Hash, BuildHasher};
diff --git a/tests/ui/int_plus_one.rs b/tests/ui/int_plus_one.rs
index 90375dad555..a9e059f4a3e 100644
--- a/tests/ui/int_plus_one.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/int_plus_one.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#![feature(plugin)]
-#![plugin(clippy)]
+
+
 
 #[allow(no_effect, unnecessary_operation)]
 #[warn(int_plus_one)]
diff --git a/tests/ui/int_plus_one.stderr b/tests/ui/int_plus_one.stderr
index 92b012bd104..5d42ebb8986 100644
--- a/tests/ui/int_plus_one.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/int_plus_one.stderr
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-warning: running cargo clippy on a crate that also imports the clippy plugin
-
 error: Unnecessary `>= y + 1` or `x - 1 >=`
   --> $DIR/int_plus_one.rs:10:5
    |
diff --git a/tests/ui/invalid_ref.rs b/tests/ui/invalid_ref.rs
index 2b8f04c9781..ce2596c0c1a 100644
--- a/tests/ui/invalid_ref.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/invalid_ref.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#![feature(plugin)]
-#![plugin(clippy)]
+
+
 
 #![allow(unused)]
 #![feature(core_intrinsics)]
diff --git a/tests/ui/invalid_ref.stderr b/tests/ui/invalid_ref.stderr
index 18064c91a01..c018bdf6dd3 100644
--- a/tests/ui/invalid_ref.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/invalid_ref.stderr
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-warning: running cargo clippy on a crate that also imports the clippy plugin
-
 error: reference to zeroed memory
   --> $DIR/invalid_ref.rs:27:24
    |
diff --git a/tests/ui/mut_range_bound.rs b/tests/ui/mut_range_bound.rs
index 835ceeedc94..0e397c7ae8c 100644
--- a/tests/ui/mut_range_bound.rs
+++ b/tests/ui/mut_range_bound.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#![feature(plugin)]
-#![plugin(clippy)]
+
+
 
 #![allow(unused)]
 
diff --git a/tests/ui/mut_range_bound.stderr b/tests/ui/mut_range_bound.stderr
index f516ec9d95e..20dbb6511d7 100644
--- a/tests/ui/mut_range_bound.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/mut_range_bound.stderr
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-warning: running cargo clippy on a crate that also imports the clippy plugin
-
 error: attempt to mutate range bound within loop; note that the range of the loop is unchanged
   --> $DIR/mut_range_bound.rs:18:21
    |
diff --git a/tests/ui/print_with_newline.stderr b/tests/ui/print_with_newline.stderr
index 2ade3ae4ef5..0148a470e0d 100644
--- a/tests/ui/print_with_newline.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui/print_with_newline.stderr
@@ -6,21 +6,3 @@ error: using `print!()` with a format string that ends in a newline, consider us
   |
   = note: `-D print-with-newline` implied by `-D warnings`
 
-error: using `print!()` with a format string that ends in a newline, consider using `println!()` instead
- --> $DIR/print_with_newline.rs:7:5
-  |
-7 |     print!("Hello {}/n", "world");
-  |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-error: using `print!()` with a format string that ends in a newline, consider using `println!()` instead
- --> $DIR/print_with_newline.rs:8:5
-  |
-8 |     print!("Hello {} {}/n/n", "world", "#2");
-  |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-error: using `print!()` with a format string that ends in a newline, consider using `println!()` instead
- --> $DIR/print_with_newline.rs:9:5
-  |
-9 |     print!("{}/n", 1265);
-  |     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-