diff --git a/boot/pod/src/boot/pod.clj b/boot/pod/src/boot/pod.clj
index b4f58f67..46a7f963 100644
--- a/boot/pod/src/boot/pod.clj
+++ b/boot/pod/src/boot/pod.clj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   (:require
     [clojure.set                  :as set]
     [clojure.string               :as string]
+    [clojure.walk                 :as walk]
     [boot.util                    :as util]
     [boot.file                    :as file]
     [boot.xform                   :as xf]
@@ -465,7 +466,9 @@
   ([expr]
      (let [{:keys [meta? expr]} (read-string expr)]
        (binding [*print-meta* meta?]
-         (pr-str (eval expr)))))
+         (->> (eval expr)
+              (walk/postwalk identity) ; make sure all lazy seqs are realized #683
+              (pr-str)))))
   ([pod expr]
      (let [arg (pr-str {:meta? *print-meta* :expr expr})
            ret (with-invoke-in pod (boot.pod/eval-in* arg))]
diff --git a/boot/pod/test/boot/pod_test.clj b/boot/pod/test/boot/pod_test.clj
index 572b0479..71c7198b 100644
--- a/boot/pod/test/boot/pod_test.clj
+++ b/boot/pod/test/boot/pod_test.clj
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@
 
     ))
 
+(deftest lazy-pod-return-value-test-683
+  (testing "println inside lazy seqs does not end up in return value"
+    (let [data       (range 400)
+          expected   (map #(do (println %) %) data)
+          pod-result (boot.pod/with-eval-in (boot.pod/make-pod {})
+                       (map #(do (println %) %) ~data))]
+      (= data pod-result))))
+
 (deftest canonical
   (testing "boot.pod/canonical-id"
     (is (= 'foo (pod/canonical-id 'foo)) "In case there is no group, return artifact")