diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d9265d9..1db3860 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ In a plugin's plugin.xml
     <dependency id="cordova-plugin-cocoapod-support"/>
 
     <platform name="ios">
-        <!-- optionally set minimum ios version and enable use_frameworks! -->
-        <pods-config ios-min-version="9.0" uses-frameworks="true"/>
+        <!-- optionally set minimum ios version, enable use_frameworks! and enable legacy swift (2.3)-->
+        <pods-config ios-min-version="9.0" use-frameworks="true" use-legacy="true"/>
         <pod id="LatestPod" />
         <pod id="VersionedPod" version="1.0.0" />
         <pod id="GitPod1" git="https://github.com/blakgeek/something" tag="v1.0.1" configuration="debug" />
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ or have a look at [the demo plugin](https://github.com/blakgeek/cordova-plugin-w
 * Enabling the pods_use_frameworks preference disables the bridged headers property added by 
 [CB-10072](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-10072).  This might cause odd behavior in some projects.  
 
+* If legacy is not used for swift the default version will be 3.0
+
 
 ##TODO:
 * Update with examples of all of the supported pod attributes (git, podspec, path, subspec, configuration(s) )
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 73337a4..3342b3b 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<plugin id="cordova-plugin-cocoapod-support" version="1.2.10" xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0">
+<plugin id="cordova-plugin-cocoapod-support" version="1.2.11" xmlns="http://apache.org/cordova/ns/plugins/1.0">
     <name>Cordova CocoaPods Dependency Support</name>
     <author>Carlos "blakgeek" Lawton</author>
     <description>A Cordova/PhoneGap plugin to add support for CocoaPods dependencies.</description>
diff --git a/scripts/podify.js b/scripts/podify.js
index 639b278..f2fe57d 100755
--- a/scripts/podify.js
+++ b/scripts/podify.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
     var schemesSrcDir = path.join(pluginDir, 'schemes');
     var schemesTargetDir = path.join(sharedDataDir, 'xcschemes');
     var bundlePathsToFix = [];
+    var useLegacy;
     var newPods = {
         pods: {}
     };
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
         .then(createFiles)
         .then(installPods)
         .then(fixBundlePaths)
+        .then(fixSwiftLegacy)
         .then(updateBuild);
 
     function parseConfigXml() {
@@ -63,6 +65,12 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
         });
     }
 
+    function getDirectories(srcpath) {
+        return fs.readdirSync(srcpath).filter(function(file) {
+            return fs.statSync(path.join(srcpath, file)).isDirectory();
+        });
+    }
+
     function parsePluginXmls() {
 
         var promises = [];
@@ -85,6 +93,7 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
                                     if(podsConfig) {
                                         iosMinVersion = maxVer(iosMinVersion, podsConfig.$['ios-min-version']);
                                         useFrameworks = podsConfig.$['use-frameworks'] === 'true' ? 'true' : useFrameworks;
+                                        useLegacy = podsConfig.$['use-legacy'] === 'true' ? '2.3' : '3.0';
                                     }
                                     (platform.pod || []).forEach(function (pod) {
                                         newPods.pods[pod.$.id] = pod.$;
@@ -238,6 +247,29 @@ module.exports = function (context) {
         return shouldRun;
     }
 
+
+    function fixSwiftLegacy(shouldRun){
+        var directories = getDirectories(path.join(__dirname + '/../../../platforms/ios/Pods/Target Support Files')),
+            podXcContents,
+            SWIFT_VERSION_REGX = /SWIFT_VERSION=(?:\d*\.)\d/g;
+        if(useLegacy){
+            for(var i = 0; i < directories.length; i++){
+                if(directories[i].indexOf(appName) === -1){
+                    podXcContents = fs.readFileSync('platforms/ios/Pods/Target Support Files/' + directories[i] + '/' + directories[i] + '.xcconfig', 'utf8');
+                    if(podXcContents.indexOf('SWIFT_VERSION') === -1){
+                        fs.writeFileSync('platforms/ios/Pods/Target Support Files/' + directories[i] + '/' + directories[i] + '.xcconfig', podXcContents + '\n' + 'SWIFT_VERSION=' + useLegacy)
+                    } else {
+                        fs.writeFileSync('platforms/ios/Pods/Target Support Files/' + directories[i] + '/' + directories[i] + '.xcconfig', podXcContents.replace(SWIFT_VERSION_REGX, 'SWIFT_VERSION=' + useLegacy))
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            console.log('Using Swift Version ' + useLegacy);
+        }
+
+        return shouldRun;
+    }
+
     function updateBuild(shouldRun) {
 
         if(shouldRun) {