diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.6.12.patch b/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.6.12.patch
index 81c904608..72f6cadeb 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.6.12.patch
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.6.12.patch
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ diff -urN subversion-1.6.12/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_file.c subversion-1.6.
  #include "svn_private_config.h"
  
 +#ifdef __HAIKU__
-+#	include <FindDirectory.h>
-+#	include <StorageDefs.h>
++#  include <FindDirectory.h>
++#  include <StorageDefs.h>
 +#endif
 +
  /* Used to terminate lines in large multi-line string literals. */
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ diff -urN subversion-1.6.12/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_file.c subversion-1.6.
 +#elif defined(__HAIKU__)
 +{
 +  char folder[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH];
-+  
++
 +  status_t error = find_directory (B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, -1, false,
-+  							folder, sizeof(folder));
++                           folder, sizeof(folder));
 +  if (error)
-+  	return SVN_NO_ERROR;
++    return SVN_NO_ERROR;
 +  
 +  *path_p = svn_path_join_many (pool, folder,
-+  							SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
++                           SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
 +}
 +#else  /* ! WIN32 && !__HAIKU__ */
  
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ diff -urN subversion-1.6.12/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_file.c subversion-1.6.
 +#elif defined(__HAIKU__)
 +{
 +  char folder[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH];
-+  
++
 +  status_t error = find_directory (B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, -1, false,
-+  							folder, sizeof(folder));
++                           folder, sizeof(folder));
 +  if (error)
-+  	return SVN_NO_ERROR;
-+  
++    return SVN_NO_ERROR;
++
 +  *path = svn_path_join_many (pool, folder,
-+  							SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
++                           SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
 +}
 +#else  /* ! WIN32 && !__HAIKU__ */
  
diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.patch b/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b2f1d164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/patches/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+Index: libsvn_subr/config_file.c
+===================================================================
+--- subversion-1.7.xx-svn/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_file.c	(revision 1002735)
++++ subversion-1.7.xx-svn/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_file.c	(working copy)
+@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
+ 
+ #include "svn_private_config.h"
+ 
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++#  include <FindDirectory.h>
++#  include <StorageDefs.h>
++#endif
++
+ /* Used to terminate lines in large multi-line string literals. */
+ #define NL APR_EOL_STR
+ 
+@@ -331,8 +336,20 @@
+                                    SVN_CONFIG__SUBDIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
+   }
+ 
+-#else  /* ! WIN32 */
++#elif defined(__HAIKU__)
++  {
++    char folder[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH];
+ 
++    status_t error = find_directory(B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, -1, false,
++                                    folder, sizeof(folder));
++    if (error)
++      return SVN_NO_ERROR;
++
++    *path_p = svn_dirent_join_many(pool, folder,
++                                   SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
++  }
++#else  /* ! WIN32 && !__HAIKU__ */
++
+   *path_p = svn_dirent_join_many(pool, SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
+ 
+ #endif /* WIN32 */
+@@ -1117,8 +1134,21 @@
+                                  SVN_CONFIG__SUBDIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
+   }
+ 
+-#else  /* ! WIN32 */
++#elif defined(__HAIKU__)
+   {
++    char folder[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH];
++
++    status_t error = find_directory(B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, -1, false,
++                                    folder, sizeof(folder));
++    if (error)
++      return SVN_NO_ERROR;
++
++    *path = svn_dirent_join_many(pool, folder,
++                                 SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY, fname, NULL);
++  }
++#else  /* ! WIN32 && !__HAIKU__ */
++
++  {
+     const char *homedir = svn_user_get_homedir(pool);
+     if (! homedir)
+       return SVN_NO_ERROR;
+Index: libsvn_subr/config_impl.h
+===================================================================
+--- subversion-1.7.xx-svn/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_impl.h	(revision 1002735)
++++ subversion-1.7.xx-svn/subversion/libsvn_subr/config_impl.h	(working copy)
+@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@
+    or svn_config_get_user_config_path() instead. */
+ #ifdef WIN32
+ #  define SVN_CONFIG__SUBDIRECTORY    "Subversion"
+-#else  /* ! WIN32 */
++#elif defined __HAIKU__ /* HAIKU */
+ #  define SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY   "/etc/subversion"
++#  define SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY   "subversion"
++#else  /* ! WIN32 && ! __HAIKU__ */
++#  define SVN_CONFIG__SYS_DIRECTORY   "/etc/subversion"
+ #  define SVN_CONFIG__USR_DIRECTORY   ".subversion"
+ #endif /* WIN32 */
+ 
diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.bep b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0392ab968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.7.xx-svn.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Subversion is an open source version control system" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://svn.apache.org" 
+SRC_URI="svn+http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk"
+#CHECKSUM_MD5=""
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd subversion-1.7.xx-svn
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal -I build -I build/ac-macros
+	autoconf
+	./autogen.sh
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common \
+	--with-apr=/boot/common/bin/apr-1-config \
+	--with-apr-util=/boot/common/bin/apu-1-config \
+	--with-neon=/boot/common \
+	--with-editor=nano \
+	--with-zlib=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd subversion-1.7.xx-svn
+	make install
+}
+LICENSE="Subversion"
+COPYRIGHT="2000-2010 CollabNet"