diff --git a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.9.7.recipe b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.9.7.recipe
index ac655fcc5..e27b60881 100644
--- a/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.9.7.recipe
+++ b/dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.9.7.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations."
 HOMEPAGE="https://subversion.apache.org/"
 COPYRIGHT="2010-2017 The Apache Software Foundation"
 LICENSE="Apache-Subversion"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="http://archive.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="c3b118333ce12e501d509e66bb0a47bcc34d053990acab45559431ac3e491623"
 PATCHES="subversion-$portVersion.patchset"
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ PROVIDES="
 	lib:libsvn_ra_svn_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
 	lib:libsvn_repos_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
 	lib:libsvn_subr_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
+	lib:libsvn_swig_perl_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
 	lib:libsvn_wc_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
 	"
 REQUIRES="
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ PROVIDES_devel="
 	devel:libsvn_ra_svn_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
 	devel:libsvn_repos_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
 	devel:libsvn_subr_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
+	devel:libsvn_swig_perl_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
 	devel:libsvn_wc_1 = 0.0.0 compat >= 0
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libserf_1
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:perl
 	cmd:pkg_config
 	cmd:python
 	cmd:aclocal
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:libtoolize
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:sed
+	cmd:swig
 	"
 
 USER_SETTINGS_FILES="
@@ -122,18 +126,15 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 	rm $libDir/libsvn*.la
-	if type -p swig > /dev/null;then
-		if type -p python > /dev/null;then
-			PYTHON_PKGDIR=$(python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()")
-			make install-swig-py swig_pydir=${PYTHON_PKGDIR}/libsvn swig_pydir_extra=${PYTHON_PKGDIR}/svn
-		fi
-		#if type -p perl > /dev/null;then
-		#	make install-swig-pl
-		#fi
-		#if type -p ruby > /dev/null;then
-		#	make install-swig-rb
-		#fi
+	#if type -p python > /dev/null;then
+	#	make install-swig-py swig_pydir=${libDir}/python2.7/site-packages/libsvn swig_pydir_extra=${libDir}/python2.7/site-packages/svn
+	#fi
+	if type -p perl > /dev/null;then
+		make install-swig-pl
 	fi
+	#if type -p ruby > /dev/null;then
+	#	make install-swig-rb
+	#fi
 	mv $prefix/data/pkgconfig $libDir/
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs \
@@ -149,9 +150,11 @@ INSTALL()
 		libsvn_ra_svn-1 \
 		libsvn_repos-1 \
 		libsvn_subr-1 \
+		libsvn_swig_perl-1 \
 		libsvn_wc-1 \
 		libsvn_ra_serf-1
 	fixPkgconfig
+	rm $developLibDir/*.la
 
 	# devel package
 	packageEntries devel \