diff --git a/plugins/pom.xml b/plugins/pom.xml
index ba78057d2d..fb4f93a261 100644
--- a/plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
   <modules>
     <module>scm-hg-plugin</module>
+    <module>scm-svn-plugin</module>
   </modules>
   
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml b/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..650325decd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>scm-plugins</artifactId>
+    <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
+  <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>scm-svn-plugin</name>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnConfig.java b/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..577b5d1c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
+ * and open the template in the editor.
+ */
+
+
+
+package sonia.scm.repository;
+
+//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Sebastian Sdorra
+ */
+@XmlRootElement(name = "config")
+public class SvnConfig extends BasicRepositoryConfig
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getRepositoryDirectory()
+  {
+    return repositoryDirectory;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getSvnAccessFile()
+  {
+    return svnAccessFile;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String getSvnAdminBinary()
+  {
+    return svnAdminBinary;
+  }
+
+  //~--- set methods ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param repositoryDirectory
+   */
+  public void setRepositoryDirectory(String repositoryDirectory)
+  {
+    this.repositoryDirectory = repositoryDirectory;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param svnAccessFile
+   */
+  public void setSvnAccessFile(String svnAccessFile)
+  {
+    this.svnAccessFile = svnAccessFile;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param svnAdminBinary
+   */
+  public void setSvnAdminBinary(String svnAdminBinary)
+  {
+    this.svnAdminBinary = svnAdminBinary;
+  }
+
+  //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /** Field description */
+  private String repositoryDirectory;
+
+  /** Field description */
+  private String svnAccessFile;
+
+  /** Field description */
+  private String svnAdminBinary;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandler.java b/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a3a9a2c30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/SvnRepositoryHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+/*
+ * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
+ * and open the template in the editor.
+ */
+
+
+
+package sonia.scm.repository;
+
+//~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------
+
+import sonia.scm.ConfigurationException;
+import sonia.scm.SCMContextProvider;
+import sonia.scm.io.CommandResult;
+import sonia.scm.io.ExtendedCommand;
+import sonia.scm.util.Util;
+
+//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXB;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Sebastian Sdorra
+ */
+public class SvnRepositoryHandler extends AbstractRepositoryHandler<SvnConfig>
+{
+
+  /** Field description */
+  public static final String TYPE_DISPLAYNAME = "Subversion";
+
+  /** Field description */
+  public static final String TYPE_NAME = "svn";
+
+  /** Field description */
+  public static final RepositoryType TYPE = new RepositoryType(TYPE_NAME,
+                                              TYPE_DISPLAYNAME);
+
+  /** Field description */
+  private static final Logger logger =
+    Logger.getLogger(SvnRepositoryHandler.class.getName());
+
+  /** Field description */
+  public static final String CONFIG_DIRECTORY =
+    "config".concat(File.separator).concat("svn");
+
+  //~--- methods --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param repository
+   *
+   * @throws IOException
+   * @throws RepositoryException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void create(Repository repository)
+          throws RepositoryException, IOException
+  {
+    initNewRepository(repository);
+
+    File directory = getDirectory(repository);
+
+    if (directory.exists())
+    {
+      throw new RepositoryAllreadyExistExeption();
+    }
+
+    ExtendedCommand cmd = new ExtendedCommand(config.getSvnAdminBinary(),
+                            "create", directory.getPath());
+    CommandResult result = cmd.execute();
+
+    if (!result.isSuccessfull())
+    {
+      StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder("svnadmin exit with error ");
+
+      msg.append(result.getReturnCode()).append(" and message: '");
+      msg.append(result.getOutput()).append("'");
+
+      throw new RepositoryException(msg.toString());
+    }
+
+    repository.setType(TYPE_NAME);
+    JAXB.marshal(repository, getRepositoryFile(repository));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param repository
+   *
+   * @throws IOException
+   * @throws RepositoryException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void delete(Repository repository)
+          throws RepositoryException, IOException
+  {
+    File directory = getDirectory(repository);
+    File repositoryFile = getRepositoryFile(repository);
+
+    if (directory.exists() && repositoryFile.exists())
+    {
+      Util.delete(directory);
+      Util.delete(repositoryFile);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      throw new RepositoryException("repository does not exists");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param context
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void init(SCMContextProvider context)
+  {
+    super.init(context);
+
+    File baseDirectory = context.getBaseDirectory();
+
+    configDirectory = new File(baseDirectory, CONFIG_DIRECTORY);
+
+    if (!configDirectory.exists() &&!configDirectory.mkdirs())
+    {
+      throw new ConfigurationException("could not create config directory");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param repository
+   *
+   * @throws IOException
+   * @throws RepositoryException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void modify(Repository repository)
+          throws RepositoryException, IOException
+  {
+    Repository old = get(repository.getId());
+
+    if (old.getName().equals(repository.getName()))
+    {
+      JAXB.marshal(repository, getRepositoryFile(repository));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      throw new RepositoryException(
+          "the name of a repository could not changed");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param repository
+   *
+   * @throws IOException
+   * @throws RepositoryException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void refresh(Repository repository)
+          throws RepositoryException, IOException
+  {
+    Repository fresh = get(repository.getId());
+
+    fresh.copyProperties(repository);
+  }
+
+  //~--- get methods ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param id
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Repository get(String id)
+  {
+    Repository repository = null;
+    File repositoryFile = getRepositoryFile(id);
+
+    if (repositoryFile.exists())
+    {
+      repository = JAXB.unmarshal(repositoryFile, Repository.class);
+    }
+
+    return repository;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Collection<Repository> getAll()
+  {
+    List<Repository> repositories = new ArrayList<Repository>();
+    File[] repositoryFiles = configDirectory.listFiles(new FilenameFilter()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public boolean accept(File dir, String name)
+      {
+        return name.endsWith(".xml");
+      }
+    });
+
+    for (File repositoryFile : repositoryFiles)
+    {
+      try
+      {
+        Repository repository = JAXB.unmarshal(repositoryFile,
+                                  Repository.class);
+
+        repositories.add(repository);
+      }
+      catch (Exception ex)
+      {
+        logger.log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return repositories;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  @Override
+  public RepositoryType getType()
+  {
+    return TYPE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  @Override
+  protected Class<SvnConfig> getConfigClass()
+  {
+    return SvnConfig.class;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param repository
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  protected File getDirectory(Repository repository)
+  {
+    File directory = null;
+
+    if (isConfigured())
+    {
+      directory = new File(config.getRepositoryDirectory(),
+                           repository.getName());
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      throw new ConfigurationException("RepositoryHandler is not configured");
+    }
+
+    return directory;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   *
+   * @param id
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  private File getRepositoryFile(String id)
+  {
+    return new File(configDirectory, id.concat(".xml"));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param repository
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  private File getRepositoryFile(Repository repository)
+  {
+    return getRepositoryFile(repository.getId());
+  }
+
+  //~--- fields ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /** Field description */
+  private File configDirectory;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryHandler b/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryHandler
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab9c76f40a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryHandler
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sonia.scm.repository.SvnRepositoryHandler
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/Repository.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/Repository.java
index 636910b92e..f50c697a78 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/Repository.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/Repository.java
@@ -96,6 +96,24 @@ public class Repository implements Serializable
     }
   }
 
+  //~--- methods --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param repository
+   */
+  public void copyProperties(Repository repository)
+  {
+    repository.setName(name);
+    repository.setContact(contact);
+    repository.setCreationDate(creationDate);
+    repository.setDescription(description);
+    repository.setPermissions(permissions);
+    repository.setUrl(url);
+  }
+
   //~--- get methods ----------------------------------------------------------
 
   /**
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index a8e5c37171..49181b7e0f 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
       <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>sonia.scm.plugins</groupId>
+      <artifactId>scm-svn-plugin</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
       <artifactId>jersey-json</artifactId>