diff --git a/svn/manifests/init.pp b/svn/manifests/init.pp
index c1040ba..39267cf 100644
--- a/svn/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/svn/manifests/init.pp
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ class svn::client {
         ensure => installed,
     }
 
+    file { "/etc/subversion/servers":
+        ensure  => present,
+        mode    => 0644,
+        owner   => root,
+        group   => root,
+        content => template("svn/servers.erb"),
+        require => Package["subversion"],
+    }
+
 }
 
 
@@ -33,7 +42,7 @@ define svn::checkout($source, $revision="HEAD") {
         path    => "/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin",
         command => "svn checkout --non-interactive -r ${revision} ${source} ${name}",
         unless  => "test -d ${name}",
-        require => Package["subversion"],
+        require => [ Package["subversion"], File["/etc/subversion/servers"], ],
     }
 
     exec { "svn-up-${name}":
@@ -77,6 +86,7 @@ define svn::export($source, $revision="HEAD") {
             "HEAD"  => "test -r ${name}/.svnrevision && test $(svn info --non-interactive ${source} 2>&1 | awk '/^Last Changed Rev:/ { print \$4 }') != $(cat ${name}/.svnrevision)",
             default => "test -r ${name}/.svnrevision && test ${revision} != $(cat ${name}/.svnrevision)",
         },
+        require => [ Package["subversion"], File["/etc/subversion/servers"], ],
     }
 
     exec { "svn-export-${name}":
diff --git a/svn/templates/servers.erb b/svn/templates/servers.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3d5068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/svn/templates/servers.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[global]
+<%
+if has_variable?("http_proxy")
+    http_proxy_host, http_proxy_port = http_proxy.split(":")
+    http_proxy_port = "80" if http_proxy_port.nil?
+-%>
+http-proxy-host = <%= http_proxy_host %>
+http-proxy-port = <%= http_proxy_port %>
+<% end -%>