diff --git a/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-resources/cruisecontrol.jsl b/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-resources/cruisecontrol.jsl
index 77d4df79..80da28e3 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-resources/cruisecontrol.jsl
+++ b/cruisecontrol/src/plugin-resources/cruisecontrol.jsl
@@ -30,17 +30,27 @@
     <jsl:copy>
       <!-- TODO: more configurable -->
       <project name="${pom.artifactId}">
+        <!-- FIXME: Shouldn't this use the second element of pom.repository.connection -->
+        <maven:pluginVar var="method" plugin='maven-scm-plugin' property='maven.scm.method' />
+        
+        <j:if test="${method == 'svn'}">
+          <plugin name="svn" classname="net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.sourcecontrols.SVN"/> 
+          <plugin name="svnbootstrapper" classname="net.sourceforge.cruisecontrol.bootstrappers.SVNBootstrapper"/>                   
+        </j:if>      
         <bootstrappers>
           <currentbuildstatusbootstrapper file="${maven.cruisecontrol.logs.dir}/currentbuildstatus.txt"/>
         </bootstrappers>
         <modificationset>
-          <!-- FIXME: Shouldn't this use the second element of pom.repository.connection -->
-          <maven:pluginVar var="method" plugin='maven-scm-plugin' property='maven.scm.method' />
-          <maven:pluginVar var="module" plugin='maven-scm-plugin' property='maven.scm.cvs.module' />
-          <j:if test="${method == 'cvs'}">
+          <j:if test="${method == 'cvs'}">            
             <maven:pluginVar var="root" plugin='maven-scm-plugin' property='maven.scm.cvs.root' />
+            <maven:pluginVar var="module" plugin='maven-scm-plugin' property='maven.scm.cvs.module' />
             <cvs cvsroot="${root}" localWorkingCopy="${maven.cruisecontrol.checkout.dir}/${module}" />
           </j:if>
+          <j:if test="${method == 'svn'}">
+            <maven:pluginVar var="root" plugin='maven-scm-plugin' property='maven.scm.svn.root' />
+            <maven:pluginVar var="module" plugin='maven-scm-plugin' property='maven.scm.svn.module' />
+            <svn svnroot="${root}" localWorkingCopy="${maven.cruisecontrol.checkout.dir}/${module}" />
+          </j:if>          
         </modificationset>
         <schedule interval="${maven.cruisecontrol.schedule.interval}">
           <maven mavenscript="${maven.home}/bin/maven" goal="${maven.cruisecontrol.goals}" projectfile="${maven.cruisecontrol.checkout.dir}/${module}/project.xml"/>
diff --git a/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml b/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml
index 5eedf6cb..6afd151b 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
     <author email="brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.3" date="n/a">
+    <release version="1.3-dev" date="in cvs">
+      <action dev="epugh" type="add">Allow SVN repositories to by used by cruisecontrol.</action>    
       <action dev="epugh" type="fix">allow the maven.cruisecontrol.home property to be overrided by other plugins via preGoal calls.</action>
       <action dev="epugh" type="add">allow user to specify different cc template to use</action>
     </release>