diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/wrap-svn.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/wrap-svn.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdf155bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/wrap-svn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# wrap-svn
+
+The [Wrap dependency system](Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md) now supports [Subversion](https://subversion.apache.org/) (svn).
+This support is rudimentary. The repository url has to point to a specific (sub)directory containing the `meson.build` file (typically `trunk/`). However, providing a `revision` is supported.
diff --git a/manual tests/10 svn wrap/meson.build b/manual tests/10 svn wrap/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23ef1f10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manual tests/10 svn wrap/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+project('Subversion outchecker', 'c')
+
+sp = subproject('samplesubproject')
+
+exe = executable('gitprog', 'prog.c',
+include_directories : sp.get_variable('subproj_inc'),
+link_with : sp.get_variable('subproj_lib'),
+)
+
+test('maintest', exe)
diff --git a/manual tests/10 svn wrap/prog.c b/manual tests/10 svn wrap/prog.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df38000ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manual tests/10 svn wrap/prog.c	
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include"subproj.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    subproj_function();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/manual tests/10 svn wrap/subprojects/samplesubproject.wrap b/manual tests/10 svn wrap/subprojects/samplesubproject.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fafa8d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manual tests/10 svn wrap/subprojects/samplesubproject.wrap	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[wrap-svn]
+directory=samplesubproject
+url=https://leif.svn.beanstalkapp.com/samplesubproject/trunk
+revision=head
diff --git a/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py b/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py
index 933bbd57d..3c0e620c1 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/wrap/wrap.py
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ class PackageDefinition:
                 self.type = 'git'
             elif first == '[wrap-hg]':
                 self.type = 'hg'
+            elif first == '[wrap-svn]':
+                self.type = 'svn'
             else:
                 raise RuntimeError('Invalid format of package file')
             for line in ifile:
@@ -145,6 +147,8 @@ class Resolver:
             self.get_git(p)
         elif p.type == "hg":
             self.get_hg(p)
+        elif p.type == "svn":
+            self.get_svn(p)
         else:
             raise AssertionError('Unreachable code.')
         return p.get('directory')
@@ -228,6 +232,28 @@ class Resolver:
                 subprocess.check_call(['hg', 'checkout', revno],
                                       cwd=checkoutdir)
 
+    def get_svn(self, p):
+        checkoutdir = os.path.join(self.subdir_root, p.get('directory'))
+        revno = p.get('revision')
+        is_there = os.path.isdir(checkoutdir)
+        if is_there:
+            if revno.lower() == 'head':
+                # Failure to do pull is not a fatal error,
+                # because otherwise you can't develop without
+                # a working net connection.
+                subprocess.call(['svn', 'update'], cwd=checkoutdir)
+            else:
+                if subprocess.call(['svn', 'update', '-r', revno], cwd=checkoutdir) != 0:
+                    subprocess.check_call(['svn', 'update'], cwd=checkoutdir)
+                    subprocess.check_call(['svn', 'update', '-r', revno],
+                                          cwd=checkoutdir)
+        else:
+            subprocess.check_call(['svn', 'checkout', p.get('url'),
+                                   p.get('directory')], cwd=self.subdir_root)
+            if revno.lower() != 'head':
+                subprocess.check_call(['svn', 'checkout', '-r', revno],
+                                      cwd=checkoutdir)
+
     def get_data(self, url):
         blocksize = 10 * 1024
         if url.startswith('https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com'):