diff --git a/Lib/urlparse.py b/Lib/urlparse.py
index e5528fa..2d53603 100644
--- a/Lib/urlparse.py
+++ b/Lib/urlparse.py
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 # A classification of schemes ('' means apply by default)
 uses_relative = ['ftp', 'http', 'gopher', 'nntp', 'imap',
                  'wais', 'file', 'https', 'shttp', 'mms',
-                 'prospero', 'rtsp', 'rtspu', '', 'sftp']
+                 'prospero', 'rtsp', 'rtspu', '', 'sftp',
+                 'svn']
 uses_netloc = ['ftp', 'http', 'gopher', 'nntp', 'telnet',
                'imap', 'wais', 'file', 'mms', 'https', 'shttp',
                'snews', 'prospero', 'rtsp', 'rtspu', 'rsync', '',