diff --git a/themes/base.theme.bash b/themes/base.theme.bash
index 3afa23ac..a242a35e 100644
--- a/themes/base.theme.bash
+++ b/themes/base.theme.bash
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ function scm {
   elif [[ -d .hg ]] && which hg &> /dev/null; then SCM=$SCM_HG
   elif which hg &> /dev/null && [[ -n "$(hg root 2> /dev/null)" ]]; then SCM=$SCM_HG
   elif [[ -d .svn ]] && which svn &> /dev/null; then SCM=$SCM_SVN
+  elif which svn &> /dev/null && [[ -n "$(svn info --show-item wc-root 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then SCM=$SCM_SVN
   else SCM=$SCM_NONE
   fi
 }
diff --git a/themes/powerline/powerline.base.bash b/themes/powerline/powerline.base.bash
index b648e2a0..9e668a6c 100644
--- a/themes/powerline/powerline.base.bash
+++ b/themes/powerline/powerline.base.bash
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ function __powerline_scm_prompt {
       scm_prompt+="${SCM_CHAR}${SCM_BRANCH}${SCM_STATE}"
     elif [[ "${SCM_HG_CHAR}" == "${SCM_CHAR}" ]]; then
       scm_prompt+="${SCM_CHAR}${SCM_BRANCH}${SCM_STATE}"
+    elif [[ "${SCM_SVN_CHAR}" == "${SCM_CHAR}" ]]; then
+      scm_prompt+="${SCM_CHAR}${SCM_BRANCH}${SCM_STATE}"
     fi
     echo "$(eval "echo ${scm_prompt}")${scm}|${color}"
   fi