diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 0d95035998..a13ed3866b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class Formula
       when %r[^svn://] then SubversionDownloadStrategy
       when %r[^git://] then GitDownloadStrategy
       when %r[^http://(.+?\.)?googlecode\.com/svn] then SubversionDownloadStrategy
+      when %r[^http://svn.apache.org/repos/] then SubversionDownloadStrategy
       else HttpDownloadStrategy
     end
   end