diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 55fbff0fcb..d6b9826ef4 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ class Formula
     when %r[^svn://] then SubversionDownloadStrategy
     when %r[^git://] then GitDownloadStrategy
     when %r[^http://(.+?\.)?googlecode\.com/svn] then SubversionDownloadStrategy
+    when %r[^http://(.+?\.)?sourceforge\.net/svnroot/] then SubversionDownloadStrategy
     when %r[^http://svn.apache.org/repos/] then SubversionDownloadStrategy
     else HttpDownloadStrategy
     end