diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 7baca608c4d..eb135f4e8dc 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ libsvn_fs_fs-1.so.0 libsvn-1.7.5_1
 libsvn_fs_base-1.so.0 libsvn-1.7.5_1
 libsvn_ra_local-1.so.0 libsvn-1.7.5_1
 libsvn_ra_neon-1.so.0 libsvn-1.7.5_1
+libsvn_ra_serf-1.so.0 libsvn-1.8.1_1
 libsvn_swig_py-1.so.0 subversion-python-1.7.5_1
 libsvn_swig_perl-1.so.0 subversion-perl-1.7.5_1
 libsvn_swig_ruby-1.so.0 subversion-ruby-1.7.5_1
@@ -1397,4 +1398,4 @@ libphorward.so.0 libphorward-0.17_1
 libusbip.so.0 libusbip-3.10_1
 libcpupower.so.0 libcpupower-3.10_1
 librsync.so.1 librsync-0.9.7_1
-libserf.so.3 serf-1.3.1_1
+libserf-1.so.3 serf-1.3.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/subversion-kwallet-auth b/srcpkgs/subversion-kwallet-auth
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..4f007e127ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/subversion-kwallet-auth
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+subversion
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/subversion/template b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
index 672f2174e6a..36f45c7d7d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/subversion/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/subversion/template
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
 # Template file for 'subversion'
 pkgname=subversion
-version=1.7.10
+version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 short_desc="Enterprise-class centralized version control for the masses"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0, BSD"
 homepage="http://subversion.apache.org/"
 distfiles="http://apache.rediris.es/subversion/subversion-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=c1df222bec83d014d17785e2ceba6bc80962f64b280967de0285836d8d77a8e7
+checksum=faaaaedba25777331e761884598af1dd9fe33631d6415b2e0ba5348867c4edb4
 
-# XXX enable kwallet when kdelibs is available.
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="db-devel>=5.3 perl>=5.16 python-devel swig apr-util-devel
- libldap-devel gdbm-devel expat-devel apr-devel libuuid-devel
+ libldap-devel serf-devel gdbm-devel expat-devel apr-devel libuuid-devel
  sqlite-devel libsasl-devel dbus-devel libgnome-keyring-devel glib-devel
- neon-devel apache-devel ca-certificates"
+ qt-devel kdelibs-devel apache-devel ca-certificates"
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure ${configure_args} \
 		--with-apxs --disable-javahl --disable-static \
-		--without-kwallet --with-gnome-keyring --with-editor=vim \
+		--with-kwallet --with-gnome-keyring --with-editor=vi \
 		--disable-mod-activation
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs} external-all
-	make ${makejobs} LT_LDFLAGS="-L$Fdestdir/usr/lib" local-all
+	make ${makejobs} LT_LDFLAGS="-L$Fdestdir/usr/lib"
 	make ${makejobs} swig_pydir=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libsvn \
 		swig_pydir_extra=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/svn \
 		swig-py swig-pl
@@ -91,6 +89,13 @@ subversion-gnome-keyring-auth_package() {
 	}
 }
 
+subversion-kwallet-auth_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - KDE kwallet authentication support"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/libsvn_auth_k*"
+	}
+}
+
 subversion-python_package() {
 	depends="python"
 	pycompile_module="libsvn svn"