diff --git a/includes/defaults.inc.php b/includes/defaults.inc.php
index 5ca9cf41e..c112ed8f0 100644
--- a/includes/defaults.inc.php
+++ b/includes/defaults.inc.php
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ $config['dot']            = "/usr/bin/dot";
 $config['unflatten']      = "/usr/bin/unflatten";
 $config['neato']          = "/usr/bin/neato";
 $config['sfdp']           = "/usr/bin/sfdp";
+$config['svn']		  = "/usr/bin/svn";
 
 ### Memcached - Keep immediate statistics
 
diff --git a/includes/static-config.php b/includes/static-config.php
index 2da96b651..69dacc122 100644
--- a/includes/static-config.php
+++ b/includes/static-config.php
@@ -1096,11 +1096,20 @@ if (isset($config['enable_printers']) && $config['enable_printers'])
 
 $config['version']  = "0.11.5.2245";
 
-if (file_exists('.svn/entries'))
+if (file_exists($config['install_dir'] . '/.svn/entries'))
 {
-  $svn = File('.svn/entries');
-  $svn_rev = trim($svn[3]);
-  list($svn_date) = explode("T", trim($svn[9]));
+  $svn = File($config['install_dir'] . '/.svn/entries');
+  if ((int)$svn[0] < 12)
+  {
+    // SVN version < 1.7
+    $svn_rev = trim($svn[3]);
+    list($svn_date) = explode("T", trim($svn[9]));
+  } else {
+    // SVN version >= 1.7
+    $xml = simplexml_load_string(shell_exec($config['svn'] . ' info --xml'));
+    $svn_rev = $xml->entry->commit->attributes()->revision;
+    $svn_date = $xml->entry->commit->date;
+  }
   list($svn_year, $svn_month, $svn_day) = explode("-", $svn_date);
   $config['version'] = "0." . ($svn_year-2000) . "." . ($svn_month+0) . "." . $svn_rev;
 } else {