diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1.x/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1.x/builder.sh
index d0fc5a45ec01..168ba61c7929 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1.x/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1.x/builder.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-buildInputs="$openssl $db4 $httpd $swig $python $j2sdk $expat $patch"
+buildInputs="$openssl $zlib $db4 $httpd $swig $python $j2sdk $expat $patch"
 . $stdenv/setup
 
 configureFlags="--without-gdbm --disable-static"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1.x/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1.x/default.nix
index a047e00402c3..28ef1609ef3e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1.x/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/subversion-1.1.x/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 { localServer ? false
 , httpServer ? false
 , sslSupport ? false
+, compressionSupport ? false
 , pythonBindings ? false
 , javaSwigBindings ? false
 , javahlBindings ? false
 , stdenv, fetchurl
-, openssl ? null, httpd ? null, db4 ? null, expat, swig ? null, j2sdk ? null
+, openssl ? null, httpd ? null, db4 ? null, expat, swig ? null, j2sdk ? null, zlib ? null
 }:
 
 assert expat != null;
@@ -15,14 +16,15 @@ assert sslSupport -> openssl != null && (httpServer -> httpd.openssl == openssl)
 assert pythonBindings -> swig != null && swig.pythonSupport;
 assert javaSwigBindings -> swig != null && swig.javaSupport;
 assert javahlBindings -> j2sdk != null;
+assert compressionSupport -> zlib != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "subversion-1.1.2";
+  name = "subversion-1.1.3";
 
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/subversion-1.1.2.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "b93a792b6bc610dc6c1c254591979a8c";
+    url = http://subversion.tigris.org/tarballs/subversion-1.1.3.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "a09c2b2fa1a09566c024547954a48478";
   };
 
   # This is a hopefully temporary fix for the problem that
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   patches = if javahlBindings then [./javahl.patch] else [];
 
   openssl = if sslSupport then openssl else null;
+  zlib = if compressionSupport then zlib else null;
   httpd = if httpServer then httpd else null;
   db4 = if localServer then db4 else null;
   swig = if pythonBindings || javaSwigBindings then swig else null;
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index ef269bba56b6..5ae6ad71464d 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -924,10 +924,11 @@ rec {
   ### APPLICATIONS
 
   subversion = (import ../applications/version-management/subversion-1.1.x) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv openssl db4 expat swig;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv openssl db4 expat swig zlib;
     localServer = true;
     httpServer = false;
     sslSupport = true;
+    compressionSupport = true;
     httpd = apacheHttpd;
   };