diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/svn.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/svn.rb
index 28f1167..5590a71 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/svn.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/vcsrepo/svn.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provide(:svn, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo)
            :svnadmin => 'svnadmin'
 
   defaultfor :svn => :exists
-  has_features :filesystem_types, :reference_tracking
+  has_features :filesystem_types, :reference_tracking, :basic_auth
 
   def create
     if !@resource.value(:source)
@@ -41,30 +41,43 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:vcsrepo).provide(:svn, :parent => Puppet::Provider::Vcsrepo)
       end
     end
   end
+  
+  def buildargs
+    args = ['--non-interactive']
+    if @resource.value(:basic_auth_username) && @resource.value(:basic_auth_password)
+      args.push('--username', @resource.value(:basic_auth_username))
+      args.push('--password', @resource.value(:basic_auth_password))
+      args.push('--no-auth-cache')
+    end
+    return args
+  end
 
   def latest
+    args = buildargs.push('info', '-r', 'HEAD')
     at_path do
-      svn('info', '-r', 'HEAD')[/^Revision:\s+(\d+)/m, 1]
+      svn(*args)[/^Revision:\s+(\d+)/m, 1]
     end
   end
   
   def revision
+    args = buildargs.push('info')
     at_path do
-      svn('info')[/^Revision:\s+(\d+)/m, 1]
+      svn(*args)[/^Revision:\s+(\d+)/m, 1]
     end
   end
 
   def revision=(desired)
+    args = buildargs.push('update', '-r', desired)
     at_path do
-      svn('update', '-r', desired)
+      svn(*args)
     end
     update_owner
   end
 
   private
 
-  def checkout_repository(source, path, revision = nil)
-    args = ['checkout']
+  def checkout_repository(source, path, revision)
+    args = buildargs.push('checkout')
     if revision
       args.push('-r', revision)
     end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/vcsrepo.rb b/lib/puppet/type/vcsrepo.rb
index 6b35779..9bf8311 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/vcsrepo.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/vcsrepo.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:vcsrepo) do
 
   feature :gzip_compression,
           "The provider supports explicit GZip compression levels"
-
+  feature :basic_auth,
+          "The provider supports HTTP Basic Authentication"
   feature :bare_repositories,
           "The provider differentiates between bare repositories
           and those with working copies",
@@ -136,6 +137,14 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:vcsrepo) do
     end
   end
 
+  newparam :basic_auth_username, :required_features => [:basic_auth] do
+    desc "HTTP Basic Auth username"
+  end
+
+  newparam :basic_auth_password, :required_features => [:basic_auth] do
+    desc "HTTP Basic Auth password"
+  end
+
   newparam :identity, :required_features => [:ssh_identity] do
     desc "SSH identity file"
   end