diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils2.py
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ def get_host_info(request):
     }
 
 
-def get_clone_url(request, uri_tmpl, repo_name, repo_id, **override):
+def get_clone_url(request, uri_tmpl, repo_name, repo_id, repo_type, **override):
     qualified_home_url = request.route_url('home')
     parsed_url = urlobject.URLObject(qualified_home_url)
     decoded_path = safe_unicode(urllib.unquote(parsed_url.path.rstrip('/')))
@@ -668,7 +668,8 @@ def get_clone_url(request, uri_tmpl, rep
         'hostname': parsed_url.hostname,
         'prefix': decoded_path,
         'repo': repo_name,
-        'repoid': str(repo_id)
+        'repoid': str(repo_id),
+        'repo_type': repo_type
     }
     args.update(override)
     args['user'] = urllib.quote(safe_str(args['user']))
@@ -676,6 +677,10 @@ def get_clone_url(request, uri_tmpl, rep
     for k, v in args.items():
         uri_tmpl = uri_tmpl.replace('{%s}' % k, v)
 
+    # special case for SVN clone url
+    if repo_type == 'svn':
+        uri_tmpl = uri_tmpl.replace('ssh://', 'svn+ssh://')
+
     # remove leading @ sign if it's present. Case of empty user
     url_obj = urlobject.URLObject(uri_tmpl)
     url = url_obj.with_netloc(url_obj.netloc.lstrip('@'))
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/db.py b/rhodecode/model/db.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/db.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/db.py
@@ -2297,9 +2297,11 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
                 rc_config = request.call_context.rc_config
             else:
                 rc_config = SettingsModel().get_all_settings(cache=True)
+
             if ssh:
                 uri_tmpl = rc_config.get(
                     'rhodecode_clone_uri_ssh_tmpl') or self.DEFAULT_CLONE_URI_SSH
+
             else:
                 uri_tmpl = rc_config.get(
                     'rhodecode_clone_uri_tmpl') or self.DEFAULT_CLONE_URI
@@ -2307,7 +2309,9 @@ class Repository(Base, BaseModel):
         return get_clone_url(request=request,
                              uri_tmpl=uri_tmpl,
                              repo_name=self.repo_name,
-                             repo_id=self.repo_id, **override)
+                             repo_id=self.repo_id,
+                             repo_type=self.repo_type,
+                             **override)
 
     def set_state(self, state):
         self.repo_state = state
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_libs.py
@@ -450,10 +450,27 @@ def test_clone_url_generator(tmpl, repo_
     clone_url = get_clone_url(
         request=RequestStub(),
         uri_tmpl=tmpl,
-        repo_name=repo_name, repo_id=23, **overrides)
+        repo_name=repo_name, repo_id=23, repo_type='hg', **overrides)
     assert clone_url == expected
 
 
+def test_clone_url_svn_ssh_generator():
+    from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import get_clone_url
+
+    class RequestStub(object):
+        def request_url(self, name):
+            return 'http://vps1:8000'
+
+        def route_url(self, name):
+            return self.request_url(name)
+
+    clone_url = get_clone_url(
+        request=RequestStub(),
+        uri_tmpl=Repository.DEFAULT_CLONE_URI_SSH,
+        repo_name='svn-test', repo_id=23, repo_type='svn', **{'sys_user': 'rcdev'})
+    assert clone_url == 'svn+ssh://rcdev@vps1/svn-test'
+
+
 idx = 0