diff --git a/subversion-python/.md5sum b/subversion-python/.md5sum
index ea14f0e1f..fa08e6ef6 100644
--- a/subversion-python/.md5sum
+++ b/subversion-python/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9fcbae352a5efe73d46a88c97c6bba14  subversion-1.9.5.tar.bz2
+05b0c677681073920f938c1f322e0be2  subversion-1.9.7.tar.bz2
diff --git a/subversion-python/.signature b/subversion-python/.signature
index 209860d49..8042ff5dc 100644
--- a/subversion-python/.signature
+++ b/subversion-python/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF32T+5sYrzDcYinOYnTCxPm8pe+tW7E5B1INPb7E56CVDSbVh2G2ucYJAWi2Zya33Y3HlWx0l7hon5XVFkzhBoQ8=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = fd1c4f5bfa416ab6da01f53286ec1ad029e8efc47933c3b505d5700f217a2415
+RWSagIOpLGJF37Np1+QVK4+o19Eejuu2JYPyW17LWsCORcmrYBs0EAkdZ809aYjBjCO1LFKF4y7P+dRycJIxOZkAopS56pvqwAU=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = f3f28d652039de244aed28ec9c9c7be84bb3a1c445b387f9d2ed644f1d70ab3c
 SHA256 (.footprint) = 048ad54e9c933eb087ee5f43127ca4fdf1337c493320c02fc344e513b73f96c3
-SHA256 (subversion-1.9.5.tar.bz2) = 8a4fc68aff1d18dcb4dd9e460648d24d9e98657fbed496c582929c6b3ce555e5
+SHA256 (subversion-1.9.7.tar.bz2) = c3b118333ce12e501d509e66bb0a47bcc34d053990acab45559431ac3e491623
diff --git a/subversion-python/Pkgfile b/subversion-python/Pkgfile
index b05a5da73..561ee6c7b 100644
--- a/subversion-python/Pkgfile
+++ b/subversion-python/Pkgfile
@@ -1,32 +1,26 @@
 # Description: Python bindings for subversion
-# URL: http://subversion.tigris.org
-# Maintainer: Jose V Beneyto, sepen at crux dot nu
-# Packager: Johannes Winkelmann, jw at tks6 dot net
-# Depends on: subversion swig
+# URL:         http://subversion.apache.org
+# Maintainer:  John Vogel, jvogel4 at stny dot rr dot com
+# Depends on:  subversion swig
 
 name=subversion-python
-version=1.9.5
+version=1.9.7
 release=1
 source=(http://www.apache.org/dist/subversion/subversion-$version.tar.bz2)
 
-PYTHONVERSION=`python -c "import sys; print \"%s.%s\" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1]);"`
-
 build() {
-  cd subversion-$version
-  
-  LDFLAGS="-L$PKG/usr/lib" \
-  ./configure --prefix=/usr \
-              --disable-nls \
-              --disable-mod-activation \
-              --with-apr=/usr \
-              --with-apr-util=/usr
+	PYTHONVERSION=$(python -c "import sys; print \"%s.%s\" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1]);")
 
-  make DESTDIR=$PKG install-swig-py-lib install-swig-py
-  
-  install -d $PKG/usr/lib/python$PYTHONVERSION/site-packages
-  
-  mv $PKG/usr/lib/svn-python/{svn,libsvn} \
-    $PKG/usr/lib/python$PYTHONVERSION/site-packages
-    
-  rm -r $PKG/usr/lib/svn-python
+	cd subversion-$version
+
+	./configure \
+		--prefix=/usr \
+		--disable-nls \
+		--disable-mod-activation \
+		--with-apr=/usr \
+		--with-apr-util=/usr
+
+	make DESTDIR=$PKG install-swig-py-lib install-swig-py \
+		swig_pydir=/usr/lib/python$PYTHONVERSION/site-packages/libsvn \
+		swig_pydir_extra=/usr/lib/python$PYTHONVERSION/site-packages/svn
 }