diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php b/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php
index e8eb6fc78..a2836075f 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php
@@ -289,9 +289,10 @@ class Svn
 
         $authConfig = $this->config->get('http-basic');
 
-        if (array_key_exists($this->url, $authConfig)) {
-            $this->credentials['username'] = $authConfig[$this->url]['username'];
-            $this->credentials['password'] = $authConfig[$this->url]['password'];
+        $host = parse_url($this->url, PHP_URL_HOST);
+        if (isset($authConfig[$host])) {
+            $this->credentials['username'] = $authConfig[$host]['username'];
+            $this->credentials['password'] = $authConfig[$host]['password'];
 
             return $this->hasAuth = true;
         }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/SvnTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/SvnTest.php
index 69fb1c804..95bc6691e 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Util/SvnTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Util/SvnTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class SvnTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $config->merge(array(
             'config' => array(
                 'http-basic' => array(
-                    $url => array('username' => 'foo', 'password' => 'bar')
+                    'svn.apache.org' => array('username' => 'foo', 'password' => 'bar')
                 )
             )
         ));