diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/SvnDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/SvnDownloader.php
index 9cde1537b..9ce39c4b2 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/SvnDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/SvnDownloader.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace Composer\Downloader;
 use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
 use Composer\Util\Svn as SvnUtil;
 use Composer\Repository\VcsRepository;
+use Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor;
 
 /**
  * @author Ben Bieker <mail@ben-bieker.de>
@@ -171,22 +172,34 @@ class SvnDownloader extends VcsDownloader
     protected function getCommitLogs($fromReference, $toReference, $path)
     {
         if (preg_match('{.*@(\d+)$}', $fromReference) && preg_match('{.*@(\d+)$}', $toReference)) {
+            // retrieve the svn base url from the checkout folder
+            $command = sprintf('svn info %s | grep ^URL:', ProcessExecutor::escape($path));
+            if (0 !== $this->process->execute($command, $output, $path)) {
+                throw new \RuntimeException(
+                    'Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput()
+                );
+            }
+            // parse info line like 'URL: https://example.com/my/svn/url'
+            list ($prefix, $baseUrl) = explode(" ", $output, 2);
+
             // strip paths from references and only keep the actual revision
             $fromRevision = preg_replace('{.*@(\d+)$}', '$1', $fromReference);
             $toRevision = preg_replace('{.*@(\d+)$}', '$1', $toReference);
 
             $command = sprintf('svn log -r%s:%s --incremental', $fromRevision, $toRevision);
 
-            if (0 !== $this->process->execute($command, $output, $path)) {
+            $util = new SvnUtil($baseUrl, $this->io, $this->config);
+            $util->setCacheCredentials($this->cacheCredentials);
+            try {
+                return $util->executeLocal($command, $path, null, $this->io->isVerbose());
+            } catch (\RuntimeException $e) {
                 throw new \RuntimeException(
-                    'Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput()
+                    'Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n".$e->getMessage()
                 );
             }
-        } else {
-            $output = "Could not retrieve changes between $fromReference and $toReference due to missing revision information";
         }
 
-        return $output;
+        return "Could not retrieve changes between $fromReference and $toReference due to missing revision information";
     }
 
     protected function discardChanges($path)
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php b/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php
index 80f70faf6..082ece691 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Svn.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class Svn
     }
 
     /**
-     * Execute an SVN command and try to fix up the process with credentials
+     * Execute an SVN remote command and try to fix up the process with credentials
      * if necessary.
      *
      * @param string $command SVN command to run
@@ -103,6 +103,36 @@ class Svn
         $this->config->prohibitUrlByConfig($url, $this->io);
 
         $svnCommand = $this->getCommand($command, $url, $path);
+
+        return $this->executeWithAuthRetry($svnCommand, $cwd, $path, $verbose);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute an SVN local command and try to fix up the process with credentials
+     * if necessary.
+     *
+     * @param string $command SVN command to run
+     * @param string $path    Path argument passed thru to the command
+     * @param string $cwd     Working directory
+     * @param bool   $verbose Output all output to the user
+     *
+     * @throws \RuntimeException
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function executeLocal($command, $path, $cwd = null, $verbose = false)
+    {
+        $svnCommand = sprintf('%s %s%s %s',
+            $command,
+            '--non-interactive ',
+            $this->getCredentialString(),
+            ProcessExecutor::escape($path)
+        );
+
+        return $this->executeWithAuthRetry($svnCommand, $cwd, $path, $verbose);
+    }
+
+    private function executeWithAuthRetry($command, $cwd, $path, $verbose)
+    {
         $output = null;
         $io = $this->io;
         $handler = function ($type, $buffer) use (&$output, $io, $verbose) {
@@ -117,7 +147,7 @@ class Svn
                 $io->writeError($buffer, false);
             }
         };
-        $status = $this->process->execute($svnCommand, $handler, $cwd);
+        $status = $this->process->execute($command, $handler, $cwd);
         if (0 === $status) {
             return $output;
         }
@@ -140,7 +170,7 @@ class Svn
         // try to authenticate if maximum quantity of tries not reached
         if ($this->qtyAuthTries++ < self::MAX_QTY_AUTH_TRIES) {
             // restart the process
-            return $this->execute($command, $url, $cwd, $path, $verbose);
+            return $this->executeWithAuthRetry($command, $cwd, $path, $verbose);
         }
 
         throw new \RuntimeException(