--- git-svn.orig	Wed Jul 29 22:55:26 2009
+++ git-svn	Fri Dec  4 13:38:52 2009
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
 $| = 1; # unbuffer STDOUT
 
 sub fatal (@) { print STDERR "@_\n"; exit 1 }
-require SVN::Core; # use()-ing this causes segfaults for me... *shrug*
-require SVN::Ra;
-require SVN::Delta;
-if ($SVN::Core::VERSION lt '1.1.0') {
-	fatal "Need SVN::Core 1.1.0 or better (got $SVN::Core::VERSION)";
+sub _req_svn {
+	require SVN::Core; # use()-ing this causes segfaults for me... *shrug*
+	require SVN::Ra;
+	require SVN::Delta;
+	if ($SVN::Core::VERSION lt '1.1.0') {
+		fatal "Need SVN::Core 1.1.0 or better (got $SVN::Core::VERSION)";
+	}
 }
 my $can_compress = eval { require Compress::Zlib; 1};
 push @Git::SVN::Ra::ISA, 'SVN::Ra';
@@ -4379,6 +4381,8 @@
 	my ($class, $url) = @_;
 	$url =~ s!/+$!!;
 	return $RA if ($RA && $RA->{url} eq $url);
+
+	::_req_svn();
 
 	SVN::_Core::svn_config_ensure($config_dir, undef);
 	my ($baton, $callbacks) = SVN::Core::auth_open_helper(_auth_providers);