diff --git a/package/base/subversion/subversion.conf b/package/base/subversion/subversion.conf
index c3a82f9be..c5d6eccc8 100644
--- a/package/base/subversion/subversion.conf
+++ b/package/base/subversion/subversion.conf
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ svn_extract()
 
 # use system wide neon
 pkginstalled neon && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-neon=$root/usr"
+pkginstalled neon && var_append extraconfopt " " "--disable-neon-version-check"
+
 # please double-check this one:
 # pkginstalled apache:apr && var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-apr=$root/usr"
 pkginstalled sun-jdk14 && var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-javahl --with-jdk=`ls -d1R $root/opt/j2sdk1.4*`"