diff --git a/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml b/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml
index f2008bbac3..4c57c68c25 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
     - { role: test_file, tags: test_file }
     - { role: test_fetch, tags: test_fetch }
     - { role: test_synchronize, tags: test_synchronize }
+    - { role: test_subversion, tags: test_subversion }
 
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_subversion/meta/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_subversion/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1050c23ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_subversion/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dependencies: 
+  - prepare_tests
+
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_subversion/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_subversion/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..12ef8bbf40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_subversion/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+# test code for the svn module
+# (c) 2014, Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan@gmail.com>
+
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+- name: set where to extract the repo
+  set_fact: checkout_dir={{ output_dir }}/svn
+
+- name: set what repo to use
+  set_fact: repo=https://github.com/jimi-c/test_role
+
+- name: clean out the output_dir
+  shell: rm -rf {{ output_dir }}/*
+
+- name: verify that subversion is installed so this test can continue
+  shell: which svn
+
+# checks out every branch so using a small repo
+
+- name: initial checkout
+  subversion: repo={{ repo }} dest={{ checkout_dir }}
+  register: subverted
+
+- debug: var=subverted
+
+- shell: ls ~/ansible_testing/svn
+
+# FIXME: the before/after logic here should be fixed to make them hashes, see GitHub 6078
+# looks like this: {
+#        "after": [
+#            "Revision: 9", 
+#            "URL: https://github.com/jimi-c/test_role"
+#        ], 
+#        "befbore": null, 
+#        "changed": true, 
+#        "invocation": {
+#            "module_args": "repo=https://github.com/jimi-c/test_role dest=~/ansible_testing/svn", 
+#            "module_name": "subversion"
+#        }, 
+#        "item": ""
+# }
+
+- name: verify information about the initial clone
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "'after' in subverted"
+      - "subverted.after.1 == 'URL: https://github.com/jimi-c/test_role'"
+      - "not subverted.before"
+      - "subverted.changed"      
+
+- name: repeated checkout
+  subversion: repo={{ repo }} dest={{ checkout_dir }}
+  register: subverted2
+
+- name: check for tags
+  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/tags
+  register: tags
+
+- name: check for trunk
+  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/trunk
+  register: trunk
+
+- name: check for branches
+  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/branches
+  register: branches
+
+- name: assert presense of tags/trunk/branches
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "tags.stat.isdir"
+      - "trunk.stat.isdir"
+      - "branches.stat.isdir"
+
+# FIXME: this needs to be fixed in the code see GitHub 6079
+
+#- name: verify on a reclone things are marked unchanged
+#  assert:
+#    that:
+#      - "not subverted.changed"
+
+# TBA: test for additional options or URL variants welcome
+
+
+