diff --git a/jenkins_jobs/modules/scm.py b/jenkins_jobs/modules/scm.py
index cf83b4fed..daf0f6675 100644
--- a/jenkins_jobs/modules/scm.py
+++ b/jenkins_jobs/modules/scm.py
@@ -391,6 +391,19 @@ def svn(self, xml_parent, data):
       (default '.')
     :arg str workspaceupdater: optional argument to specify
       how to update the workspace (default wipeworkspace)
+    :arg list(str) excluded-users: list of users to ignore revisions from
+      when polling for changes (if polling is enabled; parameter is optional)
+    :arg list(str) included-regions: list of file/folders to include
+      (optional)
+    :arg list(str) excluded-regions: list of file/folders to exclude (optional)
+    :arg list(str) excluded-commit-messages: list of commit messages to exclude
+      (optional)
+    :arg str exclusion-revprop-name: revision svn-property to ignore (optional)
+    :arg bool ignore-property-changes-on-directories: ignore svn-property only
+      changes of directories (default false)
+    :arg bool filter-changelog: If set Jenkins will apply the same inclusion
+      and exclusion patterns for displaying changelog entries as it does for
+      polling for changes (default false)
     :arg list repos: list of repositories to checkout (optional)
 
       :Repo: * **url** (`str`) -- URL for the repository
@@ -403,16 +416,13 @@ def svn(self, xml_parent, data):
              :emulateclean:  - delete unversioned/ignored files then update
              :update:        - do an svn update as much as possible
 
-    Example::
+    Multiple repos example:
 
-      scm:
-        - svn:
-           workspaceupdater: update
-           repos:
-             - url: http://svn.example.com/repo
-               basedir: .
-             - url: http://svn.example.com/repo2
-               basedir: repo2
+    .. literalinclude:: /../../tests/scm/fixtures/svn-multiple-repos-001.yaml
+
+    Advanced commit filtering example:
+
+    .. literalinclude:: /../../tests/scm/fixtures/svn-regions-001.yaml
     """
     scm = XML.SubElement(xml_parent, 'scm', {'class':
                          'hudson.scm.SubversionSCM'})
@@ -443,6 +453,33 @@ def svn(self, xml_parent, data):
     XML.SubElement(scm, 'workspaceUpdater', {'class':
                    'hudson.scm.subversion.' + updaterclass})
 
+    mapping = [
+        # option, xml name, default value
+        ("excluded-regions", 'excludedRegions', []),
+        ("included-regions", 'includedRegions', []),
+        ("excluded-users", 'excludedUsers', []),
+        ("exclusion-revprop-name", 'excludedRevprop', ''),
+        ("excluded-commit-messages", 'excludedCommitMessages', []),
+        ("ignore-property-changes-on-directories", 'ignoreDirPropChanges',
+            False),
+        ("filter-changelog", 'filterChangelog', False),
+    ]
+
+    for optname, xmlname, defvalue in mapping:
+        if isinstance(defvalue, list):
+            val = '\n'.join(data.get(optname, defvalue))
+        else:
+            val = data.get(optname, defvalue)
+        # Skip adding xml entry if default is empty and no value given
+        if not val and (defvalue in ['', []]):
+            continue
+
+        xe = XML.SubElement(scm, xmlname)
+        if isinstance(defvalue, bool):
+            xe.text = str(val).lower()
+        else:
+            xe.text = str(val)
+
 
 def tfs(self, xml_parent, data):
     """yaml: tfs
diff --git a/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-multiple-repos-001.xml b/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-multiple-repos-001.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7bf2968b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-multiple-repos-001.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project>
+  <scm class="hudson.scm.SubversionSCM">
+    <locations>
+      <hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>
+        <remote>http://svn.example.com/repo</remote>
+        <local>.</local>
+      </hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>
+      <hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>
+        <remote>http://svn.example.com/repo2</remote>
+        <local>repo2</local>
+      </hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>
+    </locations>
+    <workspaceUpdater class="hudson.scm.subversion.UpdateUpdater"/>
+    <ignoreDirPropChanges>false</ignoreDirPropChanges>
+    <filterChangelog>false</filterChangelog>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-multiple-repos-001.yaml b/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-multiple-repos-001.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90b205f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-multiple-repos-001.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+scm:
+  - svn:
+     workspaceupdater: update
+     repos:
+       - url: http://svn.example.com/repo
+         basedir: .
+       - url: http://svn.example.com/repo2
+         basedir: repo2
diff --git a/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-regions-001.xml b/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-regions-001.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..229a34a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-regions-001.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<project>
+  <scm class="hudson.scm.SubversionSCM">
+    <locations>
+      <hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>
+        <remote>http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/trunk</remote>
+        <local>.</local>
+      </hudson.scm.SubversionSCM_-ModuleLocation>
+    </locations>
+    <workspaceUpdater class="hudson.scm.subversion.CheckoutUpdater"/>
+    <excludedRegions>/region3/.*\.jpg
+/region4</excludedRegions>
+    <includedRegions>/region1/.*\.cpp
+/region2</includedRegions>
+    <excludedUsers>user1
+user2</excludedUsers>
+    <excludedRevprop>propname</excludedRevprop>
+    <excludedCommitMessages>test-msg
+test-msg2</excludedCommitMessages>
+    <ignoreDirPropChanges>true</ignoreDirPropChanges>
+    <filterChangelog>true</filterChangelog>
+  </scm>
+</project>
diff --git a/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-regions-001.yaml b/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-regions-001.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8c21c1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scm/fixtures/svn-regions-001.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+scm:
+  - svn:
+      url: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/trunk
+      workspaceupdater: wipeworkspace
+      included-regions:
+          - /region1/.*\.cpp
+          - /region2
+      excluded-regions:
+          - /region3/.*\.jpg
+          - /region4
+      excluded-users:
+          - user1
+          - user2
+      excluded-commit-messages:
+          - test-msg
+          - test-msg2
+      exclusion-revprop-name: propname
+      filter-changelog: true
+      ignore-property-changes-on-directories: true