diff --git a/plugins/git-svn/.gitignore b/plugins/git-svn/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf5e1a14f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/git-svn/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+git-svn-clone-externals
diff --git a/plugins/git-svn/git-svn.plugin.zsh b/plugins/git-svn/git-svn.plugin.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..062d63e05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/git-svn/git-svn.plugin.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+if ! [ -d "$ZSH/plugins/git-svn/git-svn-clone-externals" ] ;then
+    git clone https://github.com/andrep/git-svn-clone-externals.git
+fi
+export PATH="$ZSH/plugins/git-svn/git-svn-clone-externals:$PATH"
+
+function git_svn_update {
+    (cd "$ZSH/plugins/git-svn/git-svn-clone-externals" && \
+        git pull origin master)
+}