diff --git a/config/libc/eglibc.in b/config/libc/eglibc.in
index 19e93b33..ad3f06d8 100644
--- a/config/libc/eglibc.in
+++ b/config/libc/eglibc.in
@@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ config EGLIBC_REVISION
       (*) If you want to use a date, please use ISO-8601 formats if
           at all possible.
 
+config EGLIBC_HTTP
+    bool
+    prompt "use http:// instead of svn://"
+    help
+      By default, when eglibc is downloaded it is checked out using
+      svn://svn.eglibc.org. This option allows you to download eglibc
+      from http://www.eglibc.org, if you are behind a proxy or firewall.
+      If you are behind a proxy, don't forget to update your
+      .subversion/servers file with your proxy info in [global].
+
 config EGLIBC_CHECKOUT
     bool
     prompt "checkout instead of export"
diff --git a/scripts/build/libc/eglibc.sh b/scripts/build/libc/eglibc.sh
index 0c357df0..16272ba5 100644
--- a/scripts/build/libc/eglibc.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/libc/eglibc.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@
 # snapshots available.
 do_libc_get() {
     local addon
-    local svn_base="svn://svn.eglibc.org"
+    local svn_base
+
+    if [ "${CT_EGLIBC_HTTP}" = "y" ]; then
+        svn_base="http://www.eglibc.org/svn"
+    else
+        svn_base="svn://svn.eglibc.org"
+    fi
 
     case "${CT_LIBC_VERSION}" in
         trunk)  svn_base+="/trunk";;