Index: t/11_svn.t
===================================================================
--- t/11_svn.t	(revision 19529)
+++ t/11_svn.t	(working copy)
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 use Test::More;
 
 BEGIN {
-	if ( -d '.svn' ) {
+	if ( -d '.svn/props' || -d '.svn/prop-base') {
 		plan tests => 4;
 	} else {
 		plan skip_all => 'Not in an SVN checkout';
Index: t/12_mime.t
===================================================================
--- t/12_mime.t	(revision 19529)
+++ t/12_mime.t	(working copy)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 # Detect the mime type using svn metadata
 SKIP: {
-	skip( "Not an SVN checkout", 3 ) unless -e '.svn';
+	skip( "Not an SVN checkout", 3 ) unless -d '.svn/props' || -d '.svn/prop-base';
 
 	my $file = catfile( 't', 'perl', 'zerolengthperl' );
 	ok( -f $file, "Found zero length perl file $file" );