diff --git a/extra/svn/Redmine.pm b/extra/svn/Redmine.pm
index 3d6a44b..804de3b 100644
--- a/extra/svn/Redmine.pm
+++ b/extra/svn/Redmine.pm
@@ -531,6 +531,22 @@ sub get_project_identifier {
     my $location = $r->location;
     $location =~ s/\.git$// if (defined $cfg->{RedmineGitSmartHttp} and $cfg->{RedmineGitSmartHttp});
     my ($identifier) = $r->uri =~ m{$location/*([^/.]+)};
+
+    my $dbh = connect_database($r);
+    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT id FROM projects WHERE identifier = ?;");
+    $sth->execute($identifier);
+    if (!$sth->fetchrow_array) {
+        $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT p.identifier FROM projects p, repositories r WHERE p.id = r.project_id AND r.identifier = ?;");
+        $sth->execute($identifier);
+        if (my @row = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
+            $identifier = $row[0];
+        }
+    }
+    $sth->finish();
+    undef $sth;
+    $dbh->disconnect();
+    undef $dbh;
+
     $identifier;
 }