diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 5728d5821017920d80bc80388a6ec1f005a6ec7e..1b633fcc589c3b18f1dbcf76eba9f0787caa17ca 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-08-29  Mike Stump  <mikestump@comcast.net>
+
+	* gcc_update (configure): Update to handle svn 1.8.1.
+
 2013-08-03  Caroline Tice4  <cmtice@google.com>
 
 	* gcc_update: Add libvtv files.
diff --git a/contrib/gcc_update b/contrib/gcc_update
index 70a5ef7d0e526bfb471b45df462e60ce6609412a..bdf89c4d128b6d9472b6d0bbe861f48a1c8fc5f3 100755
--- a/contrib/gcc_update
+++ b/contrib/gcc_update
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ case $vcs_type in
 	fi
 
 	revision=`$GCC_SVN info | awk '/Revision:/ { print $2 }'`
-	branch=`$GCC_SVN info | sed -ne "/URL:/ {
+	branch=`$GCC_SVN info | sed -ne "/^URL:/ {
 	    s,.*/trunk,trunk,
 	    s,.*/branches/,,
 	    s,.*/tags/,,