diff --git a/guix/swh.scm b/guix/swh.scm
index c7c1c873a2..a65635b1db 100644
--- a/guix/swh.scm
+++ b/guix/swh.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jakub Kądziołka <kuba@kadziolka.net>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Xinglu Chen <public@yoctocell.xyz>
 ;;; Copyright © 2021 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ (define-module (guix swh)
             revision-id
             revision-date
             revision-directory
+            revision-parents
             lookup-revision
             lookup-origin-revision
+            lookup-subversion-revision
 
             content?
             content-checksums
@@ -207,6 +209,14 @@ (define string*
     ((? null?) #f)                                ;Guile-JSON 3.x
     ('null #f)))                                  ;Guile-JSON 4.x
 
+(define pair-vector->alist
+  (match-lambda
+    ('null '())
+    ((= vector->list lst)
+     (map (match-lambda
+            (#(key value) (cons key value)))
+          lst))))
+
 (define %allow-request?
   ;; Takes a URL and method (e.g., the 'http-get' procedure) and returns true
   ;; to keep going.  This can be used to disallow requests when
@@ -346,7 +356,14 @@ (define-json-mapping <revision> make-revision revision?
   (id            revision-id)
   (date          revision-date "date" (maybe-null string->date*))
   (directory     revision-directory)
-  (directory-url revision-directory-url "directory_url"))
+  (directory-url revision-directory-url "directory_url")
+  (parents-ids   revision-parent-ids "parents"
+                 (lambda (vector)
+                   (map (lambda (alist)
+                          (assoc-ref alist "id"))
+                        (vector->list vector))))
+  (extra-headers revision-extra-headers      ;alist--e.g., with "svn_revision"
+                 "extra_headers" pair-vector->alist))
 
 ;; <https://archive.softwareheritage.org/api/1/content/>
 (define-json-mapping <content> make-content content?
@@ -524,6 +541,50 @@ (define (lookup-origin-revision url tag)
         (()
          #f)))))
 
+(define (revision-parents revision)
+  "Return the parent revision(s) of REVISION."
+  (filter-map lookup-revision (revision-parent-ids revision)))
+
+(define (lookup-subversion-revision-in-history revision revision-number)
+  "Look for Subversion REVISION-NUMBER starting from REVISION and going back
+in history."
+  (let loop ((revision revision))
+    (let ((number (and=> (assoc-ref (revision-extra-headers revision)
+                                    "svn_revision")
+                         string->number)))
+      (and number
+           (cond ((= number revision-number)
+                  ;; Found it!
+                  revision)
+                 ((< number revision-number)
+                  ;; REVISION is ancestor of REVISION-NUMBER, so stop here.
+                  #f)
+                 (else
+                  ;; Check the parent(s) of REVISION.
+                  (any loop (revision-parents revision))))))))
+
+(define (lookup-subversion-revision url revision-number)
+  "Return either #f or the revision of the Subversion repository once
+available at URL with the given REVISION-NUMBER."
+  (match (lookup-origin url)
+    (#f #f)
+    (origin
+      (match (filter (lambda (visit)
+                       ;; Return #f if (visit-snapshot VISIT) would return #f.
+                       (and (visit-snapshot-url visit)
+                            (eq? 'full (visit-status visit))))
+                     (origin-visits origin))
+        (()
+         #f)
+        ((visit . _)
+         (any (lambda (branch)
+                (match (branch-target branch)
+                  ((? revision? revision)
+                   (lookup-subversion-revision-in-history revision
+                                                          revision-number))
+                  (_ #f)))
+              (snapshot-branches (visit-snapshot visit))))))))
+
 (define (release-target release)
   "Return the revision that is the target of RELEASE."
   (match (release-target-type release)