diff --git a/lib/svi/application.rb b/lib/svi/application.rb
index 01c3d62..a3ad437 100644
--- a/lib/svi/application.rb
+++ b/lib/svi/application.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+require "open3"
+
 module Svi
   class Application
 
     def initialize
-      @config = Config.new
+      @svn_info = {}
+      @config = Config.new(self)
+    end
+
+    def wc_info
+      svn_info(".")
     end
 
     def checkout(url)
@@ -70,5 +77,20 @@ module Svi
       0
     end
 
+    private
+
+    def svn_info(path)
+      @svn_info[path] ||= begin
+        info = {}
+        stdout, stderr, status = Open3.capture3("svn", "info", path)
+        stdout.lines.each do |line|
+          if line =~ /^(.*?):\s(.*)$/
+            info[$1] = $2
+          end
+        end
+        info
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/svi/config.rb b/lib/svi/config.rb
index 4dc565c..8dc98eb 100644
--- a/lib/svi/config.rb
+++ b/lib/svi/config.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 module Svi
   class Config
 
-    def initialize
+    def initialize(application)
+      @application = application
       @ignores = []
 
       load_global_config
+      load_local_config
     end
 
     # Get the ignore patterns.
@@ -31,5 +33,15 @@ module Svi
       end
     end
 
+    def load_local_config
+      if wcrp = @application.wc_info["Working Copy Root Path"]
+        local_config_path = "#{wcrp}/.svn/svi/config"
+        if File.exists?(local_config_path)
+          local_config = File.read(local_config_path)
+          instance_eval(local_config, local_config_path, 1)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 end