diff --git a/gclient.py b/gclient.py
index c39f40fc1..f190b4e1f 100755
--- a/gclient.py
+++ b/gclient.py
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ def RunSVN(args, in_directory):
   SubprocessCall(c, in_directory)
 
 
-def CaptureSVN(args, in_directory):
+def CaptureSVN(args, in_directory=None, print_error=True):
   """Runs svn, capturing output sent to stdout as a string.
 
   Args:
@@ -508,10 +508,14 @@ def CaptureSVN(args, in_directory):
   # the svn.exe executable, but shell=True makes subprocess on Linux fail
   # when it's called with a list because it only tries to execute the
   # first string ("svn").
+  stderr = None
+  if print_error:
+    stderr = subprocess.PIPE
   return subprocess.Popen(c,
                           cwd=in_directory,
                           shell=(sys.platform == 'win32'),
-                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
+                          stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                          stderr=stderr).communicate()[0]
 
 
 def RunSVNAndGetFileList(args, in_directory, file_list):
@@ -560,7 +564,7 @@ def RunSVNAndGetFileList(args, in_directory, file_list):
                            capture_list=file_list)
 
 
-def CaptureSVNInfo(relpath, in_directory=None):
+def CaptureSVNInfo(relpath, in_directory=None, print_error=True):
   """Returns a dictionary from the svn info output for the given file.
 
   Args:
@@ -568,7 +572,7 @@ def CaptureSVNInfo(relpath, in_directory=None):
       the directory given by in_directory.
     in_directory: The directory where svn is to be run.
   """
-  output = CaptureSVN(["info", "--xml", relpath], in_directory)
+  output = CaptureSVN(["info", "--xml", relpath], in_directory, print_error)
   dom = ParseXML(output)
   result = {}
   if dom:
diff --git a/tests/gclient_test.py b/tests/gclient_test.py
index 18498ab63..b31d9e3e0 100644
--- a/tests/gclient_test.py
+++ b/tests/gclient_test.py
@@ -1273,7 +1273,8 @@ class SCMWrapperTestCase(GClientBaseTestCase):
 </entry>
 </info>
 """ % self.url
-    gclient.CaptureSVN(['info', '--xml', self.url], '.').AndReturn(xml_text)
+    gclient.CaptureSVN(['info', '--xml', self.url],
+                       '.', True).AndReturn(xml_text)
     expected = {
       'URL': 'http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chrome/app/d',
       'UUID': None,
@@ -1286,7 +1287,7 @@ class SCMWrapperTestCase(GClientBaseTestCase):
       'Node Kind': 'file',
     }
     self.mox.ReplayAll()
-    file_info = self._CaptureSVNInfo(self.url, '.')
+    file_info = self._CaptureSVNInfo(self.url, '.', True)
     self.assertEquals(sorted(file_info.items()), sorted(expected.items()))
     self.mox.VerifyAll()
 
@@ -1314,9 +1315,10 @@ class SCMWrapperTestCase(GClientBaseTestCase):
 </entry>
 </info>
 """ % (self.url, self.root_dir)
-    gclient.CaptureSVN(['info', '--xml', self.url], '.').AndReturn(xml_text)
+    gclient.CaptureSVN(['info', '--xml', self.url],
+                       '.', True).AndReturn(xml_text)
     self.mox.ReplayAll()
-    file_info = self._CaptureSVNInfo(self.url, '.')
+    file_info = self._CaptureSVNInfo(self.url, '.', True)
     expected = {
       'URL': self.url,
       'UUID': '7b9385f5-0452-0410-af26-ad4892b7a1fb',