diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index a54979dc51..4c9c59bc3f 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -2577,8 +2577,8 @@ sub rebuild {
 	my ($log, $ctx) =
 	    command_output_pipe(qw/rev-list --pretty=raw --no-color --reverse/,
 	                        $self->refname, '--');
-	my $full_url = $self->full_url;
-	remove_username($full_url);
+	my $metadata_url = $self->metadata_url;
+	remove_username($metadata_url);
 	my $svn_uuid = $self->ra_uuid;
 	my $c;
 	while (<$log>) {
@@ -2596,7 +2596,7 @@ sub rebuild {
 		# if we merged or otherwise started elsewhere, this is
 		# how we break out of it
 		if (($uuid ne $svn_uuid) ||
-		    ($full_url && $url && ($url ne $full_url))) {
+		    ($metadata_url && $url && ($url ne $metadata_url))) {
 			next;
 		}
 
diff --git a/t/t9123-git-svn-rebuild-with-rewriteroot.sh b/t/t9123-git-svn-rebuild-with-rewriteroot.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c18878fad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t9123-git-svn-rebuild-with-rewriteroot.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Jan Krüger
+#
+
+test_description='git-svn respects rewriteRoot during rebuild'
+
+. ./lib-git-svn.sh
+
+mkdir import
+cd import
+	touch foo
+	svn import -m 'import for git-svn' . "$svnrepo" >/dev/null
+cd ..
+rm -rf import
+
+test_expect_success 'init, fetch and checkout repository' '
+	git svn init --rewrite-root=http://invalid.invalid/ "$svnrepo" &&
+	git svn fetch
+	git checkout -b mybranch remotes/git-svn
+	'
+
+test_expect_success 'remove rev_map' '
+	rm "$GIT_SVN_DIR"/.rev_map.*
+	'
+
+test_expect_success 'rebuild rev_map' '
+	git svn rebase >/dev/null
+	'
+
+test_done
+