diff --git a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
index e2cdd17b8..3e8ac3e3d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ class RepositoriesController < ApplicationController
     
     @content = @repository.cat(@path, @rev)
     show_error_not_found and return unless @content
-    if 'raw' == params[:format] || @content.is_binary_data?
-      # Force the download if it's a binary file
+    if 'raw' == params[:format] || @content.is_binary_data? || (@entry.size && @entry.size > Setting.file_max_size_displayed.to_i.kilobyte)
+      # Force the download
       send_data @content, :filename => @path.split('/').last
     else
       # Prevent empty lines when displaying a file with Windows style eol
diff --git a/test/functional/repositories_subversion_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/repositories_subversion_controller_test.rb
index a3918a922..c2bb40367 100644
--- a/test/functional/repositories_subversion_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/repositories_subversion_controller_test.rb
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ class RepositoriesSubversionControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       assert_response :success
       assert_template 'entry'
     end
+      
+    def test_entry_should_send_if_too_big
+      # no files in the test repo is larger than 1KB...
+      with_settings :file_max_size_displayed => 0 do
+        get :entry, :id => 1, :path => ['subversion_test', 'helloworld.c']
+        assert_response :success
+        assert_template ''
+        assert_equal 'attachment; filename="helloworld.c"', @response.headers['Content-Disposition']
+      end
+    end
     
     def test_entry_at_given_revision
       get :entry, :id => 1, :path => ['subversion_test', 'helloworld.rb'], :rev => 2
@@ -113,6 +123,8 @@ class RepositoriesSubversionControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     def test_entry_download
       get :entry, :id => 1, :path => ['subversion_test', 'helloworld.c'], :format => 'raw'
       assert_response :success
+      assert_template ''
+      assert_equal 'attachment; filename="helloworld.c"', @response.headers['Content-Disposition']
     end
     
     def test_directory_entry
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 7d817fb19..88117e540 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -64,4 +64,11 @@ class Test::Unit::TestCase
     Dir.mkdir "#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/test/attachments" unless File.directory?("#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/test/attachments")
     Attachment.storage_path = "#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/test/attachments"
   end
+  
+  def with_settings(options, &block)
+    saved_settings = options.keys.inject({}) {|h, k| h[k] = Setting[k].dup; h}
+    options.each {|k, v| Setting[k] = v}
+    yield
+    saved_settings.each {|k, v| Setting[k] = v}
+  end
 end