diff --git a/Library/Formula/wireshark.rb b/Library/Formula/wireshark.rb
index 96f2a1a582c8..427cfe86beec 100644
--- a/Library/Formula/wireshark.rb
+++ b/Library/Formula/wireshark.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ class Wireshark < Formula
   mirror 'http://www.wireshark.org/download/src/wireshark-1.10.0.tar.bz2'
   sha1 'c78a5d5e589edc8ebc702eb00a284ccbca7721bc'
 
+  head 'http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk/', :using => :svn
+
+  if build.head?
+    # These are required on the HEAD build because the configure
+    # script doesn't live on the subversion repository.
+    depends_on :autoconf
+    depends_on :automake
+    depends_on :libtool
+  end
+
   option 'with-x', 'Include X11 support'
   option 'with-qt', 'Use QT for GUI instead of GTK+'
 
@@ -29,11 +39,14 @@ class Wireshark < Formula
   end
 
   def install
+    system "./autogen.sh" if build.head?
+
     args = ["--disable-dependency-tracking",
             "--prefix=#{prefix}",
             "--with-gnutls",
             "--with-ssl"]
 
+    args << "--disable-warnings-as-errors" if build.head?
     args << "--disable-wireshark" unless build.with? "x" or build.with? "qt"
     args << "--disable-gtktest" unless build.with? "x"
     args << "--with-qt" if build.with? "qt"