diff --git a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
index b0108d531..3274b942a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/repositories_controller.rb
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ class RepositoriesController < ApplicationController
 
   alias_method :browse, :show
 
+  def fetch_changesets
+    @repository.fetch_changesets if @project.active? && @path.empty? && !Setting.autofetch_changesets?
+    show
+  end
+
   def changes
     @entry = @repository.entry(@path, @rev)
     (show_error_not_found; return) unless @entry
diff --git a/app/views/repositories/_navigation.html.erb b/app/views/repositories/_navigation.html.erb
index 730cec42f..326d3f5af 100644
--- a/app/views/repositories/_navigation.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/repositories/_navigation.html.erb
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
   <%= link_to_if_authorized l(:label_settings),
             {:controller => 'projects', :action => 'settings', :id => @project, :tab => 'repositories'},
             :class => 'icon icon-settings' if User.current.allowed_to?(:manage_repository, @project) %>
+  <%= link_to l(:label_fetch_changesets),
+              {:action => :fetch_changesets, :id => @project, :repository_id => @repository.identifier_param},
+              :class => 'icon icon-reload' if User.current.allowed_to?(:browse_repository, @project) && !Setting.autofetch_changesets? %>
 <% end %>
 
 <%= form_tag({:action => controller.action_name,
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index b5245a7df..d81528902 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ en:
   label_repository: Repository
   label_repository_new: New repository
   label_repository_plural: Repositories
+  label_fetch_changesets: Fetch changesets
   label_browse: Browse
   label_branch: Branch
   label_tag: Tag
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 5884aa49f..91e07e407 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   # repositories routes
   get 'projects/:id/repository/:repository_id/statistics', :to => 'repositories#stats'
   get 'projects/:id/repository/:repository_id/graph', :to => 'repositories#graph'
+  get 'projects/:id/repository/:repository_id/fetch_changesets', :to => 'repositories#fetch_changesets'
 
   get 'projects/:id/repository/:repository_id/revisions/:rev', :to => 'repositories#revision'
   get 'projects/:id/repository/:repository_id/revision', :to => 'repositories#revision'
diff --git a/lib/redmine.rb b/lib/redmine.rb
index de2993e13..7c28cc463 100644
--- a/lib/redmine.rb
+++ b/lib/redmine.rb
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Redmine::AccessControl.map do |map|
 
   map.project_module :repository do |map|
     map.permission :view_changesets, {:repositories => [:show, :revisions, :revision]}, :read => true
-    map.permission :browse_repository, {:repositories => [:show, :browse, :entry, :raw, :annotate, :changes, :diff, :stats, :graph]}, :read => true
+    map.permission :browse_repository, {:repositories => [:show, :browse, :entry, :raw, :annotate, :changes, :diff, :stats, :graph, :fetch_changesets]}, :read => true
     map.permission :commit_access, {}
     map.permission :manage_related_issues, {:repositories => [:add_related_issue, :remove_related_issue]}
     map.permission :manage_repository, {:projects => :settings, :repositories => [:new, :create, :edit, :update, :committers, :destroy]}, :require => :member
diff --git a/test/functional/repositories_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/repositories_controller_test.rb
index 0668cea43..63a1912d3 100644
--- a/test/functional/repositories_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/repositories_controller_test.rb
@@ -205,6 +205,23 @@ class RepositoriesControllerTest < Redmine::RepositoryControllerTest
     end
   end
 
+  def test_fetch_changesets_with_autofetch_changesets_disabled_and_browse_repository_permission_should_fetch_changesets
+    @request.session[:user_id] = 2
+    role = Role.find(1)
+
+    with_settings :autofetch_changesets => '0' do
+      role.add_permission! :browse_repository
+      Repository::Subversion.any_instance.expects(:fetch_changesets).once
+      get(:fetch_changesets, :params => {:id => 1, :repository_id => 10})
+      assert_response :success
+
+      role.remove_permission! :browse_repository
+      Repository::Subversion.any_instance.expects(:fetch_changesets).never
+      get(:fetch_changesets, :params => {:id => 1, :repository_id => 10})
+      assert_response :forbidden
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_revisions
     get(
       :revisions,