diff --git a/src/Client.php b/src/Client.php
index 8be5ac4..5ceaf49 100644
--- a/src/Client.php
+++ b/src/Client.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public function fetchFile($path, $revision = null)
 
         $url = $path . '?view=co';
         if ($revision !== null) {
-            $url .= '&revision=' . $revision;
+            $url .= '&pathrev=' . $revision;
         }
 
         // TODO: fetching a directory redirects to path with trailing slash
diff --git a/tests/ClientTest.php b/tests/ClientTest.php
index 0434d0c..8332c83 100644
--- a/tests/ClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/ClientTest.php
@@ -48,4 +48,13 @@ public function testFetchFileExcessiveSlashesAreIgnored()
 
         $this->expectPromiseReject($promise);
     }
+
+    public function testFetchFileRevision()
+    {
+        $this->browser->expects($this->once())->method('get')->with($this->equalTo('http://viewvc.example.org/README.md?view=co&pathrev=1.0'))->will($this->returnValue($this->createPromiseRejected()));
+
+        $promise = $this->client->fetchFile('/README.md', '1.0');
+
+        $this->expectPromiseReject($promise);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/FunctionalClientTest.php b/tests/FunctionalClientTest.php
index f483538..ba4c582 100644
--- a/tests/FunctionalClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/FunctionalClientTest.php
@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ public function testFetchFile()
         $this->assertStringStartsWith('/*', $recipe);
     }
 
+    public function testFetchFileOldFileNowDeletedButRevisionAvailable()
+    {
+        $file = 'commons/STATUS';
+        $revision = '1';
+
+        $promise = $this->viewvc->fetchFile($file, $revision);
+        $contents = $this->waitFor($promise);
+
+        $this->assertStringStartsWith('APACHE COMMONS', $contents);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @expectedException RuntimeException
      */