diff --git a/src/Feature.js b/src/Feature.js
index b4af35f..c05fa9b 100644
--- a/src/Feature.js
+++ b/src/Feature.js
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ const testRangeBounds = document => {
     return false;
 };
 
+const testSVG = document => {
+    const img = new Image();
+    const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+    const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+    img.src = `data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'></svg>`;
+
+    try {
+        ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
+        canvas.toDataURL();
+    } catch (e) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+};
+
 const FEATURES = {
     // $FlowFixMe - get/set properties not yet supported
     get SUPPORT_RANGE_BOUNDS() {
@@ -32,6 +47,12 @@ const FEATURES = {
         const value = testRangeBounds(document);
         Object.defineProperty(FEATURES, 'SUPPORT_RANGE_BOUNDS', {value});
         return value;
+    },
+    get SUPPORT_SVG_DRAWING() {
+        'use strict';
+        const value = testSVG(document);
+        Object.defineProperty(FEATURES, 'SUPPORT_SVG_DRAWING', {value});
+        return value;
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/ImageLoader.js b/src/ImageLoader.js
index 523e318..855a751 100644
--- a/src/ImageLoader.js
+++ b/src/ImageLoader.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import type Logger from './Logger';
 export type ImageElement = Image | HTMLCanvasElement;
 type ImageCache = {[string]: Promise<?ImageElement>};
 
+import FEATURES from './Feature';
+
 export default class ImageLoader {
     origin: string;
     options: Options;
@@ -30,10 +32,20 @@ export default class ImageLoader {
             return src;
         }
 
-        if (this.options.allowTaint === true || this.isInlineImage(src) || this.isSameOrigin(src)) {
-            return this.addImage(src, src);
-        } else if (typeof this.options.proxy === 'string' && !this.isSameOrigin(src)) {
-            // TODO proxy
+        if (isSVG(src)) {
+            if (this.options.allowTaint === true || FEATURES.SUPPORT_SVG_DRAWING) {
+                return this.addImage(src, src);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (
+                this.options.allowTaint === true ||
+                isInlineImage(src) ||
+                this.isSameOrigin(src)
+            ) {
+                return this.addImage(src, src);
+            } else if (typeof this.options.proxy === 'string' && !this.isSameOrigin(src)) {
+                // TODO proxy
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -43,10 +55,6 @@ export default class ImageLoader {
         return key;
     }
 
-    isInlineImage(src: string): boolean {
-        return /data:image\/.*;base64,/i.test(src);
-    }
-
     hasImageInCache(key: string): boolean {
         return typeof this.cache[key] !== 'undefined';
     }
@@ -112,3 +120,11 @@ export class ImageStore {
         return index === -1 ? null : this._images[index];
     }
 }
+
+const INLINE_SVG = /^data:image\/svg\+xml/i;
+const INLINE_IMG = /^data:image\/.*;base64,/i;
+
+const isInlineImage = (src: string): boolean => INLINE_IMG.test(src);
+
+const isSVG = (src: string): boolean =>
+    src.substr(-3).toLowerCase() === 'svg' || INLINE_SVG.test(src);
diff --git a/tests/testrunner.js b/tests/testrunner.js
index ffa9539..c13c026 100644
--- a/tests/testrunner.js
+++ b/tests/testrunner.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import parseRefTest from '../scripts/parse-reftest';
 import reftests from './reftests';
 import querystring from 'querystring';
 
-const DOWNLOAD_REFTESTS = true;
+const DOWNLOAD_REFTESTS = false;
 const query = querystring.parse(location.search.replace(/^\?/, ''));
 
 const downloadResult = (filename, data) => {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ const assertPath = (result, expected, desc) => {
 
                                 const delta = 10;
 
-                                if (REFTEST) {
+                                if (REFTEST && query.refTest === 'true') {
                                     const RESULTS = parseRefTest(result);
                                     REFTEST.forEach(({action, line, ...args}, i) => {
                                         const RESULT = RESULTS[i];