diff --git a/src/common/dcsvg.cpp b/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
index 2d0b4dcbab..5e6c73258c 100644
--- a/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dcsvg.cpp
@@ -119,10 +119,12 @@ void wxSVGFileDCImpl::Init (const wxString &filename, int Width, int Height, dou
         write(s);
         s = wxT("<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD SVG 20010904//EN\" ") + newline ;
         write(s);
-        s = wxT("\"http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd\"> ")+ newline ;
-        write(s);
-        s.Printf ( wxT("<svg width=\"%.2gcm\" height=\"%.2gcm\" viewBox=\"0 0 %d %d \"> \n"), float(Width)/dpi*2.54, float(Height)/dpi*2.54, Width, Height );
+        s = wxT("\"http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010904/DTD/svg10.dtd\"> ") + newline ;
         write(s);
+	s =  wxT("<svg xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\" ") + newline;
+	write(s);
+	s.Printf( wxT("    width=\"%.2gcm\" height=\"%.2gcm\" viewBox=\"0 0 %d %d \"> \n"), float(Width)/dpi*2.54, float(Height)/dpi*2.54, Width, Height );
+	write(s);
         s = wxT("<title>SVG Picture created as ") + wxFileNameFromPath(filename) + wxT(" </title>") + newline ;
         write(s);
         s = wxString (wxT("<desc>Picture generated by wxSVG ")) + wxSVGVersion + wxT(" </desc>")+ newline ;