diff --git a/app/Uploads/ImageService.php b/app/Uploads/ImageService.php
index 71fd2cd4e..ae1c6a254 100644
--- a/app/Uploads/ImageService.php
+++ b/app/Uploads/ImageService.php
@@ -442,7 +442,12 @@ class ImageService extends UploadService
             return null;
         }
 
-        return 'data:image/' . pathinfo($uri, PATHINFO_EXTENSION) . ';base64,' . base64_encode($imageData);
+        $extension = pathinfo($uri, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
+        if ($extension === 'svg') {
+            $extension = 'svg+xml';
+        }
+
+        return 'data:image/' . $extension . ';base64,' . base64_encode($imageData);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Entity/ExportTest.php b/tests/Entity/ExportTest.php
index 683f23674..e3a74f64d 100644
--- a/tests/Entity/ExportTest.php
+++ b/tests/Entity/ExportTest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 use BookStack\Entities\Chapter;
 use BookStack\Entities\Page;
+use BookStack\Uploads\HttpFetcher;
 
 class ExportTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -148,4 +149,17 @@ class ExportTest extends TestCase
         $resp->assertDontSee($page->updated_at->diffForHumans());
     }
 
+    public function test_page_export_sets_right_data_type_for_svg_embeds()
+    {
+        $page = Page::first();
+        $page->html = '<img src="http://example.com/image.svg">';
+        $page->save();
+
+        $this->asEditor();
+        $this->mockHttpFetch('<svg></svg>');
+        $resp = $this->get($page->getUrl('/export/html'));
+        $resp->assertStatus(200);
+        $resp->assertSee('<img src="data:image/svg+xml;base64');
+    }
+
 }
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diff --git a/tests/SharedTestHelpers.php b/tests/SharedTestHelpers.php
index 8e903be11..1d87e942a 100644
--- a/tests/SharedTestHelpers.php
+++ b/tests/SharedTestHelpers.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use BookStack\Auth\Role;
 use BookStack\Auth\Permissions\PermissionService;
 use BookStack\Entities\Repos\PageRepo;
 use BookStack\Settings\SettingService;
+use BookStack\Uploads\HttpFetcher;
 
 trait SharedTestHelpers
 {
@@ -189,4 +190,18 @@ trait SharedTestHelpers
         return $permissionRepo->saveNewRole($roleData);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Mock the HttpFetcher service and return the given data on fetch.
+     * @param $returnData
+     * @param int $times
+     */
+    protected function mockHttpFetch($returnData, int $times = 1)
+    {
+        $mockHttp = \Mockery::mock(HttpFetcher::class);
+        $this->app[HttpFetcher::class] = $mockHttp;
+        $mockHttp->shouldReceive('fetch')
+            ->times($times)
+            ->andReturn($returnData);
+    }
+
 }
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