diff --git a/src/index.spec.ts b/src/index.spec.ts
index 9b89ddc..e21e3b3 100644
--- a/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -244,4 +244,11 @@ describe("Tests the public API", () => {
     const result = filetypemime(file);
     expect(result).toContain("image/jpeg");
   });
+
+  it("detects svg", () => {
+    // File created using https://png2jpg.com
+    const file = getBytes("a.svg");
+    const result = filetypemime(file);
+    expect(result).toContain("image/svg+xml");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/model/pattern-tree.ts b/src/model/pattern-tree.ts
index ba882c2..1f34129 100644
--- a/src/model/pattern-tree.ts
+++ b/src/model/pattern-tree.ts
@@ -1331,4 +1331,9 @@ add(
   }
 );
 
+add("SVG", ["0x3c", "0x73", "0x76", "0x67"], {
+  mime: "image/svg+xml",
+  extension: "svg",
+});
+
 export default (): Tree => tree as Tree;
diff --git a/src/testfiles/a.svg b/src/testfiles/a.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..706d496
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testfiles/a.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg viewBox="0 0 300 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" stroke="red" fill="gray"><circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40"/><circle cx="150" cy="50" r="4"/><svg viewBox="0 0 10 10" x="200" width="100"><circle cx="5" cy="5" r="4"/></svg></svg>