diff --git a/system/blueprints/config/security.yaml b/system/blueprints/config/security.yaml
index e0296be28..4e93e9b21 100644
--- a/system/blueprints/config/security.yaml
+++ b/system/blueprints/config/security.yaml
@@ -105,3 +105,15 @@ form:
             validate:
                 type: commalist
 
+
+        sanitize_svg:
+            type: toggle
+            label: PLUGIN_ADMIN.SANITIZE_SVG
+            help: PLUGIN_ADMIN.SANITIZE_SVG_HELP
+            highlight: 1
+            options:
+                1: PLUGIN_ADMIN.YES
+                0: PLUGIN_ADMIN.NO
+            default: true
+            validate:
+                type: bool
diff --git a/system/config/security.yaml b/system/config/security.yaml
index 964e6821e..2cc815fb5 100644
--- a/system/config/security.yaml
+++ b/system/config/security.yaml
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ uploads_dangerous_extensions:
     - htm
     - js
     - exe
+sanitize_svg: true
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Security.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Security.php
index a58d5a1b5..4a14169a8 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Security.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Security.php
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ class Security
      */
     public static function sanitizeSVG($file)
     {
-        $sanitizer = new Sanitizer();
-        $original_svg = file_get_contents($file);
-        $clean_svg = $sanitizer->sanitize($original_svg);
-        file_put_contents($file, $clean_svg);
+        if (Grav::instance()['config']->get('security.sanitize_svg')) {
+            $sanitizer = new Sanitizer();
+            $original_svg = file_get_contents($file);
+            $clean_svg = $sanitizer->sanitize($original_svg);
+            file_put_contents($file, $clean_svg);
+        }
     }
 
     /**