diff --git a/rc/base/file.kak b/rc/base/file.kak
index 934b0659..770db29f 100644
--- a/rc/base/file.kak
+++ b/rc/base/file.kak
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ hook global BufOpenFile .* %{ %sh{
         mime=$(file -b --mime-type "${kak_buffile}")
         case "${mime}" in
             application/*+xml) filetype="xml" ;;
+            image/*+xml) filetype="xml" ;; #SVG
             message/rfc822) filetype="mail" ;;
             text/x-shellscript) filetype="sh" ;;
             text/x-*) filetype="${mime#text/x-}" ;;