diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 3fbb6148..d2ec71ed 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ var (
 
 	AllowedSources []*regexp.Regexp
 
+	SanitizeSvg bool
+
 	CookiePassthrough bool
 	CookieBaseURL     string
 
@@ -237,6 +239,8 @@ func Reset() {
 
 	AllowedSources = make([]*regexp.Regexp, 0)
 
+	SanitizeSvg = true
+
 	CookiePassthrough = false
 	CookieBaseURL = ""
 
@@ -344,6 +348,8 @@ func Configure() error {
 
 	configurators.Patterns(&AllowedSources, "IMGPROXY_ALLOWED_SOURCES")
 
+	configurators.Bool(&SanitizeSvg, "IMGPROXY_SANITIZE_SVG")
+
 	configurators.Bool(&JpegProgressive, "IMGPROXY_JPEG_PROGRESSIVE")
 	configurators.Bool(&PngInterlaced, "IMGPROXY_PNG_INTERLACED")
 	configurators.Bool(&PngQuantize, "IMGPROXY_PNG_QUANTIZE")
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index f6ea32b4..3d7ecf3e 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ You can limit allowed source URLs with the following variable:
 * Good: `http://example.com/`
 If the trailing slash is absent, `http://example.com@baddomain.com` would be a permissable URL, however, the request would be made to `baddomain.com`.
 
+* `IMGPROXY_SANITIZE_SVG`: when true, imgproxy will remove scripts from SVG images to prevent XSS attacks. Defaut: `true`
+
 When using imgproxy in a development environment, it can be useful to ignore SSL verification:
 
 * `IMGPROXY_IGNORE_SSL_VERIFICATION`: when true, disables SSL verification, so imgproxy can be used in a development environment with self-signed SSL certificates.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ce68ac6c..ace9332c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.12.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
+	github.com/tdewolff/parse/v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/trimmer-io/go-xmp v1.0.0
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.1
 	golang.org/x/image v0.0.0-20220413100746-70e8d0d3baa9
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9e0c7069..2d0c846d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1078,6 +1078,9 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v0.0.0-20160425020131-cfa635847112/go.mod h1:Z4AUp2Km+PwemOoO/VB5AOx9XSsIItzFjoJlOSiYmn0=
 github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ZVVdQEZoIme9iO1Ch2Jdy24qqXrMMOU6lpPAyBWyWuQ=
+github.com/tdewolff/parse/v2 v2.6.0 h1:f2D7w32JtqjCv6SczWkfwK+m15et42qEtDnZXHoNY70=
+github.com/tdewolff/parse/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:WzaJpRSbwq++EIQHYIRTpbYKNA3gn9it1Ik++q4zyho=
+github.com/tdewolff/test v1.0.6/go.mod h1:6DAvZliBAAnD7rhVgwaM7DE5/d9NMOAJ09SqYqeK4QE=
 github.com/tidwall/btree v0.3.0/go.mod h1:huei1BkDWJ3/sLXmO+bsCNELL+Bp2Kks9OLyQFkzvA8=
 github.com/tidwall/btree v1.1.0/go.mod h1:TzIRzen6yHbibdSfK6t8QimqbUnoxUSrZfeW7Uob0q4=
 github.com/tidwall/buntdb v1.2.0/go.mod h1:XLza/dhlwzO6dc5o/KWor4kfZSt3BP8QV+77ZMKfI58=
diff --git a/processing_handler.go b/processing_handler.go
index 258dbcf1..450e598c 100644
--- a/processing_handler.go
+++ b/processing_handler.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/processing"
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/router"
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/security"
+	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/svg"
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/vips"
 )
 
@@ -275,6 +276,22 @@ func handleProcessing(reqID string, rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if originData.Type == po.Format || po.Format == imagetype.Unknown {
 		// Don't process SVG
 		if originData.Type == imagetype.SVG {
+			if config.SanitizeSvg {
+				sanitized, svgErr := svg.Satitize(originData.Data)
+				if svgErr != nil {
+					panic(svgErr)
+				}
+
+				// Since we'll replace origin data, it's better to close it to return
+				// it's buffer to the pool
+				originData.Close()
+
+				originData = &imagedata.ImageData{
+					Data: sanitized,
+					Type: imagetype.SVG,
+				}
+			}
+
 			respondWithImage(reqID, r, rw, statusCode, originData, po, imageURL, originData)
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/processing_handler_test.go b/processing_handler_test.go
index af062739..42609c8d 100644
--- a/processing_handler_test.go
+++ b/processing_handler_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/imagetype"
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/options"
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/router"
+	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/svg"
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/vips"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -289,7 +290,9 @@ func (s *ProcessingHandlerTestSuite) TestSkipProcessingSVG() {
 	assert.Equal(s.T(), 200, res.StatusCode)
 
 	actual := s.readBody(res)
-	expected := s.readTestFile("test1.svg")
+	expected, err := svg.Satitize(s.readTestFile("test1.svg"))
+
+	assert.Nil(s.T(), err)
 
 	assert.True(s.T(), bytes.Equal(expected, actual))
 }
diff --git a/svg/svg.go b/svg/svg.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3178a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/svg/svg.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package svg
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/tdewolff/parse/v2"
+	"github.com/tdewolff/parse/v2/xml"
+)
+
+func Satitize(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	r := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	l := xml.NewLexer(parse.NewInput(r))
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	buf.Grow(len(data))
+
+	ignoreTag := 0
+
+	for {
+		tt, tdata := l.Next()
+
+		if ignoreTag > 0 {
+			switch tt {
+			case xml.EndTagToken, xml.StartTagCloseVoidToken:
+				ignoreTag--
+			case xml.StartTagToken:
+				ignoreTag++
+			}
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		switch tt {
+		case xml.ErrorToken:
+			if l.Err() != io.EOF {
+				return nil, l.Err()
+			}
+			return buf.Bytes(), nil
+		case xml.StartTagToken:
+			if strings.ToLower(string(l.Text())) == "script" {
+				ignoreTag++
+				continue
+			}
+			buf.Write(tdata)
+		case xml.AttributeToken:
+			if strings.ToLower(string(l.Text())) == "onload" {
+				continue
+			}
+			buf.Write(tdata)
+		default:
+			buf.Write(tdata)
+		}
+	}
+}