diff --git a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/DocxZipper.js b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/DocxZipper.js
index 7a5f752707..7a0081b1bf 100644
--- a/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/DocxZipper.js
+++ b/packages/super-editor/src/editors/v1/core/DocxZipper.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { reconcileDocumentRelationships, MANAGED_DOCUMENT_PARTS } from './opc/re
 const IMAGE_EXTS = new Set(['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif', 'bmp', 'tiff', 'tif', 'emf', 'wmf', 'svg', 'webp']);
 
 /** Map file extensions to correct MIME sub-types where they differ. */
-const MIME_TYPE_FOR_EXT = { tif: 'tiff', jpg: 'jpeg' };
+const MIME_TYPE_FOR_EXT = { tif: 'tiff', jpg: 'jpeg', svg: 'svg+xml' };
 const CUSTOM_XML_ITEM_PROPS_CONTENT_TYPE = 'application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.customXmlProperties+xml';
 
 /** OOXML content types for embedded font file extensions. */
diff --git a/tests/behavior/tests/importing/fixtures/svg-image.docx b/tests/behavior/tests/importing/fixtures/svg-image.docx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8c182acdf
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diff --git a/tests/behavior/tests/importing/load-doc-with-svg.spec.ts b/tests/behavior/tests/importing/load-doc-with-svg.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9d8f22849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/behavior/tests/importing/load-doc-with-svg.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { test, expect } from '../../fixtures/superdoc.js';
+import { assertDocumentApiReady } from '../../helpers/document-api.js';
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const DOC_PATH = path.resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/svg-image.docx');
+
+test.use({ config: { toolbar: 'full', comments: 'off' } });
+
+test('loads DOCX with SVG image and renders it with the correct MIME type', async ({ superdoc }) => {
+  await superdoc.loadDocument(DOC_PATH);
+  await superdoc.waitForStable();
+  await assertDocumentApiReady(superdoc.page);
+
+  await expect(superdoc.page.locator('.superdoc-page').first()).toBeVisible();
+
+  const mediaEntry = await superdoc.page.evaluate(() => {
+    const editor = (window as any).editor;
+    const media = editor?.storage?.image?.media ?? {};
+    const svgKey = Object.keys(media).find((k) => k.toLowerCase().endsWith('.svg'));
+    return svgKey ? { key: svgKey, value: media[svgKey] } : null;
+  });
+
+  expect(mediaEntry, 'imported SVG should be registered in editor.storage.image.media').not.toBeNull();
+  expect(mediaEntry!.value, 'SVG data URI must use the image/svg+xml MIME type').toMatch(
+    /^data:image\/svg\+xml;base64,/,
+  );
+
+  const imgSrc = await superdoc.page.locator('img').first().getAttribute('src');
+  expect(imgSrc, 'rendered <img> should resolve to the SVG data URI').toMatch(/^data:image\/svg\+xml;base64,/);
+});