diff --git a/src/Mpdf.php b/src/Mpdf.php
index 4ab0d0f7d..4641a9fec 100644
--- a/src/Mpdf.php
+++ b/src/Mpdf.php
@@ -27195,7 +27195,8 @@ function AdjustHTML($html, $tabSpaces = 8)
 		if (count($svgi[0])) {
 			for ($i = 0; $i < count($svgi[0]); $i++) {
 				$file = $this->cache->write('/_tempSVG' . uniqid(random_int(1, 100000), true) . '_' . $i . '.svg', $svgi[0][$i]);
-				$html = str_replace($svgi[0][$i], '<img src="' . $file . '" />', $html);
+				$class = $this->svgClassAttribute($svgi[0][$i]);
+				$html = str_replace($svgi[0][$i], '<img src="' . $file . '"' . ($class !== '' ? ' class="' . $class . '"' : '') . ' />', $html);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -27341,6 +27342,28 @@ function AdjustHTML($html, $tabSpaces = 8)
 		return $html;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The class an embedded SVG was given, so the img element it becomes can still be reached by the
+	 * selectors written for it. The value may be double quoted, single quoted or unquoted, as any
+	 * attribute value may be; a double quote is dropped because no class name can hold one.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $svg
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	private function svgClassAttribute($svg)
+	{
+		$matches = [];
+		if (!preg_match('/^<svg\b[^>]*?\sclass\s*=\s*(?:"([^"]*)"|\'([^\']*)\'|([^\s>"\']+))/si', $svg, $matches)) {
+			return '';
+		}
+
+		// PCRE drops the groups after the one that took part
+		$class = array_pop($matches);
+
+		return str_replace('"', '', $class);
+	}
+
 	// mPDF 5.7+
 	function tabs2spaces_callback($matches)
 	{
diff --git a/tests/Mpdf/SvgClassTest.php b/tests/Mpdf/SvgClassTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8aad1232a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Mpdf/SvgClassTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Mpdf;
+
+class SvgClassTest extends \Yoast\PHPUnitPolyfills\TestCases\TestCase
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * @var \Mpdf\Mpdf
+	 */
+	private $mpdf;
+
+	protected function set_up()
+	{
+		parent::set_up();
+
+		$this->mpdf = new Mpdf(['mode' => 'c']);
+	}
+
+	protected function tear_down()
+	{
+		parent::tear_down();
+
+		$this->mpdf->cleanup();
+	}
+
+	private function svg($attributes)
+	{
+		return '<svg ' . $attributes . ' width="100" height="100">'
+			. '<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" fill="#ffff00" />'
+			. '</svg>';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The class the img element AdjustHTML() replaced the SVG with was given, or '' for none
+	 */
+	private function convertedClass($svg)
+	{
+		$matches = [];
+		if (!preg_match('/<img src="[^"]*"(?: class="([^"]*)")? \/>/', $this->mpdf->AdjustHTML($svg), $matches)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return isset($matches[1]) ? $matches[1] : '';
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * An embedded SVG is written out to a file and replaced by an img element pointing at it, which
+	 * used to drop everything the svg tag was styled by. See mpdf/mpdf#1404.
+	 */
+	public function quotingProvider()
+	{
+		return [
+			'double quoted' => ['class="framed wide"', 'framed wide'],
+			'single quoted' => ["class='framed wide'", 'framed wide'],
+			'unquoted'      => ['class=framed', 'framed'],
+			'spaced out'    => ['class = "framed"', 'framed'],
+		];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider quotingProvider
+	 */
+	public function testTheClassIsCarriedOverToTheImg($attribute, $expected)
+	{
+		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->convertedClass($this->svg($attribute)));
+	}
+
+	public function testAnSvgWithNoClassBecomesAnImgWithNone()
+	{
+		$this->assertSame('', $this->convertedClass($this->svg('id="plain"')));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Only the svg tag's own class is wanted - the shapes inside it are drawn by the SVG reader and
+	 * have nothing to do with the img element
+	 */
+	public function testAClassOnSomethingInsideTheSvgIsNotTaken()
+	{
+		$svg = '<svg width="100" height="100"><circle class="inner" cx="50" cy="50" r="40" /></svg>';
+
+		$this->assertSame('', $this->convertedClass($svg));
+	}
+
+	public function testTheImgIsStillWrittenWhenTheClassIsEmpty()
+	{
+		$this->assertSame('', $this->convertedClass($this->svg('class=""')));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The point of carrying it over: a selector written for the svg reaches the img
+	 */
+	public function testAStyleRuleWrittenForTheClassReachesTheImage()
+	{
+		$this->mpdf->compress = false;
+		$this->mpdf->WriteHTML(
+			'<style>.framed { border: 2px solid #ff0000 }</style><p>' . $this->svg('class="framed"') . '</p>'
+		);
+
+		$this->assertStringContainsString('1.000 0.000 0.000 RG', $this->mpdf->Output('', 'S'));
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/Snapshots/SvgClassSnapshotTest.php b/tests/Snapshots/SvgClassSnapshotTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b8ba27a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Snapshots/SvgClassSnapshotTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Snapshots;
+
+/**
+ * @group snapshot
+ */
+class SvgClassSnapshotTest extends Snapshot
+{
+	public function getId()
+	{
+		return 'svg-class';
+	}
+
+	private function circle()
+	{
+		return '<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" fill="#f0d878" stroke="#14386b" stroke-width="4" />';
+	}
+
+	public function generatePdf()
+	{
+		ob_start();
+		?>
+		<style>
+			.framed { border: 1mm solid #d02020; padding: 2mm; }
+			.wide { width: 38mm; }
+			.narrow { width: 20mm; }
+			.spaced { margin: 0 0 0 40mm; }
+
+			p.caption { margin: 5mm 0 2mm 0; color: #606060; }
+		</style>
+
+		<h1>mPDF</h1>
+		<h2>class on an embedded SVG</h2>
+
+		<p class="caption">An embedded SVG is written out to a file and drawn as an image. The class it
+			was given comes with it, so these rules reach the picture.</p>
+
+		<p class="caption">No class - drawn at the size the SVG asks for</p>
+		<p><svg width="100" height="100" viewBox="0 0 100 100"><?= $this->circle() ?></svg></p>
+
+		<p class="caption">class="framed" - a border and padding around it</p>
+		<p><svg class="framed" width="100" height="100" viewBox="0 0 100 100"><?= $this->circle() ?></svg></p>
+
+		<p class="caption">class="wide" - a width</p>
+		<p><svg class="wide" width="100" height="100" viewBox="0 0 100 100"><?= $this->circle() ?></svg></p>
+
+		<p class="caption">class='narrow' - a width, in a single-quoted attribute</p>
+		<p><svg class='narrow' width="100" height="100" viewBox="0 0 100 100"><?= $this->circle() ?></svg></p>
+
+		<p class="caption">class="narrow spaced framed" - three of them at once</p>
+		<p><svg class="narrow spaced framed" width="100" height="100" viewBox="0 0 100 100"><?= $this->circle() ?></svg></p>
+		<?php
+		$html = ob_get_clean();
+
+		$this->mpdf = new \Mpdf\Mpdf();
+		$this->mpdf->WriteHTML($html);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/data/snapshots/svg-class.pdf b/tests/data/snapshots/svg-class.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a50041151
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