diff --git a/can-view-target.js b/can-view-target.js
index 0407162..91ff4d9 100644
--- a/can-view-target.js
+++ b/can-view-target.js
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ function processNode(node, paths, location, document){
 						getCallback().callbacks.push({
 							callback:  value
 						});
-					} else  {
+					} else if (value !== null && typeof value === "object" && value.namespaceURI) {
+						el.setAttributeNS(value.namespaceURI,attrName,value.value);
+					} else {
 						domMutate.setAttribute.call(el, attrName, value);
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index bd9bb34..925e21b 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -185,3 +185,17 @@ test('cloneNode keeps non-default element namespace', function() {
 
 	equal(clone.firstChild.namespaceURI, 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'cloneNode should keep non-default element namespace');
 });
+
+QUnit.test("SVG namespaceURI", function() {
+	var data = target([{
+		tag: "svg",
+		attrs: {
+			"xmlns" : {
+				value: "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", 
+				namespaceURI: "http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/"
+			}
+		}
+	}]);
+	var frag = data.hydrate();
+	QUnit.equal(frag.firstChild.getAttributeNode("xmlns").namespaceURI, 'http://www.w3.org/2000/xmlns/');
+})