diff --git a/packages/core/src/textures/resources/SVGResource.ts b/packages/core/src/textures/resources/SVGResource.ts
index c7d1183339..e488200069 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/textures/resources/SVGResource.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/textures/resources/SVGResource.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ export class SVGResource extends BaseImageResource
                 resolve(this);
             };
 
+            const svgString = this.svg;
+
             // Convert SVG inline string to data-uri
             if (SVGResource.SVG_XML.test(this.svg.trim()))
             {
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ export class SVGResource extends BaseImageResource
                 (this as any).svg = `data:image/svg+xml;base64,${btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(this.svg)))}`;
             }
 
-            this._loadSvg();
+            this._loadSvg(svgString);
         });
 
         return this._load;
@@ -134,10 +136,11 @@ export class SVGResource extends BaseImageResource
 
     /**
      * Loads an SVG image from `imageUrl` or `data URL`.
-     *
+     * @param {string} svgString - the raw string of SVG for falling back to
+     * viewBox when width or height is not specified. This happens in Firefox.
      * @private
      */
-    private _loadSvg(): void
+    private _loadSvg(svgString: string): void
     {
         const tempImage = new Image();
 
@@ -162,12 +165,21 @@ export class SVGResource extends BaseImageResource
                 return;
             }
 
-            const svgWidth = tempImage.width;
-            const svgHeight = tempImage.height;
+            let svgWidth = tempImage.width;
+            let svgHeight = tempImage.height;
 
             if (!svgWidth || !svgHeight)
             {
-                throw new Error('The SVG image must have width and height defined (in pixels), canvas API needs them.');
+                const size = SVGResource.parseWidthHeightFromViewBox(svgString);
+
+                svgWidth = size.width;
+                svgHeight = size.height;
+            }
+
+            if (!svgWidth || !svgHeight)
+            {
+                throw new Error('The SVG image must have width, height'
+                   + 'or viewBox defined (in pixels), canvas API needs them.');
             }
 
             // Set render size
@@ -199,6 +211,46 @@ export class SVGResource extends BaseImageResource
         };
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This function gets the width and height from the viewBox attribute from
+     * provided SVG.
+     * @param {string} svg - the string of the SVG, not base64 encoded.
+     * @param {ISize} scaleTo - optional, if provide, will try to scale viewBox
+     * the provided size.
+     * @return {PIXI.ISize} scaled viewBox size if parse success, return (0, 0)
+     * otherwise.
+     */
+    static parseWidthHeightFromViewBox(svg: string, scaleTo?: ISize): ISize
+    {
+        const size: ISize = { width: 0, height: 0 };
+
+        try
+        {
+            const parser = new DOMParser();
+            const svgDocument = parser.parseFromString(svg, 'image/svg+xml');
+            const element = svgDocument.querySelector('svg');
+
+            size.width = element.viewBox.baseVal.width;
+            size.height = element.viewBox.baseVal.height;
+            if (scaleTo === null || scaleTo === undefined) return size;
+
+            const factor = scaleTo.height < scaleTo.width
+                ? scaleTo.height / size.height : scaleTo.width / size.width;
+
+            size.width *= factor;
+            size.height *= factor;
+
+            return size;
+        }
+        catch (err)
+        {
+            size.width = 0;
+            size.height = 0;
+
+            return size;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get size from an svg string using regexp.
      *
diff --git a/packages/core/test/SVGResource.tests.ts b/packages/core/test/SVGResource.tests.ts
index e64deda431..ce326e6470 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/SVGResource.tests.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/SVGResource.tests.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,36 @@ describe('SVGResource', function ()
             expect(Object.keys(svgSize).length)
                 .to.equal(0);
         });
+
+        it('should get size from viewBox', function ()
+        {
+            const url = path.join(this.resources, 'viewBoxOnly.svg');
+            const svgString = fs.readFileSync(url, 'utf8');
+            const svgSize = SVGResource.parseWidthHeightFromViewBox(svgString);
+
+            expect(svgString.includes('viewBox')).to.equal(true);
+            expect(svgSize.width).to.equal(8);
+            expect(svgSize.height).to.equal(11);
+        });
+
+        it('should get scaled size from viewBox', function ()
+        {
+            const url = path.join(this.resources, 'viewBoxOnly.svg');
+            const svgString = fs.readFileSync(url, 'utf8');
+            let scale = { width: 16, height: 100 };
+            let svgSize = SVGResource.parseWidthHeightFromViewBox(svgString, scale);
+
+            expect(svgString.includes('viewBox')).to.equal(true);
+            expect(svgSize.width).to.equal(16);
+            expect(svgSize.height).to.equal(22);
+
+            scale = { width: 100, height: 33 };
+            svgSize = SVGResource.parseWidthHeightFromViewBox(svgString, scale);
+
+            expect(svgString.includes('viewBox')).to.equal(true);
+            expect(svgSize.width).to.equal(24);
+            expect(svgSize.height).to.equal(33);
+        });
     });
 
     describe('test', function ()
diff --git a/packages/core/test/resources/viewBoxOnly.svg b/packages/core/test/resources/viewBoxOnly.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88a3e02a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/resources/viewBoxOnly.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<svg 
+  id="numbers" 
+  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 8 11">
+  <defs>
+    <style>.cls-1,.cls-2{fill:none;stroke:#231f20;stroke-width:1.01px;}.cls-2{stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;}</style>
+  </defs>
+  <title>9</title>
+    <path 
+      class="cls-1" 
+      d="M717.59,551c-0.1-1.37,1.18-2.89,2.93-3.36,2.41-.65,3.48.51,3.64,1.52,0.23,1.49-1.42,3.25-3.25,3.52S717.68,552.22,717.59,551Z" transform="translate(-717.08 -546.91)"/><path class="cls-2" d="M717.77,556.64a8.92,8.92,0,0,0,4.64-2.81,11.12,11.12,0,0,0,1.68-3.85" 
+      transform="translate(-717.08 -546.91)"
+    />
+</svg>
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