diff --git a/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.js b/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.js
index 96fa6f8a0..5efd79f20 100644
--- a/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.js
+++ b/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.js
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ export const fn = (root) => {
           }
         }
 
-        // preserve transform on children when group has clip-path or mask
+        // preserve transform on children when group has filter or clip-path or mask
         if (
+          node.attributes['filter'] != null ||
           node.attributes['clip-path'] != null ||
           node.attributes.mask != null
         ) {
diff --git a/test/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.08.svg.txt b/test/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.08.svg.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..549629b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/moveElemsAttrsToGroup.08.svg.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Don't move transform if there is a filter attribute on group.
+
+===
+
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 32 32">
+    <defs>
+        <filter id="a" x="17" y="13" width="12" height="10" filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+            <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation=".01"/>
+        </filter>
+    </defs>
+    <g filter="url(#a)">
+        <rect x="19" y="12" width="14" height="6" rx="3" transform="rotate(31 19 12.79)"/>
+        <rect x="19" y="12" width="14" height="6" rx="3" transform="rotate(31 19 12.79)"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>
+
+@@@
+
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 32 32">
+    <defs>
+        <filter id="a" x="17" y="13" width="12" height="10" filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse">
+            <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation=".01"/>
+        </filter>
+    </defs>
+    <g filter="url(#a)">
+        <rect x="19" y="12" width="14" height="6" rx="3" transform="rotate(31 19 12.79)"/>
+        <rect x="19" y="12" width="14" height="6" rx="3" transform="rotate(31 19 12.79)"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>