diff --git a/lib/index.mjs b/lib/index.mjs
index 8a8af9d..5d91fdf 100644
--- a/lib/index.mjs
+++ b/lib/index.mjs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const config = {
 //
 
 const BAD_PROTO_RE = /^(vbscript|javascript|file|data):/
-const GOOD_DATA_RE = /^data:image\/(gif|png|jpeg|webp);/
+const GOOD_DATA_RE = /^data:image\/(gif|png|jpeg|svg\+xml|webp);/
 
 function validateLink (url) {
   // url should be normalized at this point, and existing entities are decoded