diff --git a/lesscpy/lib/dom.py b/lesscpy/lib/dom.py
index c31e7fc..4945602 100644
--- a/lesscpy/lib/dom.py
+++ b/lesscpy/lib/dom.py
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ html5 = [
     'section',
     'source',
     'summary',
+    'svg',
     'time',
     'track',
     'video',
diff --git a/lesscpy/test/css/issues/issue3.css b/lesscpy/test/css/issues/issue3.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94c32d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lesscpy/test/css/issues/issue3.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+svg {
+	padding: 50px;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lesscpy/test/css/issues/issue3.min.css b/lesscpy/test/css/issues/issue3.min.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e5691a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lesscpy/test/css/issues/issue3.min.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+svg{padding:50px;}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lesscpy/test/less/issues/issue3.less b/lesscpy/test/less/issues/issue3.less
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37b84cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lesscpy/test/less/issues/issue3.less
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*
+	HTML5 svg tag
+*/
+svg {
+	padding: 50px;
+}
\ No newline at end of file