diff --git a/lib/gui/components/svg-icon.js b/lib/gui/components/svg-icon.js
index 2df911e8..304f3a6f 100644
--- a/lib/gui/components/svg-icon.js
+++ b/lib/gui/components/svg-icon.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
  * @module Etcher.Components.SVGIcon
  */
 
+const _ = require('lodash');
 const angular = require('angular');
 const react = require('react');
 const propTypes = require('prop-types');
@@ -53,13 +54,27 @@ class SVGIcon extends react.Component {
     // relatively to the `index.html`.
     const imagePath = path.join(__dirname, this.props.path);
 
-    const contents = fs.readFileSync(imagePath, {
-      encoding: 'utf8'
-    });
+    let contents = '';
+
+    if (_.startsWith(this.props.path, '<')) {
+      contents = this.props.path;
+
+    } else {
+      contents = fs.readFileSync(imagePath, {
+        encoding: 'utf8'
+      });
+    }
 
     const width = this.props.width || DEFAULT_SIZE;
     const height = this.props.height || DEFAULT_SIZE;
 
+    const parser = new DOMParser();
+    const doc = parser.parseFromString(contents, 'image/svg+xml');
+    const svg = doc.querySelector('svg');
+
+    const img = document.createElement('img');
+    img.src = `data:image/svg+xml,${encodeURIComponent(svg.outerHTML)}`;
+
     return react.createElement('div', {
       className: 'svg-icon',
       height,
@@ -70,7 +85,7 @@ class SVGIcon extends react.Component {
       },
       disabled: this.props.disabled,
       dangerouslySetInnerHTML: {
-        __html: contents
+        __html: img.outerHTML
       }
     });
   }
diff --git a/lib/gui/components/svg-icon/styles/_svg-icon.scss b/lib/gui/components/svg-icon/styles/_svg-icon.scss
index 1829c745..b0d80e0f 100644
--- a/lib/gui/components/svg-icon/styles/_svg-icon.scss
+++ b/lib/gui/components/svg-icon/styles/_svg-icon.scss
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
-svg {
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
-}
-
 svg-icon {
   display: inline-block;
+
+  img {
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/gui/css/main.css b/lib/gui/css/main.css
index 8a57eb2a..4cd721d4 100644
--- a/lib/gui/css/main.css
+++ b/lib/gui/css/main.css
@@ -6413,12 +6413,11 @@ body {
 .modal-drive-selector-modal .word-keep {
   word-break: keep-all; }
 
-svg {
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%; }
-
 svg-icon {
   display: inline-block; }
+  svg-icon img {
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%; }
 
 /*
  * Copyright 2016 resin.io
diff --git a/tests/gui/components/svg-icon.spec.js b/tests/gui/components/svg-icon.spec.js
index d5753db1..1c2a2db0 100644
--- a/tests/gui/components/svg-icon.spec.js
+++ b/tests/gui/components/svg-icon.spec.js
@@ -37,7 +37,26 @@ describe('Browser: SVGIcon', function() {
 
       const element = $compile(`<svg-icon path="'${icon}'">Resin.io</svg-icon>`)($rootScope);
       $rootScope.$digest();
-      m.chai.expect(element.children().html()).to.equal(iconContents);
+
+      // We parse the SVGs to get rid of discrepancies caused by string differences
+      // in the outputs; the XML trees are still equal, as proven here.
+      const originalSVGParser = new DOMParser();
+      const originalDoc = originalSVGParser.parseFromString(iconContents, 'image/svg+xml');
+      const compiledSVGParser = new DOMParser();
+      const compiledContents = decodeURIComponent(element.children()[0].children[0].src.substr(19));
+      const compiledDoc = compiledSVGParser.parseFromString(compiledContents, 'image/svg+xml');
+
+      m.chai.expect(compiledDoc.outerHTML).to.equal(originalDoc.outerHTML);
+    });
+
+    it('should accept an SVG in the path attribute', function() {
+      const iconContents = '<svg><rect x="10" y="10" height="100" width="100" style="stroke:red;fill:blue;"/></svg>';
+      const img = `<img src="data:image/svg+xml,${encodeURIComponent(iconContents)}">`;
+      $rootScope.iconContents = iconContents;
+
+      const element = $compile('<svg-icon path="iconContents">Resin.io</svg-icon>')($rootScope);
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+      m.chai.expect(element.children().html()).to.equal(img);
     });
 
     it('should default the size to 40x40 pixels', function() {