diff --git a/apache2-mod_mime-defaults.conf b/apache2-mod_mime-defaults.conf
index 4cfb4fe..46ac63a 100644
--- a/apache2-mod_mime-defaults.conf
+++ b/apache2-mod_mime-defaults.conf
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz
 # are so commonly used that we add them here.
 Addtype image/x-icon .ico
 
+# Zipped SVG files (.svgz) are not registered by IANA yet, and we should hint
+# clients about their encoding
+AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz  
+AddEncoding gzip .svgz
+
 #
 # For type maps (negotiated resources):
 # (This is enabled by default to allow the Apache "It Worked" page
diff --git a/apache2.changes b/apache2.changes
index 7f06909..0f373cf 100644
--- a/apache2.changes
+++ b/apache2.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 17 14:33:47 UTC 2010 - poeml@cmdline.net
+
+- add type and encoding for zipped SVG images (.svgz)
+  Thanks to Sebastian Siebert (via Submit Request #40059)
+
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 Tue May 11 21:42:11 UTC 2010 - lars@linux-schulserver.de