diff -Naur a/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp b/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp
--- a/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp	2011-07-08 13:25:09.468790000 -0500
+++ b/src/extension/internal/pdfinput/svg-builder.cpp	2012-09-12 09:10:28.477790373 -0500
@@ -1600,9 +1600,7 @@
     sp_repr_set_svg_double(image_node, "width", 1);
     sp_repr_set_svg_double(image_node, "height", 1);
     // Set transformation
-    if (_is_top_level) {
-        svgSetTransform(image_node, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
-    }
+    svgSetTransform(image_node, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
 
     // Create href
     if (embed_image) {