diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c91e17..da2df77 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -121,11 +121,16 @@ else
     SRC_DIR := $(TOP_DIR_2)/src
   endif
 
+  CAIRO_INC = $(shell pkg-config cairo --cflags | sed "s/\/freetype2//g" | sed "s/-I//g" | sed "s/ / \n/g")
+
   FT_INCLUDES := $(OBJ_BUILD) \
                  $(BUILD_DIR) \
                  $(DEVEL_DIR) \
                  $(TOP_DIR)/include \
-                 $(SRC_DIR)
+                 $(SRC_DIR) \
+                 ../resvg_rendering_port/port \
+                 ../resvg_rendering_port/port/resvg/capi/include \
+		 $(CAIRO_INC)
 
   COMPILE = $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) \
                   $(CFLAGS) \
@@ -179,6 +184,10 @@ else
     endif
   endif
 
+LINK_LIBS += -L../resvg_rendering_port/port/resvg/target/debug
+LINK_LIBS += -lresvg
+LINK_LIBS += $(shell pkg-config cairo --libs)
+
   LINK        = $(LINK_CMD) \
                 $(LINK_ITEMS) \
                 $(LINK_LIBS)
@@ -193,6 +202,14 @@ else
                 $(LINK_LIBS) $(subst /,$(COMPILER_SEP),$(GRAPH_LIB)) \
                 $(GRAPH_LINK) $(MATH)
 
+  resvg = ../resvg_rendering_port/port/build/resvg_port.o
+
+  LINK_NEW_VIEW = $(LINK_CMD) \
+                $(LINK_ITEMS) $(subst /,$(COMPILER_SEP),$(COMMON_OBJ) \
+                                        $(FTCOMMON_OBJ)) \
+                $(LINK_LIBS) $(subst /,$(COMPILER_SEP),$(GRAPH_LIB)) \
+                $(GRAPH_LINK) $(MATH) $(resvg)
+
   .PHONY: exes clean distclean
 
 
@@ -519,9 +536,10 @@ else
 	  $(LINK)
 
 
-  $(BIN_DIR_2)/ftview$E: $(OBJ_DIR_2)/ftview.$(SO) $(FTLIB) \
-                         $(GRAPH_LIB) $(COMMON_OBJ) $(FTCOMMON_OBJ)
-	  $(LINK_NEW)
+
+  $(BIN_DIR_2)/ftview$E:  $(OBJ_DIR_2)/ftview.$(SO) $(FTLIB) \
+                          $(GRAPH_LIB) $(COMMON_OBJ) $(FTCOMMON_OBJ)
+	  $(LINK_NEW_VIEW)
 
   $(BIN_DIR_2)/ftgrid$E: $(OBJ_DIR_2)/ftgrid.$(SO) $(FTLIB) \
                          $(GRAPH_LIB) $(COMMON_OBJ) $(FTCOMMON_OBJ)
diff --git a/src/ftcommon.c b/src/ftcommon.c
index 89c69d0..0cb7c73 100644
--- a/src/ftcommon.c
+++ b/src/ftcommon.c
@@ -1118,6 +1118,17 @@
       *aglyf = glyf;
     }
 
+    if ( glyf->format == FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_SVG )
+    {
+
+      /* render the glyph to a bitmap, don't destroy original */
+      error = FT_Glyph_To_Bitmap( &glyf, FT_RENDER_MODE_NORMAL, NULL, 0 );
+      if ( error )
+        return error;
+
+      *aglyf = glyf;
+    }
+
     if ( glyf->format != FT_GLYPH_FORMAT_BITMAP )
       PanicZ( "invalid glyph format returned!" );
 
diff --git a/src/ftview.c b/src/ftview.c
index 60fc2dc..662e12a 100644
--- a/src/ftview.c
+++ b/src/ftview.c
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 #include FT_COLOR_H
 #include FT_BITMAP_H
 
+#include FT_SVG_RENDERER_H
+
+#include <resvg_port.h>
 
 #define MAXPTSIZE  500                 /* dtp */
 
@@ -2007,6 +2010,11 @@
     for ( ; argc > 0; argc--, argv++ )
       FTDemo_Install_Font( handle, argv[0], 0, 0 );
 
+    /* inject the hooks for SVG */
+    FT_Set_Svg_Hooks( handle->library, resvg_port_init, resvg_port_free,
+                      resvg_port_render );
+
+
     if ( handle->num_fonts == 0 )
       Fatal( "could not find/open any font file" );