diff --git a/pkg/services/store/http.go b/pkg/services/store/http.go
index 9f207d9a7a1..2523e500bc0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/http.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/http.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (s *httpStorage) Upload(c *models.ReqContext) response.Response {
 
 			entityType := EntityTypeJSON
 			mimeType := http.DetectContentType(data)
-			if strings.HasPrefix(mimeType, "image") {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(mimeType, "image") || strings.HasSuffix(path, ".svg") {
 				entityType = EntityTypeImage
 			}