diff --git a/content/content.c b/content/content.c
index 2e5bd5086..1a675c3c4 100644
--- a/content/content.c
+++ b/content/content.c
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@
 #include "image/bmp.h"
 #include "image/ico.h"
 #endif
+#ifdef WITH_NS_SVG
 #include "image/svg.h"
+#endif
 #ifdef WITH_SPRITE
 #include "riscos/sprite.h"
 #endif
@@ -134,8 +136,10 @@ static const struct mime_entry mime_map[] = {
 #ifdef WITH_MNG
 	{"image/png", CONTENT_PNG},
 #endif
+#ifdef WITH_NS_SVG
 	{"image/svg", CONTENT_SVG},
 	{"image/svg+xml", CONTENT_SVG},
+#endif
 #ifdef WITH_BMP
 	{"image/x-bitmap", CONTENT_BMP},
 	{"image/x-bmp", CONTENT_BMP},
@@ -302,8 +306,10 @@ static const struct handler_entry handler_map[] = {
 	{0, 0, artworks_convert,
 		0, artworks_destroy, 0, artworks_redraw, 0, 0, 0, false},
 #endif
+#ifdef WITH_NS_SVG
 	{svg_create, 0, svg_convert,
 		0, svg_destroy, 0, svg_redraw, 0, 0, 0, false},
+#endif
 	{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false}
 };
 #define HANDLER_MAP_COUNT (sizeof(handler_map) / sizeof(handler_map[0]))
diff --git a/content/content.h b/content/content.h
index 7d543d49a..8cec5a3e7 100644
--- a/content/content.h
+++ b/content/content.h
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@
 #ifdef WITH_ARTWORKS
 #include "riscos/artworks.h"
 #endif
+#ifdef WITH_NS_SVG
 #include "image/svg.h"
+#endif
 
 
 struct bitmap;
@@ -166,7 +168,9 @@ struct content {
 #ifdef WITH_ARTWORKS
 		struct content_artworks_data artworks;
 #endif
+#ifdef WITH_NS_SVG
 		struct content_svg_data svg;
+#endif
 	} data;
 
 	/**< URL for refresh request, in standard form as from url_join. */
diff --git a/content/content_type.h b/content/content_type.h
index 949712c45..844a5723b 100644
--- a/content/content_type.h
+++ b/content/content_type.h
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ typedef enum {
 #ifdef WITH_ARTWORKS
 	CONTENT_ARTWORKS,
 #endif
+#ifdef WITH_NS_SVG
 	CONTENT_SVG,
+#endif
 	/* these must be the last two */
 	CONTENT_OTHER,
 	CONTENT_UNKNOWN  /**< content-type not received yet */
diff --git a/image/svg.c b/image/svg.c
index ae465ccbb..91a4ce40f 100644
--- a/image/svg.c
+++ b/image/svg.c
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include "utils/config.h"
+#ifdef WITH_NS_SVG
 #include <libxml/parser.h>
 #include <libxml/debugXML.h>
-#include "utils/config.h"
 #include "content/content.h"
 #include "css/css.h"
 #include "desktop/plotters.h"
@@ -676,3 +677,5 @@ void svg_destroy(struct content *c)
 	if (c->data.svg.doc)
 		xmlFreeDoc(c->data.svg.doc);
 }
+
+#endif /* WITH_NS_SVG */
diff --git a/utils/config.h b/utils/config.h
index afb7fa298..2ca645aa2 100644
--- a/utils/config.h
+++ b/utils/config.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n);
 #define WITH_JPEG
 #define WITH_MNG
 #define WITH_GIF
+#define WITH_NS_SVG	/* internal SVG renderer */
 #if defined(riscos) || defined(ncos)
     #define WITH_DRAW
     #define WITH_SPRITE