diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index 5e42531d..424d771f 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 			}
 			// if the element has attributes pointing to a non-local reference, 
 			// need to remove the attribute
-			$.each(["clip-path", "fill", "marker-end", "marker-mid", "marker-start", "mask", "stroke"],function(i,attr) {
+			$.each(["clip-path", "fill", "filter", "marker-end", "marker-mid", "marker-start", "mask", "stroke"],function(i,attr) {
 				var val = node.getAttribute(attr);
 				if (val) {
 					val = getUrlFromAttr(val);
@@ -5747,15 +5747,14 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 							// and we haven't tracked this ID yet
 	    	    			if (!(n.id in ids)) {
     		    				// add this id to our map
-			    	    		ids[n.id] = {elem:null, attrs:[]};
+			    	    		ids[n.id] = {elem:null, attrs:[], hrefs:[]};
 	    			    	}
-	    			    	ids[n.id]['elem'] = n;
+	    			    	ids[n.id]["elem"] = n;
 	    	    		}
 	    	    		
 	    	    		// now search for all attributes on this element that might refer
 	    	    		// to other elements
-	    	    		// TODO: also check for other attributes not of the url() form
-						$.each(["clip-path", "fill", "marker-end", "marker-mid", "marker-start", "mask", "stroke"],function(i,attr) {
+						$.each(["clip-path", "fill", "filter", "marker-end", "marker-mid", "marker-start", "mask", "stroke"],function(i,attr) {
 							var attrnode = n.getAttributeNode(attr);
 							if (attrnode) {
 								// the incoming file has been sanitized, so we should be able to safely just strip off the leading #
@@ -5764,31 +5763,56 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 								if (refid) {
 									if (!(refid in ids)) {
 										// add this id to our map
-										ids[refid] = {elem:null, attrs:[]};
+										ids[refid] = {elem:null, attrs:[], hrefs:[]};
 									}
-//									alert("pushing " + attrnode.name + " into ids[" + refid + "]");
-									ids[refid]['attrs'].push(attrnode);
+									ids[refid]["attrs"].push(attrnode);
 								}
 							}
 						});
+						
+						// check xlink:href now
+						var href = n.getAttributeNS(xlinkns,"href");
+						// TODO: what if an <image> or <a> element refers to an element internally?
+						if(href && 
+			   				$.inArray(n.nodeName, ["filter", "linearGradient", "pattern", 
+			   							 "radialGradient", "textPath", "use"]) != -1)
+						{
+							var refid = href.substr(1);
+							if (!(refid in ids)) {
+								// add this id to our map
+								ids[refid] = {elem:null, attrs:[], hrefs:[]};
+							}
+							ids[refid]["hrefs"].push(n);
+						}						
 	    	    	}
     	    	});
     	    	
     	    	// in ids, we now have a map of ids, elements and attributes, let's re-identify
     	    	for (var oldid in ids) {
-    	    		var elem = ids[oldid]['elem'];
+    	    		var elem = ids[oldid]["elem"];
     	    		if (elem) {
     	    			var newid = getNextId();
 						// manually increment obj_num because our cloned elements are not in the DOM yet
 						obj_num++;
 						
+						// assign element its new id
     	    			elem.id = newid;
-    	    			var attrs = ids[oldid]['attrs'];
+    	    			
+    	    			// remap all url() attributes
+    	    			var attrs = ids[oldid]["attrs"];
     	    			var j = attrs.length;
     	    			while (j--) {
     	    				var attr = attrs[j];
     	    				attr.ownerElement.setAttribute(attr.name, "url(#" + newid + ")");
     	    			}
+    	    			
+    	    			// remap all href attributes
+    	    			var hreffers = ids[oldid]["hrefs"];
+    	    			var k = hreffers.length;
+    	    			while (k--) {
+    	    				var hreffer = hreffers[k];
+    	    				hreffer.setAttributeNS(xlinkns, "xlink:href", "#"+newid);
+    	    			}
     	    		}
     	    	}
     	    	
diff --git a/test/test1.html b/test/test1.html
index cb40fa54..25a9a739 100644
--- a/test/test1.html
+++ b/test/test1.html
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 	});
 
 	test("Test importing SVG remaps IDs", function() {
-		expect(5);
+		expect(6);
 		
 		var doc = svgCanvas.setSvgString('<svg width="640" height="480" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">'+
 											'<g><title>Layer 1</title>'+
@@ -255,15 +255,16 @@
 											'</g>'+
 										'</svg>');
 		
-		svgCanvas.importSvgString('<svg width="100" height="100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">'+
+		svgCanvas.importSvgString('<svg width="100" height="100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">'+
 									'<defs>'+
 										'<linearGradient id="svg_2">'+
 											'<stop stop-color="red" offset="0"/>'+
 											'<stop stop-color="green" offset="1"/>'+
 										'</linearGradient>'+
+										'<rect id="svg_3" width="20" height="20" fill="blue" stroke="url(#svg_2)"/>'+
 									'</defs>'+
 									'<circle id="svg_1" cx="50" cy="50" r="40" fill="url(#svg_2)"/>'+
-									'<rect id="svg_3" width="20" height="20" fill="blue" stroke="url(#svg_2)"/>'+
+									'<use id="svg_4" width="30" height="30" xlink:href="#svg_3"/>'+
 								'</svg>');
 		
 		var svgcontent = document.getElementById("svgcontent"),
@@ -271,7 +272,8 @@
 			rects = svgcontent.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "rect"),
 			ellipses = svgcontent.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "ellipse"),
 			defs = svgcontent.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "defs"),
-			grads = svgcontent.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "linearGradient");
+			grads = svgcontent.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "linearGradient"),
+			uses = svgcontent.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "use");
 		notEqual(circles.item(0).id, "svg_1", "Circle not re-identified");
 		notEqual(rects.item(0).id, "svg_3", "Rectangle not re-identified");
 //		// TODO: determine why this test fails in WebKit browsers
@@ -280,6 +282,7 @@
 		notEqual(grad.id, "svg_2", "Linear gradient not re-identified");
 		notEqual(circles.item(0).getAttribute("fill"), "url(#svg_2)", "Circle fill value not remapped");
 		notEqual(rects.item(0).getAttribute("stroke"), "url(#svg_2)", "Rectangle stroke value not remapped");
+		notEqual(uses.item(0).getAttributeNS(xlinkns, "href"), "#svg_3");
 	});
 	
   });