diff --git a/src/server/CGIUtils.hs b/src/server/CGIUtils.hs
index ba41dc180..2e652b4e6 100644
--- a/src/server/CGIUtils.hs
+++ b/src/server/CGIUtils.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module CGIUtils (throwCGIError, handleCGIErrors,
                  stderrToFile,logError,
                  outputJSONP,outputEncodedJSONP,
                  outputPNG,outputBinary,outputBinary',
-                 outputHTML,outputPlain) where
+                 outputHTML,outputPlain,outputText) where
 
 import Control.Exception(Exception(..),SomeException(..),throw)
 import Data.Dynamic(Typeable,cast)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ outputEncodedJSONP json =
                         Nothing -> ("json",json)
                         Just c  -> ("javascript",c ++ "(" ++ json ++ ")")
            ct = "application/"++ty++"; charset=utf-8"
-       outputStrict ct $ UTF8.encodeString str
+       outputText ct str
 
 outputPNG :: BS.ByteString -> CGI CGIResult
 outputPNG = outputBinary' "image/png"
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ outputBinary' ct x = do
        outputFPS x
 
 outputHTML :: String -> CGI CGIResult
-outputHTML = outputStrict "text/html; charset=utf-8" . UTF8.encodeString
+outputHTML = outputText "text/html; charset=utf-8"
 
 outputPlain :: String -> CGI CGIResult
-outputPlain = outputStrict "text/plain; charset=utf-8" . UTF8.encodeString 
+outputPlain = outputText "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
+
+outputText ct = outputStrict ct . UTF8.encodeString
 
 outputStrict :: String -> String -> CGI CGIResult
 outputStrict ct x | x == x = do setHeader "Content-Type" ct
diff --git a/src/server/PGFService.hs b/src/server/PGFService.hs
index 5e673ca75..44f0b7e14 100644
--- a/src/server/PGFService.hs
+++ b/src/server/PGFService.hs
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ import PGF (PGF)
 import qualified PGF
 import PGF.Lexing
 import Cache
-import CGIUtils(outputJSONP,outputPlain,outputHTML,logError,outputBinary,
-                outputBinary',handleCGIErrors,throwCGIError,stderrToFile)
+import CGIUtils(outputJSONP,outputPlain,outputHTML,outputText,
+                outputBinary,outputBinary',
+                logError,handleCGIErrors,throwCGIError,stderrToFile)
 import CGI(CGI,readInput,getInput,getVarWithDefault,
            CGIResult,requestAcceptLanguage,handleErrors,setHeader,
            Accept(..),Language(..),negotiate,liftIO)
@@ -777,9 +778,11 @@ parseTree pgf lang opts tree = PGF.graphvizParseTree pgf lang opts tree
 doDepTree path pgf fmt lang tree =
   do lbls <- either (const Nothing) Just # liftIO (tryIOError readDepLabels)
      let vis = PGF.graphvizDependencyTree fmt False lbls Nothing pgf lang tree
-     if fmt `elem` ["png","gif","svg","gv"]
+     if fmt `elem` ["png","gif","gv"]
        then outputGraphviz vis
-       else outputPlain vis
+       else if fmt=="svg"
+            then outputText "image/svg+xml" vis
+            else outputPlain vis
   where
     labelsPath = dropExtension path <.> "labels"
     readDepLabels = PGF.getDepLabels . lines # readFile labelsPath