diff --git a/src/controllers/uploads.js b/src/controllers/uploads.js
index 266c623548..bbaeb5ab31 100644
--- a/src/controllers/uploads.js
+++ b/src/controllers/uploads.js
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ async function uploadAsImage(req, uploadedFile) {
 	await image.isFileTypeAllowed(uploadedFile.path);
 
 	let fileObj = await uploadsController.uploadFile(req.uid, uploadedFile);
-
-	if (meta.config.resizeImageWidth === 0 || meta.config.resizeImageWidthThreshold === 0) {
+	// sharp can't save svgs skip resize for them
+	const isSVG = uploadedFile.type === 'image/svg+xml';
+	if (isSVG || meta.config.resizeImageWidth === 0 || meta.config.resizeImageWidthThreshold === 0) {
 		return fileObj;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/image.js b/src/image.js
index ec73a0bc08..bafae61f83 100644
--- a/src/image.js
+++ b/src/image.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ image.size = async function (path) {
 };
 
 image.stripEXIF = async function (path) {
-	if (!meta.config.stripEXIFData || path.endsWith('.gif')) {
+	if (!meta.config.stripEXIFData || path.endsWith('.gif') || path.endsWith('.svg')) {
 		return;
 	}
 	try {