diff --git a/packages/tldraw/src/state/TldrawApp.ts b/packages/tldraw/src/state/TldrawApp.ts
index 6b69f7f5a..2839a64e7 100644
--- a/packages/tldraw/src/state/TldrawApp.ts
+++ b/packages/tldraw/src/state/TldrawApp.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import {
   saveToFileSystem,
   openAssetFromFileSystem,
   fileToBase64,
+  fileToText,
   getImageSizeFromSrc,
   getVideoSizeFromSrc,
 } from './data'
@@ -2889,8 +2890,31 @@ export class TldrawApp extends StateManager<TDSnapshot> {
       } else {
         src = await fileToBase64(file)
       }
+
       if (typeof src === 'string') {
-        const size = isImage ? await getImageSizeFromSrc(src) : await getVideoSizeFromSrc(src)
+        let size = [0, 0]
+        if (isImage) {
+          // attempt to get actual svg size from viewBox attribute as
+          if (extension[0] == '.svg') {
+            let svgString: string | ArrayBuffer | null
+            let viewBoxAttribute: string | null
+            let viewBox: string[]
+            
+            svgString = await fileToText(file)
+            viewBoxAttribute = this.getViewboxFromSVG(svgString)
+            if (viewBoxAttribute) {
+              viewBox = viewBoxAttribute.split(' ')
+              size[0] = parseFloat(viewBox[2])
+              size[1] = parseFloat(viewBox[3])
+            }
+          }
+          if (size == [0,0]) {
+            size = await getImageSizeFromSrc(src)
+          }
+        } else {
+          size = await getVideoSizeFromSrc(src)
+        }
+        
         const match = Object.values(this.document.assets).find(
           (asset) => asset.type === assetType && asset.src === src
         )
@@ -2923,6 +2947,17 @@ export class TldrawApp extends StateManager<TDSnapshot> {
     return this
   }
 
+  private getViewboxFromSVG = (svgStr: string | ArrayBuffer | null) => {
+    const viewBoxRegex = /.*?viewBox=["'](-?[\d\.]+[, ]+-?[\d\.]+[, ][\d\.]+[, ][\d\.]+)["']/
+    if (typeof svgStr === 'string') {
+      const matches = svgStr.match(viewBoxRegex)
+      return matches && matches.length >= 2 ? matches[1] : null;
+    }
+    console.warn('could not get viewbox from svg string')
+    this.setIsLoading(false)
+    return null
+  }
+
   /* -------------------------------------------------- */
   /*                   Event Handlers                   */
   /* -------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/packages/tldraw/src/state/data/filesystem.ts b/packages/tldraw/src/state/data/filesystem.ts
index ce19e6fa2..b3e4504c2 100644
--- a/packages/tldraw/src/state/data/filesystem.ts
+++ b/packages/tldraw/src/state/data/filesystem.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,18 @@ export function fileToBase64(file: Blob): Promise<string | ArrayBuffer | null> {
   })
 }
 
+export function fileToText(file: Blob): Promise<string | ArrayBuffer | null> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    if (file) {
+      const reader = new FileReader()
+      reader.readAsText(file)
+      reader.onload = () => resolve(reader.result)
+      reader.onerror = (error) => reject(error)
+      reader.onabort = (error) => reject(error)
+    }
+  })
+}
+
 export function getImageSizeFromSrc(src: string): Promise<number[]> {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const img = new Image()