2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp b/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
index 8fb1e61b9..4d6a24b40 100644
--- a/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/internal/svg.cpp
@@ -397,7 +397,8 @@ Svg::save(Inkscape::Extension::Output *mod, SPDocument *doc, gchar const *filena
     }
 
     if (!sp_repr_save_rebased_file(rdoc, filename, SP_SVG_NS_URI,
-                                   doc->getBase(), filename)) {
+                                   doc->getBase(), //
+                                   m_detachbase ? nullptr : filename)) {
         throw Inkscape::Extension::Output::save_failed();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/extension/internal/svg.h b/src/extension/internal/svg.h
index cba0ebf3d..17f3f7bb2 100644
--- a/src/extension/internal/svg.h
+++ b/src/extension/internal/svg.h
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ namespace Extension {
 namespace Internal {
 
 class Svg : public Inkscape::Extension::Implementation::Implementation {
+    bool m_detachbase = false;
 
 public:
+    void        setDetachBase(bool detach) override { m_detachbase = detach; }
+
     void        save( Inkscape::Extension::Output *mod,
                                SPDocument *doc,
                                gchar const *filename ) override;