1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/svg/path-string.h b/src/svg/path-string.h
index f959b25b7..11018e65c 100644
--- a/src/svg/path-string.h
+++ b/src/svg/path-string.h
@@ -130,8 +130,12 @@ public:
     }
 
     PathString &closePath() {
-        _abs_state.appendOp('z');
+        commonbase += _abs_state.str;
+        _abs_state.str.clear();
+        _rel_state = _abs_state;
+        _abs_state.appendOp('Z');
         _rel_state.appendOp('z');
+        _rel_state.switches++;
         _current_point = _initial_point;
         return *this;
     }