diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c246d8..d50ab1a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ module_size     - The Pixel size of each module
                   (defaults 11)
 shape_rendering - SVG Attribute: auto | optimizeSpeed | crispEdges | geometricPrecision
                   (defaults crispEdges)
-standalone      - whether to make this a full SVG file, or only an svg to embed in other svg
+standalone      - Whether to make this a full SVG file, or only an svg to embed in other svg
                   (default true)
+svg_attributes  - A optional hash of custom <svg> attributes. Existing attributes will remain.
+                  (default {})
 ```
 Example
 ```ruby
diff --git a/lib/rqrcode/export/svg.rb b/lib/rqrcode/export/svg.rb
index a4d2aea..d1c3ddc 100644
--- a/lib/rqrcode/export/svg.rb
+++ b/lib/rqrcode/export/svg.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 module RQRCode
   module Export
     module SVG
+      DEFAULT_SVG_ATTRIBUTES = [
+        %(version="1.1"),
+        %(xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"),
+        %(xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"),
+        %(xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events")
+      ]
       #
       # Render the SVG from the Qrcode.
       #
@@ -16,19 +22,28 @@ module SVG
       # shape_rendering - Defaults to crispEdges
       # standalone - wether to make this a full SVG file, or only svg to embed
       #              in other svg.
+      # svg_attributes - A optional hash of custom <svg> attributes. Existing attributes will remain
       #
       def as_svg(options = {})
+        # parse options
         offset = options[:offset].to_i || 0
         color = options[:color] || "000"
         shape_rendering = options[:shape_rendering] || "crispEdges"
         module_size = options[:module_size] || 11
         standalone = options[:standalone].nil? ? true : options[:standalone]
+        svg_attributes = options[:svg_attributes] || {}
 
         # height and width dependent on offset and QR complexity
         dimension = (@qrcode.module_count * module_size) + (2 * offset)
 
+        svg_tag_attributes = (DEFAULT_SVG_ATTRIBUTES + [
+          %(width="#{dimension}"),
+          %(height="#{dimension}"),
+          %(shape-rendering="#{shape_rendering}")
+        ] + svg_attributes.map { |k, v| %(#{k}="#{v}") }).join(" ")
+
         xml_tag = %(<?xml version="1.0" standalone="yes"?>)
-        open_tag = %(<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ev="http://www.w3.org/2001/xml-events" width="#{dimension}" height="#{dimension}" shape-rendering="#{shape_rendering}">)
+        open_tag = %(<svg #{svg_tag_attributes}>)
         close_tag = "</svg>"
 
         result = []
diff --git a/spec/rqrcode/export_svg_spec.rb b/spec/rqrcode/export_svg_spec.rb
index 281ea55..ed140e2 100644
--- a/spec/rqrcode/export_svg_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rqrcode/export_svg_spec.rb
@@ -30,5 +30,21 @@
       expect(doc).not_to match(%r{<svg.*>})
       expect(doc).not_to match(%r{</svg>})
     end
+
+    it "renders id when `svg_attributes[:id]` is provided " do
+      doc = RQRCode::QRCode.new("qrcode").as_svg(svg_attributes: {id: "123"})
+      # For now we do very naive pattern matching. The alternative is to
+      # include a librariry for parsing XML, like nokogiri. That is a big
+      # change for such a small test, though.
+      expect(doc).to match(%r{<svg.*\sid="123".*>})
+    end
+
+    it "renders class when `svg_attributes[:class]` is provided " do
+      doc = RQRCode::QRCode.new("qrcode").as_svg(svg_attributes: {class: "foo"})
+      # For now we do very naive pattern matching. The alternative is to
+      # include a librariry for parsing XML, like nokogiri. That is a big
+      # change for such a small test, though.
+      expect(doc).to match(%r{<svg.*\sclass="foo".*>})
+    end
   end
 end