diff --git a/test-utils/domMock.js b/test-utils/domMock.js
index c45b34e9..148b840d 100644
--- a/test-utils/domMock.js
+++ b/test-utils/domMock.js
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
 	options = options || {}
 	var spy = options.spy || function(f){return f}
 	var spymap = []
+
+	var hasOwn = ({}.hasOwnProperty)
+
 	function registerSpies(element, spies) {
 		if(options.spy) {
 			var i = spymap.indexOf(element)
@@ -127,9 +130,8 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
 		// this is the correct kind of conversion, passing a Symbol throws in browsers too.
 		var nodeValue = "" + value
 		/*eslint-enable no-implicit-coercion*/
-
 		this.attributes[name] = {
-			namespaceURI: null,
+			namespaceURI: hasOwn.call(this.attributes, name) ? this.attributes[name].namespaceURI : null,
 			get value() {return nodeValue},
 			set value(value) {
 				/*eslint-disable no-implicit-coercion*/
@@ -404,8 +406,16 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
 
 				if (element.nodeName === "A") {
 					Object.defineProperty(element, "href", {
-						get: function() {return this.attributes["href"] === undefined ? "" : "[FIXME implement]"},
-						set: function(value) {this.setAttribute("href", value)},
+						get: function() {
+							if (this.namespaceURI === "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg") {
+								var val = this.hasAttribute("href") ? this.attributes.href.value : ""
+								return {baseVal: val, animVal: val}
+							} else return this.attributes["href"] === undefined ? "" : "[FIXME implement]"
+						},
+						set: function(value) {
+							// This is a readonly attribute for SVG, todo investigate MathML which may have yet another IDL
+							if (this.namespaceURI !== "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg") this.setAttribute("href", value)
+						},
 						enumerable: true,
 					})
 				}
diff --git a/test-utils/tests/test-domMock.js b/test-utils/tests/test-domMock.js
index e27d0bee..4662ef52 100644
--- a/test-utils/tests/test-domMock.js
+++ b/test-utils/tests/test-domMock.js
@@ -364,6 +364,12 @@ o.spec("domMock", function() {
 
 			o(div.getAttribute("id")).equals("aaa")
 		})
+		o("works for attributes with a namespace", function() {
+			var div = $document.createElement("div")
+			div.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink", "href", "aaa")
+
+			o(div.getAttribute("href")).equals("aaa")
+		})
 	})
 
 	o.spec("setAttribute", function() {
@@ -429,18 +435,40 @@ o.spec("domMock", function() {
 
 	o.spec("setAttributeNS", function() {
 		o("works", function() {
-			var div = $document.createElement("div")
-			div.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink", "href", "aaa")
+			var a = $document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "a")
+			a.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink", "href", "/aaa")
 
-			o(div.attributes["href"].value).equals("aaa")
-			o(div.attributes["href"].namespaceURI).equals("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
+			o(a.href).deepEquals({baseVal: "/aaa", animVal: "/aaa"})
+			o(a.attributes["href"].value).equals("/aaa")
+			o(a.attributes["href"].namespaceURI).equals("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
 		})
 		o("works w/ number", function() {
-			var div = $document.createElement("div")
-			div.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink", "href", 123)
+			var a = $document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "a")
+			a.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink", "href", 123)
 
-			o(div.attributes["href"].value).equals("123")
-			o(div.attributes["href"].namespaceURI).equals("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
+			o(a.href).deepEquals({baseVal: "123", animVal: "123"})
+			o(a.attributes["href"].value).equals("123")
+			o(a.attributes["href"].namespaceURI).equals("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
+		})
+		o("attributes with a namespace can be querried, updated and removed with non-NS functions", function() {
+			var a = $document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "a")
+			a.setAttributeNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink", "href", "/aaa")
+
+			o(a.hasAttribute("href")).equals(true)
+			o(a.getAttribute("href")).equals("/aaa")
+
+			a.setAttribute("href", "/bbb")
+
+			o(a.href).deepEquals({baseVal: "/bbb", animVal: "/bbb"})
+			o(a.getAttribute("href")).equals("/bbb")
+			o(a.attributes["href"].value).equals("/bbb")
+			o(a.attributes["href"].namespaceURI).equals("http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink")
+
+			a.removeAttribute("href")
+
+			o(a.hasAttribute("href")).equals(false)
+			o(a.getAttribute("href")).equals(null)
+			o("href" in a.attributes).equals(false)
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -1266,6 +1294,13 @@ o.spec("domMock", function() {
 				o(a.href).notEquals("")
 				o(a.attributes["href"].value).equals("")
 			})
+			o("property is read-only for SVG elements", function() {
+				var a = $document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "a")
+				a.href = "/foo"
+
+				o(a.href).deepEquals({baseVal: "", animVal: ""})
+				o("href" in a.attributes).equals(false)
+			})
 		})
 		o.spec("input[checked]", function() {
 			o("only exists in input elements", function() {