diff --git a/render/render.js b/render/render.js
index 8e8ed586..373e7e97 100644
--- a/render/render.js
+++ b/render/render.js
@@ -358,7 +358,9 @@ module.exports = function($window, onevent) {
 				if (value) element.setAttribute(key, "")
 				else element.removeAttribute(key)
 			}
-			else element.setAttribute(key, value)
+			else element.setAttribute(
+				key === "className" ? "class" : key,
+				value)
 		}
 	}
 	function setLateAttrs(vnode) {
diff --git a/render/tests/test-attributes.js b/render/tests/test-attributes.js
index 4e43aa2a..7f2bdd7c 100644
--- a/render/tests/test-attributes.js
+++ b/render/tests/test-attributes.js
@@ -76,4 +76,13 @@ o.spec("attributes", function() {
 			o(a.dom.attributes["href"]).equals(undefined)
 		})
 	})
+	o.spec("svg class", function() {
+		o("when className is specified then it should be added as a class", function() {
+			var a = {tag: "svg", attrs: {className: "test"}}
+
+			render(root, [a]);
+
+			o(a.dom.attributes.class.nodeValue).equals("test")
+		})
+	})
 })
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