diff --git a/lib/configure.py b/lib/configure.py
index 3d54423f08..8b0c563228 100644
--- a/lib/configure.py
+++ b/lib/configure.py
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ def checkFormatEntries(dtl_tools):
         rc_entry = [r'\Format fen        fen     FEN                    "" "%%"	"%%"	""	""'])
     #
     checkViewerEditor('a SVG viewer and editor', [inkscape_name],
-        rc_entry = [r'\Format svg        "svg, svgz" SVG                "" "%%" "%%"	"vector,zipped=native"	"image/svg+xml"'],
+        rc_entry = [r'''\Format svg        "svg" SVG                "" "%%" "%%"	"vector"	"image/svg+xml"
+\Format svgz       "svgz" "SVG (compressed)" "" "%%" "%%"	"vector,zipped=native"	""'''],
         path = [inkscape_path])
     #
     imageformats = r'''\Format bmp        bmp     BMP                    "" "%s"	"%s"	""	"image/x-bmp"
@@ -978,18 +979,27 @@ def checkConverterEntries():
     # odg->png and odg->pdf converters, since the bb would be too large as well.
     checkProg('an OpenDocument -> EPS converter', ['libreoffice -headless -nologo -convert-to eps $$i', 'unoconv -f eps --stdout $$i > $$o'],
         rc_entry = [ r'\converter odg        eps2       "%%"	""'])
+    #
+    checkProg('a SVG (compressed) -> SVG converter', ['gunzip -c $$i > $$o'],
+        rc_entry = [ r'\converter svgz       svg        "%%"	""'])
+    #
+    checkProg('a SVG -> SVG (compressed) converter', ['gzip -c $$i > $$o'],
+        rc_entry = [ r'\converter svg        svgz       "%%"	""'])
     # Only define a converter to pdf6 for graphics
     # Prefer rsvg-convert over inkscape since it is faster (see http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/9891)
     checkProg('a SVG -> PDF converter', ['rsvg-convert -f pdf -o $$o $$i', inkscape_name + ' --file=$$i --export-area-drawing --without-gui --export-pdf=$$o'],
-        rc_entry = [ r'\converter svg        pdf6       "%%"    ""'],
+        rc_entry = [ r'''\converter svg        pdf6       "%%"    ""
+\converter svgz       pdf6       "%%"    ""'''],
         path = ['', inkscape_path])
     #
     checkProg('a SVG -> EPS converter', ['rsvg-convert -f ps -o $$o $$i', inkscape_name + ' --file=$$i --export-area-drawing --without-gui --export-eps=$$o'],
-        rc_entry = [ r'\converter svg        eps        "%%"    ""'],
+        rc_entry = [ r'''\converter svg        eps        "%%"    ""
+\converter svgz       eps        "%%"    ""'''],
         path = ['', inkscape_path])
     #
     checkProg('a SVG -> PNG converter', ['rsvg-convert -f png -o $$o $$i', inkscape_name + ' --without-gui --file=$$i --export-png=$$o'],
-        rc_entry = [ r'\converter svg        png        "%%"    ""'],
+        rc_entry = [ r'''\converter svg        png        "%%"    "",
+\converter svgz       png        "%%"    ""'''],
         path = ['', inkscape_path])
 
     #
diff --git a/status.22x b/status.22x
index dd7c29765d..0da23a5cf6 100644
--- a/status.22x
+++ b/status.22x
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ What's new
 
 - Make sure we output all XHTML table cells, even the empty ones (bug 10153).
 
+- .svgz images are now converted to .svg for XHTML export (bug 10160).
+
 - Ask where to export file if not yet saved (bug 8814).
 
 - Fix size issue with outliner icons on HiDPI monitors (bug 10125).