diff --git a/src/image.c b/src/image.c
index 8ee802a9d62..c717ac88dca 100644
--- a/src/image.c
+++ b/src/image.c
@@ -11423,6 +11423,18 @@ svg_load_image (struct frame *f, struct image *img, char *contents,
         img->background_valid = 1;
       }
 
+#if HAVE_NTGUI
+    /* Windows stores the image colours in BGR format, and SVG expects
+       them in RGB.  */
+    foreground = (foreground & 0x0000FF) << 16
+      | (foreground & 0xFF0000) >> 16
+      | (foreground & 0x00FF00);
+
+    background = (background & 0x0000FF) << 16
+      | (background & 0xFF0000) >> 16
+      | (background & 0x00FF00);
+#endif
+
     wrapped_contents = xmalloc (buffer_size);
 
     if (buffer_size <= snprintf (wrapped_contents, buffer_size, wrapper,