diff --git a/src/extractors/CMakeLists.txt b/src/extractors/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/extractors/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/extractors/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,6 +105,26 @@
 TARGETS kfilemetadata_poextractor
 DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}/kf5/kfilemetadata)
 
+#
+# XML
+#
+add_library(kfilemetadata_xmlextractor MODULE
+   dublincoreextractor.cpp
+   xmlextractor.cpp
+   ../kfilemetadata_debug.cpp
+)
+target_link_libraries( kfilemetadata_xmlextractor
+    KF5::FileMetaData
+    Qt5::Core
+    Qt5::Xml
+)
+
+set_target_properties(kfilemetadata_xmlextractor PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/kf5/kfilemetadata")
+install(
+    TARGETS kfilemetadata_xmlextractor
+    DESTINATION ${PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR}/kf5/kfilemetadata
+)
+
 #
 # ODF
 #
diff --git a/src/extractors/xmlextractor.h b/src/extractors/xmlextractor.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extractors/xmlextractor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2018  Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef XML_EXTRACTOR_H
+#define XML_EXTRACTOR_H
+
+#include "extractorplugin.h"
+
+namespace KFileMetaData
+{
+
+class XmlExtractor : public ExtractorPlugin
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.kde.kf5.kfilemetadata.ExtractorPlugin")
+    Q_INTERFACES(KFileMetaData::ExtractorPlugin)
+
+public:
+    explicit XmlExtractor(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+
+    QStringList mimetypes() const override;
+    void extract(ExtractionResult* result) override;
+
+private:
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // XML_EXTRACTOR_H
diff --git a/src/extractors/xmlextractor.cpp b/src/extractors/xmlextractor.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extractors/xmlextractor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2018  Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@rwth-aachen.de>
+
+    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+*/
+
+
+#include "xmlextractor.h"
+#include "kfilemetadata_debug.h"
+#include "dublincoreextractor.h"
+
+#include <QDebug>
+#include <QDomDocument>
+#include <QFile>
+
+namespace {
+
+inline QString dcNS()     { return QStringLiteral("http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"); }
+inline QString svgNS()    { return QStringLiteral("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"); }
+inline QString rdfNS()    { return QStringLiteral("http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"); }
+inline QString ccNS()     { return QStringLiteral("http://creativecommons.org/ns#"); }
+
+void extractSvgText(KFileMetaData::ExtractionResult* result, const QDomElement &node)
+{
+    if (node.namespaceURI() != svgNS()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (node.localName() == QLatin1String("g")) {
+        QDomElement e = node.firstChildElement();
+        for (; !e.isNull(); e = e.nextSiblingElement()) {
+            extractSvgText(result, e);
+        }
+    } else if (node.localName() == QLatin1String("text")) {
+        qCDebug(KFILEMETADATA_LOG) << node.text();
+        result->append(node.text());
+    }
+}
+
+static const QStringList supportedMimeTypes = {
+    QStringLiteral("application/xml"),
+    QStringLiteral("image/svg+xml"),
+    QStringLiteral("image/svg"),
+};
+
+}
+
+namespace KFileMetaData
+{
+
+XmlExtractor::XmlExtractor(QObject* parent)
+    : ExtractorPlugin(parent)
+{
+
+}
+
+QStringList XmlExtractor::mimetypes() const
+{
+    return supportedMimeTypes;
+}
+
+void XmlExtractor::extract(ExtractionResult* result)
+{
+    auto flags = result->inputFlags();
+    QFile file(result->inputUrl());
+    if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+        qCWarning(KFILEMETADATA_LOG) << "Document is not a valid file";
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QDomDocument doc;
+    const bool processNamespaces = true;
+    doc.setContent(&file, processNamespaces);
+
+    if ((result->inputMimetype() == QLatin1String("image/svg")) ||
+        (result->inputMimetype() == QLatin1String("image/svg+xml"))) {
+        result->addType(Type::Image);
+
+        QDomElement svg = doc.firstChildElement();
+
+        if (!svg.isNull()
+            && svg.localName() == QLatin1String("svg")
+            && svg.namespaceURI() == svgNS()) {
+
+            QDomElement e = svg.firstChildElement();
+            for (; !e.isNull(); e = e.nextSiblingElement()) {
+                if (e.namespaceURI() != svgNS()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (e.localName() == QLatin1String("metadata")) {
+                    auto rdf = e.firstChildElement(QLatin1String("RDF"));
+                    if (rdf.isNull() || rdf.namespaceURI() != rdfNS()) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    auto cc = rdf.firstChildElement(QLatin1String("Work"));
+                    if (cc.isNull() || cc.namespaceURI() != ccNS()) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    DublinCoreExtractor::extract(result, cc);
+
+                } else if (e.localName() == QLatin1String("defs")) {
+                    // skip
+                    continue;
+                } else if (flags & ExtractionResult::ExtractPlainText) {
+                    // extract
+                    extractSvgText(result, e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        result->addType(Type::Text);
+
+        if (flags & ExtractionResult::ExtractPlainText) {
+            QDomElement n = doc.firstChildElement();
+            result->append(n.text());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+} // namespace KFileMetaData