diff --git a/autotests/samplefiles/test_with_container.svg b/autotests/samplefiles/test_with_container.svg
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/samplefiles/test_with_container.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   version="1.0">
+  <a href="test_with_metadata.svg">
+    <text>Some text below &lt;a&gt;</text>
+  </a>
+</svg>
+
diff --git a/autotests/xmlextractortest.h b/autotests/xmlextractortest.h
--- a/autotests/xmlextractortest.h
+++ b/autotests/xmlextractortest.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     void benchMarkXmlExtractor();
     void testXmlExtractor();
     void testXmlExtractorNoContent();
+    void testXmlExtractorContainer();
 };
 
 #endif // XMLEXTRACTORTESTS_H
diff --git a/autotests/xmlextractortest.cpp b/autotests/xmlextractortest.cpp
--- a/autotests/xmlextractortest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/xmlextractortest.cpp
@@ -113,5 +113,25 @@
     QVERIFY(result.text().isEmpty());
 }
 
+void XmlExtractorTests::testXmlExtractorContainer()
+{
+    XmlExtractor plugin{this};
+
+    SimpleExtractionResult result(testFilePath(QStringLiteral("test_with_container.svg")),
+            QStringLiteral("image/svg"),
+            ExtractionResult::ExtractEverything);
+    plugin.extract(&result);
+
+    QString content = QStringLiteral("Some text below <a>\n");
+
+    QCOMPARE(result.types().size(), 1);
+    QCOMPARE(result.types().at(0), Type::Image);
+
+    QCOMPARE(result.properties().size(), 0);
+
+    content.replace(QLatin1Char('\n'), QLatin1Char(' '));
+    QCOMPARE(result.text(), content);
+}
+
 QTEST_GUILESS_MAIN(XmlExtractorTests)
 
diff --git a/src/extractors/xmlextractor.cpp b/src/extractors/xmlextractor.cpp
--- a/src/extractors/xmlextractor.cpp
+++ b/src/extractors/xmlextractor.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    if (node.localName() == QLatin1String("g")) {
+    if ((node.localName() == QLatin1String("g")) ||
+        (node.localName() == QLatin1String("a"))) {
         QDomElement e = node.firstChildElement();
         for (; !e.isNull(); e = e.nextSiblingElement()) {
             extractSvgText(result, e);