diff --git a/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/CMakeLists.txt
index b4bc3ce993..1312e716f5 100644
--- a/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
 project(SvgTextTool)
 
 set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 
 set (SvgTextTool_SRCS
     BasicXMLSyntaxHighlighter.cpp
     Plugin.cpp
     SvgTextChangeCommand.cpp
+    SvgRichTextCtrl.cpp
     SvgTextEditor.cpp
     SvgTextTool.cpp
     SvgTextToolFactory.cpp
     svgtexttool.qrc
     kis_font_family_combo_box.cpp
     FontSizeAction.cpp
 )
 
 ki18n_wrap_ui(SvgTextTool_SRCS 
     WdgSvgTextEditor.ui
     WdgSvgTextSettings.ui
 )
 
 install( FILES
     SvgTextTool.action
     DESTINATION  ${DATA_INSTALL_DIR}/krita/actions
 )
 
 
 add_library(krita_tool_svgtext MODULE ${SvgTextTool_SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(krita_tool_svgtext kritaui KF5::I18n)
 install(TARGETS krita_tool_svgtext DESTINATION ${KRITA_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgRichTextCtrl.cpp b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgRichTextCtrl.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5c3e4c455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgRichTextCtrl.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include "SvgRichTextCtrl.h"
+#include <QMimeData>
+
+SvgRichTextCtrl::SvgRichTextCtrl(QWidget* parent /*= nullptr*/)
+: QTextEdit(parent)
+{
+}
+
+void SvgRichTextCtrl::insertFromMimeData(const QMimeData *source)
+{
+    if (!source->hasHtml() && source->hasText()) {
+        QTextCursor cursor = textCursor();
+        cursor.insertText(source->text());
+    } else {
+        QTextEdit::insertFromMimeData(source);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgRichTextCtrl.h b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgRichTextCtrl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..889c4d89ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/SvgRichTextCtrl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef SVGRICHTEXTCTRL_H
+#define SVGRICHTEXTCTRL_H
+
+#include <QTextEdit>
+
+class SvgRichTextCtrl : public QTextEdit
+{
+public:
+    SvgRichTextCtrl(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+
+protected:
+    void insertFromMimeData(const QMimeData* source) override;
+};
+
+#endif // SVGRICHTEXTCTRL_H
diff --git a/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/WdgSvgTextEditor.ui b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/WdgSvgTextEditor.ui
index 156b3af9ae..124a10005a 100644
--- a/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/WdgSvgTextEditor.ui
+++ b/plugins/tools/svgtexttool/WdgSvgTextEditor.ui
@@ -1,94 +1,101 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>WdgSvgTextEditor</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="WdgSvgTextEditor">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>520</width>
     <height>530</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <item>
     <widget class="QTabWidget" name="textTab">
      <property name="currentIndex">
       <number>0</number>
      </property>
      <property name="tabBarAutoHide">
       <bool>true</bool>
      </property>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="richTab">
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>Rich text</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_5">
        <item>
-        <widget class="QTextEdit" name="richTextEdit"/>
+        <widget class="SvgRichTextCtrl" name="richTextEdit"/>
        </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="svgTab">
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>SVG source</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_6">
        <item>
         <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabWidget">
          <property name="currentIndex">
-          <number>0</number>
+          <number>1</number>
          </property>
          <widget class="QWidget" name="tabSvgTextEdit">
           <attribute name="title">
            <string>SVG</string>
           </attribute>
           <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
            <item row="0" column="0">
             <widget class="QTextEdit" name="svgTextEdit">
              <property name="acceptRichText">
               <bool>false</bool>
              </property>
             </widget>
            </item>
           </layout>
          </widget>
          <widget class="QWidget" name="tabSvgStylesEdit">
           <attribute name="title">
            <string>Styles</string>
           </attribute>
           <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
            <item row="0" column="0">
             <widget class="QTextEdit" name="svgStylesEdit"/>
            </item>
           </layout>
          </widget>
         </widget>
        </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QCheckBox" name="chkVertical">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Vertical Text Layout</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttons">
        <property name="standardButtons">
         <set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Save</set>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>SvgRichTextCtrl</class>
+   <extends>QTextEdit</extends>
+   <header>SvgRichTextCtrl.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>