diff --git a/src/core/symbology-ng/qgsmarkersymbollayerv2.cpp b/src/core/symbology-ng/qgsmarkersymbollayerv2.cpp
index 97314a69729..ee44ee01a5f 100644
--- a/src/core/symbology-ng/qgsmarkersymbollayerv2.cpp
+++ b/src/core/symbology-ng/qgsmarkersymbollayerv2.cpp
@@ -780,6 +780,15 @@ QgsSymbolLayerV2* QgsSvgMarkerSymbolLayerV2::create( const QgsStringMap& props )
   if ( props.contains( "outline_width_unit" ) )
     m->setOutlineWidthUnit( QgsSymbolLayerV2Utils::decodeOutputUnit( props["outline_width_unit"] ) );
 
+  if ( props.contains( "horizontal_anchor_point" ) )
+  {
+    m->setHorizontalAnchorPoint( QgsMarkerSymbolLayerV2::HorizontalAnchorPoint( props[ "horizontal_anchor_point" ].toInt() ) );
+  }
+  if ( props.contains( "vertical_anchor_point" ) )
+  {
+    m->setVerticalAnchorPoint( QgsMarkerSymbolLayerV2::VerticalAnchorPoint( props[ "vertical_anchor_point" ].toInt() ) );
+  }
+
   //data defined properties
   if ( props.contains( "size_expression" ) )
   {
@@ -887,15 +896,10 @@ void QgsSvgMarkerSymbolLayerV2::renderPoint( const QPointF& point, QgsSymbolV2Re
 
   p->save();
 
-  QPointF offset = mOffset;
-  QgsExpression* offsetExpression = expression( "offset" );
-  if ( offsetExpression )
-  {
-    QString offsetString =  offsetExpression->evaluate( const_cast<QgsFeature*>( context.feature() ) ).toString();
-    offset = QgsSymbolLayerV2Utils::decodePoint( offsetString );
-  }
-  double offsetX = offset.x() * QgsSymbolLayerV2Utils::lineWidthScaleFactor( context.renderContext(), mOffsetUnit );
-  double offsetY = offset.y() * QgsSymbolLayerV2Utils::lineWidthScaleFactor( context.renderContext(), mOffsetUnit );
+  //offset
+  double offsetX = 0;
+  double offsetY = 0;
+  markerOffset( context, offsetX, offsetY );
   QPointF outputOffset( offsetX, offsetY );
 
   double angle = mAngle;
@@ -1016,6 +1020,9 @@ QgsStringMap QgsSvgMarkerSymbolLayerV2::properties() const
   map["outline"] = mOutlineColor.name();
   map["outline-width"] = QString::number( mOutlineWidth );
   map["outline_width_unit"] = QgsSymbolLayerV2Utils::encodeOutputUnit( mOutlineWidthUnit );
+  map["horizontal_anchor_point"] = QString::number( mHorizontalAnchorPoint );
+  map["vertical_anchor_point"] = QString::number( mVerticalAnchorPoint );
+
   saveDataDefinedProperties( map );
   return map;
 }
@@ -1030,6 +1037,8 @@ QgsSymbolLayerV2* QgsSvgMarkerSymbolLayerV2::clone() const
   m->setOffset( mOffset );
   m->setOffsetUnit( mOffsetUnit );
   m->setSizeUnit( mSizeUnit );
+  m->setHorizontalAnchorPoint( mHorizontalAnchorPoint );
+  m->setVerticalAnchorPoint( mVerticalAnchorPoint );
   copyDataDefinedProperties( m );
   return m;
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerv2widget.cpp b/src/gui/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerv2widget.cpp
index b2f3637fda5..a14e0cbcd9c 100644
--- a/src/gui/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerv2widget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerv2widget.cpp
@@ -1012,6 +1012,15 @@ void QgsSvgMarkerSymbolLayerV2Widget::setSymbolLayer( QgsSymbolLayerV2* layer )
   mOffsetUnitComboBox->blockSignals( true );
   mOffsetUnitComboBox->setCurrentIndex( mLayer->offsetUnit() );
   mOffsetUnitComboBox->blockSignals( false );
+
+  //anchor points
+  mHorizontalAnchorComboBox->blockSignals( true );
+  mVerticalAnchorComboBox->blockSignals( true );
+  mHorizontalAnchorComboBox->setCurrentIndex( mLayer->horizontalAnchorPoint() );
+  mVerticalAnchorComboBox->setCurrentIndex( mLayer->verticalAnchorPoint() );
+  mHorizontalAnchorComboBox->blockSignals( false );
+  mVerticalAnchorComboBox->blockSignals( false );
+
   setGuiForSvg( mLayer );
 }
 
@@ -1195,6 +1204,24 @@ void QgsSvgMarkerSymbolLayerV2Widget::on_mDataDefinedPropertiesButton_clicked()
   }
 }
 
+void QgsSvgMarkerSymbolLayerV2Widget::on_mHorizontalAnchorComboBox_currentIndexChanged( int index )
+{
+  if ( mLayer )
+  {
+    mLayer->setHorizontalAnchorPoint( QgsMarkerSymbolLayerV2::HorizontalAnchorPoint( index ) );
+    emit changed();
+  }
+}
+
+void QgsSvgMarkerSymbolLayerV2Widget::on_mVerticalAnchorComboBox_currentIndexChanged( int index )
+{
+  if ( mLayer )
+  {
+    mLayer->setVerticalAnchorPoint( QgsMarkerSymbolLayerV2::VerticalAnchorPoint( index ) );
+    emit changed();
+  }
+}
+
 /////////////
 
 #include <QFileDialog>
diff --git a/src/gui/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerv2widget.h b/src/gui/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerv2widget.h
index 835723698cf..74e5fa7a94f 100644
--- a/src/gui/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerv2widget.h
+++ b/src/gui/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerv2widget.h
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsSvgMarkerSymbolLayerV2Widget : public QgsSymbolLayerV2Widget
     void on_mBorderWidthUnitComboBox_currentIndexChanged( int index );
     void on_mOffsetUnitComboBox_currentIndexChanged( int index );
     void on_mDataDefinedPropertiesButton_clicked();
+    void on_mHorizontalAnchorComboBox_currentIndexChanged( int index );
+    void on_mVerticalAnchorComboBox_currentIndexChanged( int index );
+
 
   protected:
 
diff --git a/src/ui/symbollayer/widget_svgmarker.ui b/src/ui/symbollayer/widget_svgmarker.ui
index 21a859f83f9..648f9f17116 100644
--- a/src/ui/symbollayer/widget_svgmarker.ui
+++ b/src/ui/symbollayer/widget_svgmarker.ui
@@ -6,112 +6,16 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>509</width>
-    <height>516</height>
+    <width>406</width>
+    <height>479</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>Form</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
-   <property name="margin">
-    <number>1</number>
-   </property>
-   <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
-    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="mFileLineEdit"/>
-     </item>
-     <item>
-      <widget class="QToolButton" name="mFileToolButton">
-       <property name="text">
-        <string>...</string>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-    </layout>
-   </item>
-   <item row="2" column="0">
-    <widget class="QTreeView" name="viewGroups">
-     <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
-       <horstretch>3</horstretch>
-       <verstretch>1</verstretch>
-      </sizepolicy>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="2" column="1">
-    <widget class="QListView" name="viewImages">
-     <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
-       <horstretch>5</horstretch>
-       <verstretch>1</verstretch>
-      </sizepolicy>
-     </property>
-     <property name="editTriggers">
-      <set>QAbstractItemView::NoEditTriggers</set>
-     </property>
-     <property name="iconSize">
-      <size>
-       <width>32</width>
-       <height>32</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-     <property name="movement">
-      <enum>QListView::Static</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="resizeMode">
-      <enum>QListView::Adjust</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="layoutMode">
-      <enum>QListView::Batched</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="spacing">
-      <number>2</number>
-     </property>
-     <property name="gridSize">
-      <size>
-       <width>36</width>
-       <height>36</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-     <property name="viewMode">
-      <enum>QListView::IconMode</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="uniformItemSizes">
-      <bool>true</bool>
-     </property>
-     <property name="wordWrap">
-      <bool>true</bool>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>SVG Groups</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="1" column="1">
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>SVG Image</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item row="0" column="0" colspan="2">
-    <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_2">
-     <property name="fieldGrowthPolicy">
-      <enum>QFormLayout::AllNonFixedFieldsGrow</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="labelAlignment">
-      <set>Qt::AlignLeading|Qt::AlignLeft|Qt::AlignTop</set>
-     </property>
-     <property name="horizontalSpacing">
-      <number>28</number>
-     </property>
+    <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
      <item row="0" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -270,14 +174,14 @@
        </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
-     <item row="4" column="0">
+     <item row="3" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="mBorderWidthLabel">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Border width</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="4" column="1">
+     <item row="3" column="1">
       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_5">
        <item>
         <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="mBorderWidthSpinBox">
@@ -308,14 +212,14 @@
        </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
-     <item row="5" column="0">
+     <item row="4" column="0">
       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Offset X,Y</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
-     <item row="5" column="1">
+     <item row="4" column="1">
       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
        <item>
         <widget class="QDoubleSpinBox" name="spinOffsetX">
@@ -371,16 +275,149 @@
        </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
-     <item row="6" column="0" colspan="2">
-      <widget class="QPushButton" name="mDataDefinedPropertiesButton">
-       <property name="sizePolicy">
-        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
-         <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-         <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-        </sizepolicy>
-       </property>
+     <item row="5" column="0">
+      <widget class="QLabel" name="mAnchorPointLabel">
        <property name="text">
-        <string>Data defined properties...</string>
+        <string>Anchor point</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item row="5" column="1">
+      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_6">
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QComboBox" name="mHorizontalAnchorComboBox">
+         <item>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Left</string>
+          </property>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>HCenter</string>
+          </property>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Right</string>
+          </property>
+         </item>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QComboBox" name="mVerticalAnchorComboBox">
+         <item>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Top</string>
+          </property>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>VCenter</string>
+          </property>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Bottom</string>
+          </property>
+         </item>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </item>
+    </layout>
+   </item>
+   <item row="1" column="0">
+    <widget class="QPushButton" name="mDataDefinedPropertiesButton">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Minimum" vsizetype="Fixed">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>Data defined properties...</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="2" column="0">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>SVG Groups</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="2" column="1">
+    <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>SVG Image</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="3" column="0">
+    <widget class="QTreeView" name="viewGroups">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
+       <horstretch>3</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>1</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="3" column="1">
+    <widget class="QListView" name="viewImages">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
+       <horstretch>5</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>1</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="editTriggers">
+      <set>QAbstractItemView::NoEditTriggers</set>
+     </property>
+     <property name="iconSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>32</width>
+       <height>32</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="movement">
+      <enum>QListView::Static</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="resizeMode">
+      <enum>QListView::Adjust</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="layoutMode">
+      <enum>QListView::Batched</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="spacing">
+      <number>2</number>
+     </property>
+     <property name="gridSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>36</width>
+       <height>36</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="viewMode">
+      <enum>QListView::IconMode</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="uniformItemSizes">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="wordWrap">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="4" column="0">
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QLineEdit" name="mFileLineEdit"/>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QToolButton" name="mFileToolButton">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>...</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>