diff --git a/src/svgstore.js b/src/svgstore.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/svgstore.js
+++ b/src/svgstore.js
@@ -56,10 +56,20 @@ function svgstore(options) {
 
 					/* process use tags */
 					child('use').each(function (i, use) {
-						if (child(use).prop('xlink:href') !== '#' + oldDefId) {
+						var hrefLink = '#' + oldDefId;
+						var checkableProperties = ['xlink:href', 'href'];
+						var foundProperty;
+						for (var j = 0; j < checkableProperties.length; j++) {
+							var currentProperty = checkableProperties[j];
+							if (child(use).prop(currentProperty) === hrefLink) {
+								foundProperty = currentProperty;
+								break;
+							}
+						}
+						if (!foundProperty) {
 							return;
 						}
-						child(use).attr('xlink:href', '#' + newDefId);
+						child(use).attr(foundProperty, '#' + newDefId);
 					});
 
 					/* process fill attributes */
Add support for `href` attribute as well as `xlink:href`