diff --git a/packages/dom/src/serialize-base64.js b/packages/dom/src/serialize-base64.js
index c287e3f82..0a25369d8 100644
--- a/packages/dom/src/serialize-base64.js
+++ b/packages/dom/src/serialize-base64.js
@@ -14,10 +14,17 @@ function getBase64Substring(src) {
 
 export function serializeBase64(node, resources) {
   let src = node.src;
+  let isHrefUsed = false;
+
+  // case for SVGAnimatedString
+  if (src == null && node.href) {
+    isHrefUsed = true;
+    src = node.href.baseVal;
+  }
   // skip if src is null
   if (src == null) return;
 
-  let base64String = getBase64Substring(src);
+  let base64String = getBase64Substring(src.toString());
   // skip if src is not base64
   if (base64String == null) return;
 
@@ -25,7 +32,11 @@ export function serializeBase64(node, resources) {
   let resource = resourceFromText(uid(), mimetype, base64String);
   resources.add(resource);
 
-  node.src = resource.url;
+  if (isHrefUsed === true) {
+    node.href.baseVal = resource.url;
+  } else {
+    node.src = resource.url;
+  }
 }
 
 export default serializeBase64;
diff --git a/packages/dom/test/serialize-base64.test.js b/packages/dom/test/serialize-base64.test.js
index 2d2c1e53d..636e9d348 100644
--- a/packages/dom/test/serialize-base64.test.js
+++ b/packages/dom/test/serialize-base64.test.js
@@ -22,6 +22,26 @@ describe('serializeBase64', () => {
       }));
     });
 
+    it(`${platform}: serializes SVGAnimatedString having base64`, async () => {
+      withExample(`
+      <svg width="100" height="100">
+        <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" stroke="green" stroke-width="4" fill="yellow" />
+        <image href="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEU" id="image"></image>
+      </svg>
+      `);
+
+      serialized = serializeDOM();
+      $ = parseDOM(serialized.html, platform);
+
+      expect($('#image')[0].getAttribute('href'))
+        .toMatch('/__serialized__/\\w+\\.png');
+      expect(serialized.resources).toContain(jasmine.objectContaining({
+        url: $('#image')[0].getAttribute('href'),
+        content: 'iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEU',
+        mimetype: 'image/png'
+      }));
+    });
+
     it(`${platform}: does not serialize elements without any src`, async () => {
       withExample(`
       <a href="https://www.browserstack.com/" id="a">