diff --git a/examples/SVG Import/Symbols.html b/examples/SVG Import/Symbols.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d316e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/SVG Import/Symbols.html
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
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diff --git a/src/svg/SvgImport.js b/src/svg/SvgImport.js
index e2187866..1eb25581 100644
--- a/src/svg/SvgImport.js
+++ b/src/svg/SvgImport.js
@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ new function() {
// http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/pservers.html#StopElementOffsetAttribute
// TODO: this can be a string with % at the end
case 'offset':
- item.setRampPoint(parseFloat(value, 10));
+ var isPercentage = value[value.length - 1] == '%';
+ value = parseFloat(isPercentage ? value.slice(0, -1) : value, 10);
+ item.setRampPoint(isPercentage ? value / 100 : value);
break;
case 'xlink:href':
item = definitions[value.substr(1)].clone();