diff --git a/editor/sanitize.js b/editor/sanitize.js
index dcd9aaa0..5924a598 100644
--- a/editor/sanitize.js
+++ b/editor/sanitize.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ var svgWhiteList_ = {
 	"circle": ["class", "clip-path", "clip-rule", "cx", "cy", "fill", "fill-opacity", "fill-rule", "filter", "id", "mask", "opacity", "r", "requiredFeatures", "stroke", "stroke-dasharray", "stroke-dashoffset", "stroke-linecap", "stroke-linejoin", "stroke-miterlimit", "stroke-opacity", "stroke-width", "style", "systemLanguage", "transform"],
 	"clipPath": ["class", "clipPathUnits", "id"],
 	"defs": [],
+        "style" : ["type"],
 	"desc": [],
 	"ellipse": ["class", "clip-path", "clip-rule", "cx", "cy", "fill", "fill-opacity", "fill-rule", "filter", "id", "mask", "opacity", "requiredFeatures", "rx", "ry", "stroke", "stroke-dasharray", "stroke-dashoffset", "stroke-linecap", "stroke-linejoin", "stroke-miterlimit", "stroke-opacity", "stroke-width", "style", "systemLanguage", "transform"],
 	"feGaussianBlur": ["class", "color-interpolation-filters", "id", "requiredFeatures", "stdDeviation"],
diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index 22643f76..68a3343e 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -5734,7 +5734,13 @@ this.setSvgString = function(xmlString) {
 		batchCmd.addSubCommand(new RemoveElementCommand(oldzoom, nextSibling, svgroot));
 	
 		// set new svg document
-		svgcontent = svgroot.appendChild(svgdoc.importNode(newDoc.documentElement, true));
+		var _tmpDoc = newDoc.documentElement;
+		//TODO: remove isChrome() blocks when importNode is fixed
+		//Issue: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=57871
+		if(svgedit.browser.isChrome()) {
+			_tmpDoc = $(newDoc.documentElement).clone(true)[0];
+		}
+		svgcontent = svgroot.appendChild(_tmpDoc);
 		
 		var content = $(svgcontent);