diff --git a/packages/svgcanvas/svg-exec.js b/packages/svgcanvas/svg-exec.js
index 1a8fdd01..cb8156e5 100644
--- a/packages/svgcanvas/svg-exec.js
+++ b/packages/svgcanvas/svg-exec.js
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ const setSvgString = (xmlString, preventUndo) => {
  * `<use>` to the current layer.
  * @function module:svgcanvas.SvgCanvas#importSvgString
  * @param {string} xmlString - The SVG as XML text.
+ * @param {boolean} preserveDimension - A boolean to force to preserve initial dimension of the imported svg (force svgEdit don't apply a transformation on the imported svg)
  * @fires module:svgcanvas.SvgCanvas#event:changed
  * @returns {null|Element} This function returns null if the import was unsuccessful, or the element otherwise.
  * @todo
@@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ const setSvgString = (xmlString, preventUndo) => {
  * arbitrary transform lists, but makes some assumptions about how the transform list
  * was obtained
  */
-const importSvgString = (xmlString) => {
+const importSvgString = (xmlString, preserveDimension) => {
   const dataStorage = svgCanvas.getDataStorage()
   let j
   let ts
@@ -731,8 +732,10 @@ const importSvgString = (xmlString) => {
     batchCmd.addSubCommand(new InsertElementCommand(useEl))
     svgCanvas.clearSelection()
 
-    useEl.setAttribute('transform', ts)
-    recalculateDimensions(useEl)
+    if (!preserveDimension) {
+      useEl.setAttribute('transform', ts)
+      recalculateDimensions(useEl)
+    }
     dataStorage.put(useEl, 'symbol', symbol)
     dataStorage.put(useEl, 'ref', symbol)
     svgCanvas.addToSelection([useEl])
diff --git a/src/editor/extensions/ext-opensave/ext-opensave.js b/src/editor/extensions/ext-opensave/ext-opensave.js
index 3e15ef04..f7d5b388 100644
--- a/src/editor/extensions/ext-opensave/ext-opensave.js
+++ b/src/editor/extensions/ext-opensave/ext-opensave.js
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ export default {
       if (file.type.includes('svg')) {
         reader = new FileReader()
         reader.onloadend = (ev) => {
-          const newElement = this.svgCanvas.importSvgString(ev.target.result, true)
+          // imgImport.shiftKey (shift key pressed or not) will determine if import should preserve dimension)
+          const newElement = this.svgCanvas.importSvgString(ev.target.result, imgImport.shiftKey)
           this.svgCanvas.alignSelectedElements('m', 'page')
           this.svgCanvas.alignSelectedElements('c', 'page')
           // highlight imported element, otherwise we get strange empty selectbox
@@ -263,7 +264,8 @@ export default {
         $click($id('tool_open'), clickOpen.bind(this))
         $click($id('tool_save'), clickSave.bind(this, 'save'))
         $click($id('tool_save_as'), clickSave.bind(this, 'saveas'))
-        $click($id('tool_import'), () => imgImport.click())
+        // tool_import pressed with shiftKey will not scale the SVG
+        $click($id('tool_import'), (ev) => { imgImport.shiftKey = ev.shiftKey; imgImport.click() })
       }
     }
   }