diff --git a/editor/svgcanvas.js b/editor/svgcanvas.js
index cbb07e46..25477427 100644
--- a/editor/svgcanvas.js
+++ b/editor/svgcanvas.js
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ function SvgCanvas(container)
 var isOpera = !!window.opera,
 	isWebkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf("AppleWebKit") != -1,
 	support = {},
+	htmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
+	mathns = "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML",
 
 // this defines which elements and attributes that we support
 	svgWhiteList = {
@@ -2718,6 +2720,13 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 			if (mouse_target.correspondingUseElement)
 				mouse_target = mouse_target.correspondingUseElement;
 	
+			// for foreign content, go up until we find the foreignObject
+			if ($.inArray(mouse_target.namespaceURI, [mathns, htmlns]) != -1) {
+				while (mouse_target.nodeName != "foreignObject") {
+					mouse_target = mouse_target.parentNode;
+				}
+			}
+			
 			// go up until we hit a child of a layer
 			while (mouse_target.parentNode.parentNode.tagName == "g") {
 				mouse_target = mouse_target.parentNode;
@@ -6495,6 +6504,10 @@ function BatchCommand(text) {
 			ret = selected.getBBox();
 			ret.x += parseFloat(selected.getAttribute('x'));
 			ret.y += parseFloat(selected.getAttribute('y'));
+		} else if(elem.nodeName == 'foreignObject') {
+			ret = selected.getBBox();
+			ret.x += parseFloat(selected.getAttribute('x'));
+			ret.y += parseFloat(selected.getAttribute('y'));
 		} else {
 			try { ret = selected.getBBox(); } 
 			catch(e) { ret = null; }
diff --git a/test/test1.html b/test/test1.html
index 873f5f5c..f7520049 100644
--- a/test/test1.html
+++ b/test/test1.html
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@
 		// TODO: Test these paths:
 		// "m400.00491,625.01379a1.78688,1.78688 0 1 1-3.57373,0a1.78688,1.78688 0 1 13.57373,0z"
 		// "m36.812,15.8566c-28.03099,0 -26.28099,12.15601 -26.28099,12.15601l0.03099,12.59399h26.75v3.781h-37.37399c0,0 -17.938,-2.034 -133.00001,26.25c115.06201,28.284 130.71801,27.281 130.71801,27.281h9.34399v-13.125c0,0 -0.504,-15.656 15.40601,-15.656h26.532c0,0 14.90599,0.241 14.90599,-14.406v-24.219c0,0 2.263,-14.65601 -27.032,-14.65601zm-14.75,8.4684c2.662,0 4.813,2.151 4.813,4.813c0,2.661 -2.151,4.812 -4.813,4.812c-2.661,0 -4.812,-2.151 -4.812,-4.812c0,-2.662 2.151,-4.813 4.812,-4.813z"
+		// "m 0,0 l 200,0 l 0,100 L 0,100"
 	
 		svgCanvas.setSvgString("<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='400' x='300'>" +
 								  "<path id='p1' d='M100,100 L200,100 Z'/>" +
-								  "<path id='p2' d='M100,100 L200,100 Z'/>" +
+								  "<path id='p2' d='m 0,0 l 200,0 l 0,100 L 0,100'/>" +
 								"</svg>");
 		
 		var p1 = document.getElementById("p1"),
@@ -72,6 +73,12 @@
 		// convert and verify segments
 		var d = convert(p1, true);
 		equals(d, "m100,100l100,0z", "Converted path to relative string");
+		
+		// TODO: see why this isn't working in SVG-edit
+		d = convert(p2, true);
+		QUnit.log(d);
+		d = convert(p2, false);
+		QUnit.log(d);
 	});
 	
 	module("Transform Module");