diff --git a/inc/Menu/Item/AbstractItem.php b/inc/Menu/Item/AbstractItem.php
index 82b351b816d55e8234190d9a1085d43e9cb7e6cb..45ead5562e564e91eb84f34dfa229969e74e92e7 100644
--- a/inc/Menu/Item/AbstractItem.php
+++ b/inc/Menu/Item/AbstractItem.php
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ abstract class AbstractItem {
      *
      * Uses html_btn()
      *
-     * @todo this does currently not support the SVG icon
      * @return string
      */
     public function asHtmlButton() {
@@ -182,7 +181,8 @@ abstract class AbstractItem {
             $this->getParams(),
             $this->method,
             $this->getTitle(),
-            $this->getLabel()
+            $this->getLabel(),
+            $this->getSvg()
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/inc/html.php b/inc/html.php
index b8465a641938dd8ddc4c876237699327e0adeeb7..99b0c99865bc5a4830937d4e93a12f464666ef8f 100644
--- a/inc/html.php
+++ b/inc/html.php
@@ -188,9 +188,10 @@ function html_topbtn(){
  * @param string         $method
  * @param string         $tooltip
  * @param bool|string    $label  label text, false: lookup btn_$name in localization
+ * @param string         $svg (optional) svg code, inserted into the button
  * @return string
  */
-function html_btn($name, $id, $akey, $params, $method='get', $tooltip='', $label=false){
+function html_btn($name, $id, $akey, $params, $method='get', $tooltip='', $label=false, $svg=null){
     global $conf;
     global $lang;
 
@@ -233,7 +234,12 @@ function html_btn($name, $id, $akey, $params, $method='get', $tooltip='', $label
         $ret .= 'accesskey="'.$akey.'" ';
     }
     $ret .= 'title="'.$tip.'">';
-    $ret .= hsc($label);
+    if ($svg) {
+        $ret .= '<span>' . hsc($label) . '</span>';
+        $ret .= inlineSVG($svg);
+    } else {
+        $ret .= hsc($label);
+    }
     $ret .= '</button>';
     $ret .= '</div></form>';
 
@@ -2314,4 +2320,4 @@ function html_sizechange($sizechange, Doku_Form $form) {
         $form->addElement($value);
         $form->addElement(form_makeCloseTag('span'));
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}