diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4aecc1d47..2a414878c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# v1.7.0-rc.16
+## mm/dd/2020
+
+1. [](#new)
+    * Added a new `svg_image()` twig function to make it easier to 'include' SVG source in Twig
+
 # v1.7.0-rc.15
 ## 07/22/2020
 
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
index a0aada5e8..f05f502ec 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Twig/TwigExtension.php
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ class TwigExtension extends AbstractExtension implements GlobalsInterface
             new TwigFunction('nicefilesize', [$this, 'niceFilesizeFunc']),
             new TwigFunction('nicetime', [$this, 'nicetimeFunc']),
             new TwigFunction('cron', [$this, 'cronFunc']),
+            new TwigFunction('svg_image', [$this, 'svgImageFunction']),
             new TwigFunction('xss', [$this, 'xssFunc']),
 
 
@@ -1412,6 +1413,42 @@ class TwigExtension extends AbstractExtension implements GlobalsInterface
         return $body_classes;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the content of an SVG image and adds extra classes as needed
+     *
+     * @param $path
+     * @param $classes
+     * @return string|string[]|null
+     */
+    public static function svgImageFunction($path, $classes)
+    {
+        $path = Utils::fullPath($path);
+
+        if (file_exists($path)) {
+            $svg = file_get_contents($path);
+            $classes = " inline-block $classes";
+            $matched = false;
+
+            //Look for existing class
+            $svg = preg_replace_callback('/^<svg.*?(class=\"(.*?)").*>/', function($matches) use ($classes, &$matched) {
+                if (isset($matches[2])) {
+                    $new_classes = $matches[2] . $classes;
+                    $matched = true;
+                    return str_replace($matches[1], "class=\"$new_classes\"", $matches[0]);
+                }
+            }, $svg
+            );
+
+            // no matches found just add the class
+            if (!$matched) {
+                $classes = trim($classes);
+                $svg = str_replace('<svg ', "<svg class=\"$classes\" ", $svg);
+            }
+
+            return $svg;
+        }
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * Dump/Encode data into YAML format