diff --git a/dblatex-0.3.11-replace-inkscape-by-rsvg.patch b/dblatex-0.3.11-replace-inkscape-by-rsvg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34d555e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dblatex-0.3.11-replace-inkscape-by-rsvg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From ed7d6c2fa6e7848295893d455789ecb3e692b49f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+Message-Id: <ed7d6c2fa6e7848295893d455789ecb3e692b49f.1613646685.git.github@grubix.eu>
+From: Michael J Gruber <github@grubix.eu>
+Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:09:29 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] replace inkscape by rsvg
+
+Inkscape broke headless commandline usage and appears not be fixing it,
+see: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/issues/1342
+
+Switch to rsvg as recommended by upstream, see:
+https://sourceforge.net/p/dblatex/mailman/message/37005820/
+
+Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <github@grubix.eu>
+---
+ lib/dbtexmf/core/imagedata.py | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/dbtexmf/core/imagedata.py b/lib/dbtexmf/core/imagedata.py
+index 32b7746..7c13e79 100644
+--- a/lib/dbtexmf/core/imagedata.py
++++ b/lib/dbtexmf/core/imagedata.py
+@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class FigConverter(ImageConverter):
+ class SvgConverter(ImageConverter):
+     def __init__(self, imgsrc, imgdst="", docformat="", backend=""):
+         ImageConverter.__init__(self, imgsrc="svg", imgdst=imgdst)
+-        self.add_command(["inkscape", "-z", "-D", "--export-%(dst)s=%(output)s",
++        self.add_command(["rsvg-convert", "-a", "-f", "%(dst)s", "-o", "%(output)s",
+                           "%(input)s"])
+ 
+ 
+-- 
+2.30.1.672.g8d3081386a
+
diff --git a/dblatex.spec b/dblatex.spec
index c96fa0b..9d30615 100644
--- a/dblatex.spec
+++ b/dblatex.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:       dblatex
 Version:    0.3.12
-Release:    1%{?dist}
+Release:    2%{?dist}
 Summary:    DocBook to LaTeX/ConTeXt Publishing
 BuildArch:  noarch
 # Most of package is GPLv2+, except:
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Source0:    http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}3-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:    COPYING-docbook-xsl
 Patch0:     dblatex-0.3.11-disable-debian.patch
 Patch1:     dblatex-0.3.11-which-shutil.patch
+Patch2:     dblatex-0.3.11-replace-inkscape-by-rsvg.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ Requires:       libxslt docbook-dtds
 Recommends:     ImageMagick
 Recommends:     texlive-epstopdf-bin
 Recommends:     transfig
-Recommends:     inkscape
+Recommends:     librsvg2-tools
 
 %description
 dblatex is a program that transforms your SGML/XMLDocBook
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ Authors:
 %setup -q -n %{name}3-%{version}
 %patch0 -p1 -b .disable-debian
 %patch1 -p1 -b .which-shutil
+%patch2 -p1 -b .rsvg
 
 rm -rf lib/contrib
 pathfix.py -pni "%{__python3} %{py3_shbang_opts}" .
@@ -134,6 +136,9 @@ cp -p %{SOURCE1} COPYING-docbook-xsl
 %postun -p /usr/bin/texhash
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Feb 18 2021 Michael J Gruber <mjg@fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.12-2
+- replace inkscape by rsvg (#bz 1833047)
+
 * Thu Feb 18 2021 Michael J Gruber <mjg@fedoraproject.org> - 0.3.12-1
 - rebase to 0.3.12
 - follow yet another package/tree renaming