diff --git a/make/svg.mk b/make/svg.mk
index 9b5b7403..71ad08d5 100644
--- a/make/svg.mk
+++ b/make/svg.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 SVG_GENERATE_FORMATS        ?= png svg
 SVG                         ?= $(filter-out copied-%,$(wildcard *.svg))
 COPIED_SVG                   = $(addprefix copied-,$(notdir $(SVG)))
+INKSCAPE_VERSION             = $(shell inkscape -V 2>&1 | sed '/Inkscape/ !d; s/Inkscape *\([0-9.]\+\) .*/\1/')
+INKSCAPE_VERSION_MAJOR       = $(word 1,$(subst ., ,$(INKSCAPE_VERSION)))
+ifeq ($(INKSCAPE_VERSION_MAJOR),1)
+  INKSCAPE_EXPORT_PNG        = --export-filename
+else
+  INKSCAPE_EXPORT_PNG        = --export-png
+endif
 
 GENERATED_ICON_WIDTHS       += 16 32 48 64 72 96 128 144 168 192
 GENERATED_WIDTHS            ?= $(GENERATED_ICON_WIDTHS) $(GENERATED_EXTRA_WIDTHS)
@@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ clean.images:
 
 %.png: $(COPIED_SVG)
 	inkscape -w $(shell echo $* | sed 's/.*-//') \
-		--export-png=$@ copied-$(shell echo $* | sed 's/-[0-9]\+$$//').svg
+		$(INKSCAPE_EXPORT_PNG)=$@ copied-$(shell echo $* | sed 's/-[0-9]\+$$//').svg
 
 %.pdf: copied-%.svg
 	inkscape --export-pdf=$@ $<