diff --git a/widgets/icon.cpp b/widgets/icon.cpp
index d70f94fc7..2fd6817d2 100644
--- a/widgets/icon.cpp
+++ b/widgets/icon.cpp
@@ -454,13 +454,15 @@ void Icon::calculateSize(const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option)
     update();
 }
 
-void Icon::setSvg(const QString &svgFilePath)
+void Icon::setSvg(const QString &svgFilePath, const QString &elementId)
 {
     if (!d->iconSvg) {
         d->iconSvg = new Plasma::Svg(svgFilePath);
     } else {
         d->iconSvg->setFile(svgFilePath);
     }
+
+    d->iconSvgElement = elementId;
 }
 
 void Icon::Private::drawBackground(QPainter *painter, IconState state)
@@ -533,7 +535,7 @@ QPixmap Icon::Private::decoration(const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, bool u
             QImage img(iconSize.toSize(), QImage::Format_ARGB32_Premultiplied);
             {
                 QPainter p(&img);
-                iconSvg->paint(&p, img.rect());
+                iconSvg->paint(&p, img.rect(), iconSvgElement);
             }
             iconSvgPixmap = QPixmap::fromImage(img);
         }
diff --git a/widgets/icon.h b/widgets/icon.h
index aedbadb3d..2efd3816c 100644
--- a/widgets/icon.h
+++ b/widgets/icon.h
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ public:
     /**
     * Convenience method to set the svg image to use when given the filepath and name of svg.
     * @param svgFilePath the svg filepath including name of the svg.
+    * @param svgIconElement the svg element to use when displaying the svg. Defaults to all of them.
     */
-    void setSvg(const QString &svgFilePath);
+    void setSvg(const QString &svgFilePath, const QString &svgIconElement = QString());
 
     /**
     * Returns the meta text associated with this icon.
diff --git a/widgets/icon_p.h b/widgets/icon_p.h
index 3ed2d1aae..47b7ef52c 100644
--- a/widgets/icon_p.h
+++ b/widgets/icon_p.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ public:
     QString infoText;
     Svg svg;
     Svg *iconSvg;
+    QString iconSvgElement;
     QPixmap iconSvgPixmap;
     int svgElements;
     QSizeF size;