diff --git a/src/dommy/macros.clj b/src/dommy/macros.clj
index 0037dfb..3ae6592 100644
--- a/src/dommy/macros.clj
+++ b/src/dommy/macros.clj
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 (declare node)
 
+(def +default-ns+ "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml")
+(def +svg-ns+ "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg")
+(def +svg-tags+ #{"svg" "g" "rect" "circle" "clipPath" "path" "line" "polygon" "polyline" "text" "textPath"})
+
 (defn constant? [data]
   (some #(% data) [number? keyword? string?]))
 
@@ -122,8 +126,9 @@
                     (first rest))
         children (drop (if (or literal-attrs var-attrs) 1 0) rest)
         [tag class-str id] (parse-keyword node-key)
-        dom-sym (gensym "dom")]
-    `(let [~dom-sym (.createElement js/document ~(name tag))]
+        dom-sym (gensym "dom")
+        element-ns (if (+svg-tags+ tag) +svg-ns+ +default-ns+)]
+    `(let [~dom-sym (.createElementNS js/document ~element-ns ~(name tag))]
        ~@(when-not (empty? class-str)
            [`(set! (.-className ~dom-sym) ~class-str)])
        ~@(when id
diff --git a/test/dommy/template_test.cljs b/test/dommy/template_test.cljs
index abd6d6c..eff4345 100644
--- a/test/dommy/template_test.cljs
+++ b/test/dommy/template_test.cljs
@@ -209,4 +209,8 @@
 
 (deftest classes-attr
   (is= "class-42 class-43" (.-className (classes-attr-template 42 43)))
-  (is= "c1 c2" (.-className (classes-compilable-attr-template))))
\ No newline at end of file
+  (is= "c1 c2" (.-className (classes-compilable-attr-template))))
+
+(deftest namespaces
+  (is= "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" (.-namespaceURI (node [:p])))
+  (is= "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" (.-namespaceURI (node [:circle]))))