diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 2183b149c..b7d493e04 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ var data = {
   version: config.version,
   GOOGLE_API_KEY: config.google.clientSecret,
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID: config.google.clientID,
-  DROPBOX_APP_KEY: config.dropbox.appKey
+  DROPBOX_APP_KEY: config.dropbox.appKey,
+  allowedUploadMimeTypes: config.allowedUploadMimeTypes
 }
 
 ejs.renderFile(constpath, data, {}, function (err, str) {
diff --git a/lib/config/index.js b/lib/config/index.js
index 3d22c3c35..4f6b4b6a8 100644
--- a/lib/config/index.js
+++ b/lib/config/index.js
@@ -97,6 +97,26 @@ config.isLDAPEnable = config.ldap.url
 config.isSAMLEnable = config.saml.idpSsoUrl
 config.isPDFExportEnable = config.allowpdfexport
 
+// figure out mime types for image uploads
+switch (config.imageUploadType) {
+  case 'imgur':
+    config.allowedUploadMimeTypes = [
+      'image/jpeg',
+      'image/png',
+      'image/jpg',
+      'image/gif'
+    ]
+    break
+  default:
+    config.allowedUploadMimeTypes = [
+      'image/jpeg',
+      'image/png',
+      'image/jpg',
+      'image/gif',
+      'image/svg+xml'
+    ]
+}
+
 // generate correct path
 config.sslcapath.forEach(function (capath, i, array) {
   array[i] = path.resolve(appRootPath, capath)
diff --git a/public/js/lib/common/constant.ejs b/public/js/lib/common/constant.ejs
index e4a1cf0a7..c0963635a 100644
--- a/public/js/lib/common/constant.ejs
+++ b/public/js/lib/common/constant.ejs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ window.urlpath = '<%- urlpath %>'
 window.debug = <%- debug %>
 window.version = '<%- version %>'
 
+window.allowedUploadMimeTypes = <%- JSON.stringify(allowedUploadMimeTypes) %>
+
 window.GOOGLE_API_KEY = '<%- GOOGLE_API_KEY %>'
 window.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID = '<%- GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID %>'
-window.DROPBOX_APP_KEY = '<%- DROPBOX_APP_KEY %>'
\ No newline at end of file
+window.DROPBOX_APP_KEY = '<%- DROPBOX_APP_KEY %>'
diff --git a/public/vendor/inlineAttachment/inline-attachment.js b/public/vendor/inlineAttachment/inline-attachment.js
index 0ffd3f9f5..d9503d62b 100644
--- a/public/vendor/inlineAttachment/inline-attachment.js
+++ b/public/vendor/inlineAttachment/inline-attachment.js
@@ -141,12 +141,7 @@
     /**
      * Allowed MIME types
      */
-    allowedTypes: [
-      'image/jpeg',
-      'image/png',
-      'image/jpg',
-      'image/gif'
-    ],
+    allowedTypes: window.allowedUploadMimeTypes,
 
     /**
      * Text which will be inserted when dropping or pasting a file.
@@ -304,7 +299,7 @@
     if (this.settings.onFileUploadResponse.call(this, xhr) !== false) {
       var result = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText),
         filename = result[this.settings.jsonFieldName];
-        
+
       if (result && filename) {
           var replacements = [];
           var string = this.settings.progressText.replace(this.filenameTag, id);
@@ -415,7 +410,7 @@
 // <http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:names>.
 //
 // The goals of this function are twofold:
-// 
+//
 // * Provide a way to generate a string guaranteed to be unique when compared
 //   to other strings generated by this function.
 // * Make the string complex enough that it is highly unlikely to be
@@ -432,4 +427,4 @@ var ID = function () {
   // Convert it to base 36 (numbers + letters), and grab the first 9 characters
   // after the decimal.
   return '_' + Math.random().toString(36).substr(2, 9);
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};