diff --git a/doc/reference/templates.md b/doc/reference/templates.md
index cbb3980a..91c62dfe 100644
--- a/doc/reference/templates.md
+++ b/doc/reference/templates.md
@@ -674,7 +674,9 @@ This `RootNode` component will then display a live SVG representation of the
 graph described by the `graph` property. Note that there is a recursive structure
 here: the `Node` component uses itself as a subcomponent.
 
-Note that since SVG needs to be handled in a specific way (its namespace needs
-to be properly set), there is a small constraint for Owl components: if an owl
-component is supposed to be a part of an svg graph, then its root node needs to
-be a `g` tag, so Owl can properly set the namespace.
+**Important note:** Owl needs to properly set the namespace for each svg elements.
+Since Owl compile each template separately, it is not able to determine easily
+if a template is supposed to be included in a svg namespace or not. Therefore,
+Owl depends on a heuristic: if a tag is either `svg`, `g` or `path`, then it will
+be considered as svg. In practice, this means that each component or each sub
+templates (included with `t-call`) should have one of these tag as root tag.
diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index 5ab4089f..61f2531e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ function parseTDebugLog(node: Element, ctx: ParsingContext): AST | null {
 const hasDotAtTheEnd = /\.[\w_]+\s*$/;
 const hasBracketsAtTheEnd = /\[[^\[]+\]\s*$/;
 
+const ROOT_SVG_TAGS = new Set(["svg", "g", "path"]);
+
 function parseDOMNode(node: Element, ctx: ParsingContext): AST | null {
   const { tagName } = node;
   const dynamicTag = node.getAttribute("t-tag");
@@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ function parseDOMNode(node: Element, ctx: ParsingContext): AST | null {
   if (tagName === "pre") {
     ctx.inPreTag = true;
   }
-  const shouldAddSVGNS = tagName === "svg" || (tagName === "g" && !ctx.inSVG);
+  const shouldAddSVGNS = ROOT_SVG_TAGS.has(tagName) && !ctx.inSVG;
   ctx.inSVG = ctx.inSVG || shouldAddSVGNS;
   const ns = shouldAddSVGNS ? "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" : null;
   const ref = node.getAttribute("t-ref");
diff --git a/tests/compiler/__snapshots__/svg.test.ts.snap b/tests/compiler/__snapshots__/svg.test.ts.snap
index 2161f05a..14c96c65 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/__snapshots__/svg.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/compiler/__snapshots__/svg.test.ts.snap
@@ -52,6 +52,35 @@ exports[`properly support svg namespace to svg tags added even if already in svg
 }"
 `;
 
+exports[`properly support svg svg namespace added to sub templates if root tag is path 1`] = `
+"function anonymous(bdom, helpers
+) {
+  let { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, component, comment } = bdom;
+  let { getTemplate } = helpers;
+  const callTemplate_1 = getTemplate(\`path\`);
+  
+  let block1 = createBlock(\`<svg block-ns=\\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\\"><block-child-0/></svg>\`);
+  
+  return function template(ctx, node, key = \\"\\") {
+    let b2 = callTemplate_1.call(this, ctx, node, key + \`__1\`);
+    return block1([], [b2]);
+  }
+}"
+`;
+
+exports[`properly support svg svg namespace added to sub templates if root tag is path 2`] = `
+"function anonymous(bdom, helpers
+) {
+  let { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, component, comment } = bdom;
+  
+  let block1 = createBlock(\`<path block-ns=\\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\\"/>\`);
+  
+  return function template(ctx, node, key = \\"\\") {
+    return block1();
+  }
+}"
+`;
+
 exports[`properly support svg svg namespace added to sub-blocks 1`] = `
 "function anonymous(bdom, helpers
 ) {
diff --git a/tests/compiler/svg.test.ts b/tests/compiler/svg.test.ts
index a56aa348..42b55d2d 100644
--- a/tests/compiler/svg.test.ts
+++ b/tests/compiler/svg.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { renderToString, renderToBdom, snapshotEverything, makeTestFixture } from "../helpers";
 import { mount } from "../../src/blockdom";
+import { mount as mountComponent, Component } from "../../src/index";
+
 // NB: check the snapshots to see where the SVG namespaces are added
 snapshotEverything();
 
@@ -52,4 +54,24 @@ describe("properly support svg", () => {
       expect(el.namespaceURI).toBe("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg");
     }
   });
+
+  test("svg namespace added to sub templates if root tag is path", async () => {
+    const templates = `<t>
+      <t t-name="svg"><svg><t t-call="path" /></svg></t>
+      <t t-name="path"><path /></t>
+    </t>
+    `;
+    const fixture = makeTestFixture();
+
+    class Svg extends Component {
+      static template = "svg";
+    }
+
+    await mountComponent(Svg, fixture, { templates });
+    const elems = fixture.querySelectorAll("svg, path");
+    expect(elems.length).toEqual(2);
+    for (const el of elems) {
+      expect(el.namespaceURI).toBe("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg");
+    }
+  });
 });