diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index 453a4cae12..48a4ae054b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pre-2.x.x
       - patch Qt6.5.3 to avoid transient child window resize bug on Windows
       - fix QuickParser bug when parseing attribute names not properly ignoreing all legal whitespace
       - make OPF parsing robust to alternative whitespace usage as well
+      - fix creation of thumbnails of svg images in SelectFiles and Image Report for macOS
 
 
 Sigil-2.0.2
diff --git a/src/Dialogs/ReportsWidgets/ImageFilesWidget.cpp b/src/Dialogs/ReportsWidgets/ImageFilesWidget.cpp
index e897126de2..a7812eedd3 100644
--- a/src/Dialogs/ReportsWidgets/ImageFilesWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/Dialogs/ReportsWidgets/ImageFilesWidget.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@
 #include <QtWidgets/QMessageBox>
 #include <QtWidgets/QPushButton>
 #include <QImage>
-#include <QPainter>
 #include <QPixmap>
-#include <QtSvg/QSvgRenderer>
 
 #include "sigil_exception.h"
 #include "BookManipulation/FolderKeeper.h"
@@ -116,18 +114,7 @@ void ImageFilesWidget::SetupTable(int sort_column, Qt::SortOrder sort_order)
         QString path = resource->GetFullPath();
         QImage image;
         if (resource->Type() == Resource::SVGResourceType) {
-            QString svgdata = Utility::ReadUnicodeTextFile(path);
-            // QtSvg has many issues with desc, title, and flowRoot tags  
-            svgdata = Utility::FixupSvgForRendering(svgdata);
-            QSvgRenderer renderer(this);
-            renderer.load(svgdata.toUtf8());
-            QSize sz = renderer.defaultSize();
-            QImage svgimage(sz, QImage::Format_ARGB32);
-            // **must** fill it with tranparent pixels BEFORE trying to render anything
-            svgimage.fill(qRgba(0,0,0,0));
-            QPainter painter(&svgimage);
-            renderer.render(&painter);
-            image = svgimage;
+            image = Utility::RenderSvgToImage(path);
         } else {
             image.load(path);
         }
diff --git a/src/Dialogs/SelectFiles.cpp b/src/Dialogs/SelectFiles.cpp
index 32f17506cf..d55229afc4 100644
--- a/src/Dialogs/SelectFiles.cpp
+++ b/src/Dialogs/SelectFiles.cpp
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
 #include <QEventLoop>
 #include <QImage>
-#include <QPainter>
 #include <QPixmap>
-#include <QtSvg/QSvgRenderer>
 #include <QtWidgets/QLayout>
 #include <QtWebEngineWidgets>
 #include <QtWebEngineCore>
@@ -206,19 +204,8 @@ void SelectFiles::SetImages()
             QImage image;
             if (type == Resource::ImageResourceType) {
                 image.load(resource->GetFullPath());
-            } else { // Svg
-                QString svgdata = Utility::ReadUnicodeTextFile(resource->GetFullPath());
-                // QtSvg has many issues with desc, title, and flowRoot tags
-                svgdata = Utility::FixupSvgForRendering(svgdata);
-                QSvgRenderer renderer(this);
-                renderer.load(svgdata.toUtf8());
-                QSize sz = renderer.defaultSize();
-                QImage svgimage(sz, QImage::Format_ARGB32);
-                // **must** fill it with tranparent pixels BEFORE trying to render anything
-                svgimage.fill(qRgba(0,0,0,0));
-                QPainter painter(&svgimage);
-                renderer.render(&painter);
-                image = svgimage;
+            } else {
+                image = Utility::RenderSvgToImage(resource->GetFullPath());
             }
             QPixmap pixmap = QPixmap::fromImage(image);
             if (pixmap.height() > m_ThumbnailSize || pixmap.width() > m_ThumbnailSize) {
diff --git a/src/Misc/Utility.cpp b/src/Misc/Utility.cpp
index 02a77b0df4..cca7c489ed 100644
--- a/src/Misc/Utility.cpp
+++ b/src/Misc/Utility.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QVector>
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QPainter>
+#include <QtSvg/QSvgRenderer>
 #include <QDebug>
 
 #include "sigil_constants.h"
@@ -1528,3 +1531,20 @@ QString Utility::FixupSvgForRendering(const QString& data)
     }
     return svgdata.join("");
 }
+
+QImage Utility::RenderSvgToImage(const QString& filepath)
+{
+    QString svgdata = Utility::ReadUnicodeTextFile(filepath);
+    // QtSvg has many issues with desc, title, and flowRoot tags
+    svgdata = Utility::FixupSvgForRendering(svgdata);
+    QSvgRenderer renderer;
+    renderer.load(svgdata.toUtf8());
+    QSize sz = renderer.defaultSize();
+    QImage svgimage(sz, QImage::Format_ARGB32);
+    // **must** fill it with tranparent pixels BEFORE trying to render anything
+    svgimage.fill(qRgba(0,0,0,0));
+    QPainter painter(&svgimage);
+    renderer.render(&painter);
+    return svgimage;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Misc/Utility.h b/src/Misc/Utility.h
index 4288d1cc09..b2f6bd7d43 100644
--- a/src/Misc/Utility.h
+++ b/src/Misc/Utility.h
@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QSet>
 #include <QStringList>
+#include <QImage>
 
 class QStringRef;
 class QWidget;
 class QMenu;
 
+
 struct ExceptionBase;
 
 class Utility
@@ -270,6 +272,7 @@ class Utility
                                                 QMessageBox::StandardButton defaultButton = QMessageBox::NoButton);
 
     static QString FixupSvgForRendering(const QString& data);
+    static QImage  RenderSvgToImage(const QString& filepath);
 
 };
 #endif // UTILITY_H