diff --git a/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.js b/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.js
index bcdb4367..627682e7 100644
--- a/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.js
+++ b/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ exports.fn = function(item) {
         item.isElem('g') &&
         item.hasAttr('transform') &&
         !item.isEmpty() &&
+        !item.someAttr(function(attr) { return ~attr.value.indexOf('url(') }) &&
         item.content.every(function(inner) {
             return inner.isElem(pathElems);
         })
diff --git a/test/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.05.svg b/test/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.05.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a605aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/moveGroupAttrsToElems.05.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+    <g transform="scale(2)" clip-path="url(#a)">
+        <path d="M0,0 L10,20"/>
+        <path d="M0,10 L20,30"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>
+
+@@@
+
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+    <g transform="scale(2)" clip-path="url(#a)">
+        <path d="M0,0 L10,20"/>
+        <path d="M0,10 L20,30"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>