diff --git a/.svgo.yml b/.svgo.yml
index 9cccbb2e..9a138406 100644
--- a/.svgo.yml
+++ b/.svgo.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ plugins:
     active: true
     type: perItem
 
+  - name: removeRasterImages
+    active: false
+    type: perItem
+
   - name: cleanupNumericValues
     active: true
     type: perItem
diff --git a/plugins/removeRasterImages.js b/plugins/removeRasterImages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b730b3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/removeRasterImages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Remove raster images references in <image>.
+ *
+ * @see https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63548
+ *
+ * @param {Object} item current iteration item
+ * @return {Boolean} if false, item will be filtered out
+ *
+ * @author Kir Belevich
+ */
+exports.removeRasterImages = function(item) {
+
+    if (
+        item.isElem('image') &&
+        item.hasAttr('xlink:href') &&
+        /(\.|image\/)(jpg|png)/.test(item.attr('xlink:href').value)
+    ) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+};
diff --git a/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.orig.svg b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.orig.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a16c6a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.orig.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+    <g>
+        <image xlink:href="raster.jpg" width="100" height="100"/>
+        <image xlink:href="raster.png" width="100" height="100"/>
+        <image xlink:href="raster.svg" width="100" height="100"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.should.svg b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.should.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bc122a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.should.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+    <g>
+        <image xlink:href="raster.svg" width="100" height="100"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.orig.svg b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.orig.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b896b5af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.orig.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+    <g>
+        <image xlink:href="data:image/jpg;base64,..." width="100" height="100"/>
+        <image xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,..." width="100" height="100"/>
+        <image xlink:href="data:image/svg+xml;base64,..." width="100" height="100"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.should.svg b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.should.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6fc3f15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.should.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+    <g>
+        <image xlink:href="data:image/svg+xml;base64,..." width="100" height="100"/>
+    </g>
+</svg>