diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 6c3ff32c..0c89289b 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Version 2.2.3
 
 Unreleased
 
+-   Autoescaping is now enabled by default for ``.svg`` files. Inside
+    templates this behavior can be changed with the ``autoescape`` tag.
 
 Version 2.2.2
 -------------
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst
index f92bd241..a8d5b3b3 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/quickstart.rst
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ Here is a basic introduction to how the :class:`~markupsafe.Markup` class works:
     >>> Markup('<em>Marked up</em> &raquo; HTML').striptags()
     'Marked up » HTML'
 
+.. versionchanged:: 2.2
+
+    In addition to the extensions below, templates with the ``.svg`` extension
+    are also autoescaped.
+
 .. versionchanged:: 0.5
 
    Autoescaping is no longer enabled for all templates.  The following
diff --git a/docs/templating.rst b/docs/templating.rst
index 3cda995e..f497de73 100644
--- a/docs/templating.rst
+++ b/docs/templating.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Jinja Setup
 Unless customized, Jinja2 is configured by Flask as follows:
 
 -   autoescaping is enabled for all templates ending in ``.html``,
-    ``.htm``, ``.xml`` as well as ``.xhtml`` when using
+    ``.htm``, ``.xml``, ``.xhtml``, as well as ``.svg`` when using
     :func:`~flask.templating.render_template`.
 -   autoescaping is enabled for all strings when using
     :func:`~flask.templating.render_template_string`.
diff --git a/src/flask/app.py b/src/flask/app.py
index ce4dcf6a..aa5bd3cc 100644
--- a/src/flask/app.py
+++ b/src/flask/app.py
@@ -961,11 +961,14 @@ class Flask(Scaffold):
         """Returns ``True`` if autoescaping should be active for the given
         template name. If no template name is given, returns `True`.
 
+        .. versionchanged:: 2.2
+            Autoescaping is now enabled by default for ``.svg`` files.
+
         .. versionadded:: 0.5
         """
         if filename is None:
             return True
-        return filename.endswith((".html", ".htm", ".xml", ".xhtml"))
+        return filename.endswith((".html", ".htm", ".xml", ".xhtml", ".svg"))
 
     def update_template_context(self, context: dict) -> None:
         """Update the template context with some commonly used variables.