diff --git a/src/svg/svg-color.cpp b/src/svg/svg-color.cpp
index 66ae587c12d0000e2c4a45cf0bf983dbfb7eb4ca..698c5a46b850904b3c58c5507dec34f7c11b9a1c 100644
--- a/src/svg/svg-color.cpp
+++ b/src/svg/svg-color.cpp
@@ -243,54 +243,75 @@ static guint32 internal_sp_svg_read_color(gchar const *str, gchar const **end_pt
         if (end_ptr) {
             *end_ptr = str + i;
         }
-    } else if (strneq(str, "rgb(", 4)) {
+    } else if (strneq(str, "rgb(", 4) || strneq(str, "rgba(", 5)) {
         bool hasp, hasd;
         gchar *s, *e;
-        gdouble r, g, b;
+        gdouble r, g, b, a;
 
         s = (gchar *) str + 4;
+        if (strneq(str, "rgba(", 5))
+            s++;
         hasp = false;
         hasd = false;
 
-        r = g_ascii_strtod(s, &e);
-        if (s == e) return def;
-        s = e;
-        if (*s == '%') {
-            hasp = true;
-            s += 1;
+#define read_double(x)             \
+    do {                           \
+        x = g_ascii_strtod(s, &e); \
+        if (s == e)                \
+            return def;            \
+        s = e;                     \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define read_double_or_percentage(x) \
+    do {                             \
+        read_double(x);              \
+        if (*s == '%') {             \
+            hasp = true;             \
+            s += 1;                  \
+        } else {                     \
+            hasd = true;             \
+        }                            \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define read_spaces()                     \
+    do {                                  \
+        while (*s && g_ascii_isspace(*s)) \
+            s += 1;                       \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define read_comma()    \
+    do {                \
+        read_spaces();  \
+        if (*s != ',')  \
+            return def; \
+        s += 1;         \
+        read_spaces();  \
+    } while (0)
+
+        read_double_or_percentage(r);
+        read_comma();
+        read_double_or_percentage(g);
+        read_comma();
+        read_double_or_percentage(b);
+        if (strneq(str, "rgba(", 5)) {
+            read_comma();
+            read_double(a);
         } else {
-            hasd = true;
+            a = 1.0;
         }
-        while (*s && g_ascii_isspace(*s)) s += 1;
-        if (*s != ',') return def;
-        s += 1;
-        while (*s && g_ascii_isspace(*s)) s += 1;
-        g = g_ascii_strtod(s, &e);
-        if (s == e) return def;
-        s = e;
-        if (*s == '%') {
-            hasp = true;
-            s += 1;
-        } else {
-            hasd = true;
-        }
-        while (*s && g_ascii_isspace(*s)) s += 1;
-        if (*s != ',') return def;
-        s += 1;
-        while (*s && g_ascii_isspace(*s)) s += 1;
-        b = g_ascii_strtod(s, &e);
-        if (s == e) return def;
-        s = e;
-        if (*s == '%') {
-            hasp = true;
-            s += 1;
-        } else {
-            hasd = true;
-        }
-        while(*s && g_ascii_isspace(*s)) s += 1;
+        read_spaces();
+
+#undef read_double
+#undef read_double_or_percentage
+#undef read_spaces
+#undef read_comma
+
         if (*s != ')') {
             return def;
         }
+        if (a != 1.0) {
+            return def; // TODO: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inbox/-/issues/1195
+        }
         ++s;
         if (hasp && hasd) return def;
         if (hasp) {
@@ -307,7 +328,6 @@ static guint32 internal_sp_svg_read_color(gchar const *str, gchar const **end_pt
         }
         return val;
     } else if (strneq(str, "hsl(", 4)) {
-
         gchar *ptr = (gchar *) str + 4;
 
         gchar *e; // ptr after read
diff --git a/testfiles/src/svg-color-test.cpp b/testfiles/src/svg-color-test.cpp
index c4e937928d652785b51d4853851bc0598e429812..af9f756e6d1ef91b188223ddf44f69923b7f9fdd 100644
--- a/testfiles/src/svg-color-test.cpp
+++ b/testfiles/src/svg-color-test.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ TEST(SvgColorTest, testWrite)
 
 TEST(SvgColorTest, testReadColor)
 {
-    gchar const *val[] = {"#f0f", "#ff00ff", "rgb(255,0,255)", "fuchsia"};
+    gchar const *val[] = {"#f0f", "#ff00ff", "rgb(255,0,255)", "rgba(255,0,255,1)", "fuchsia"};
     size_t const n = sizeof(val) / sizeof(*val);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++) {
         gchar const *end = 0;