diff --git a/js/viz/vector_map/map_layer.js b/js/viz/vector_map/map_layer.js
index 20e76ea8f035..9566f8debd5c 100644
--- a/js/viz/vector_map/map_layer.js
+++ b/js/viz/vector_map/map_layer.js
@@ -581,7 +581,10 @@ strategiesByElementType[TYPE_MARKER] = {
 
     image: {
         _draw: function(ctx, figure, data) {
-            figure.image = ctx.renderer.image().attr({ location: "center" }).data(ctx.dataKey, data).append(figure.root);
+            figure.image = ctx.renderer.image(null, null, null, null, null, "center")
+                .attr({ "pointer-events": "visible" })//T567545
+                .data(ctx.dataKey, data)
+                .append(figure.root);
         },
 
         refresh: function(ctx, figure, data, proxy) {
diff --git a/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.vectorMap/mapLayer.strategies.tests.js b/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.vectorMap/mapLayer.strategies.tests.js
index ba1dfd977f49..6e98e3ecef7f 100644
--- a/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.vectorMap/mapLayer.strategies.tests.js
+++ b/testing/tests/DevExpress.viz.vectorMap/mapLayer.strategies.tests.js
@@ -1080,14 +1080,11 @@ QUnit.test("Draw", function(assert) {
     pointImageStrategy.draw(this.context, figure, "test-data");
 
     assert.deepEqual(this.renderer.g.lastCall.args, [], "root is created");
-    assert.deepEqual(this.renderer.image.lastCall.args, [], "image is created");
-
+    assert.deepEqual(this.renderer.image.lastCall.args, [null, null, null, null, null, "center"], "image is created");
     assert.strictEqual(figure.root, this.renderer.g.lastCall.returnValue, "root");
     assert.strictEqual(figure.image, this.renderer.image.lastCall.returnValue, "image");
-
-    assert.deepEqual(figure.image.attr.lastCall.args, [{ location: "center" }], "image settings");
+    assert.deepEqual(figure.image.attr.lastCall.args, [{ "pointer-events": "visible" }], "image settings");//T567545
     assert.deepEqual(figure.image.data.lastCall.args, ["data-key", "test-data"], "image data");
-
     assert.deepEqual(figure.image.append.lastCall.args, [figure.root], "image is appended");
 });