diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 42e12b9..0e259d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ yarn add --dev vue-template-compiler vue-svg-loader
 {
   test: /\.svg$/,
   loader: 'vue-svg-loader', // `vue-svg` for webpack 1.x
+  options: {
+    // optional [svgo](https://github.com/svg/svgo) options
+    svgo: {
+      plugins: [
+        {removeDoctype: true},
+        {removeComments: true}
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a6905f9..86e1c6f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 var svg = require('svgo');
+var loaderUtils = require('loader-utils');
 var compiler = require('vue-template-compiler');
 
-var svgo = new svg({
-  plugins: ['removeDoctype', 'removeComments'],
-});
-
 module.exports = function (content) {
+  var options = loaderUtils.getOptions(this) || {};
+  var svgoOptions = options.svgo || {
+    plugins: [{removeDoctype: true}, {removeComments: true}],
+  };
+  var svgo = new svg(svgoOptions);
+
   this.cacheable && this.cacheable(true);
   this.addDependency(this.resourcePath);
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index db5511a..cfb241d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "vue-template-compiler": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "loader-utils": "^1.1.0",
     "svgo": "^0.7.2"
   }
 }