diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp
index 325b33cc2c..5e236f03c3 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ private:
         const String anchorStr = getStyleAttribute(xml, "text-anchor");
 
         DrawableComposite* dc = new DrawableComposite();
+        setDrawableID (*dc, xml);
 
         forEachXmlChildElement (*xml, e)
         {