diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_Drawable.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_Drawable.cpp
index 2f21435058..1a902e6a5d 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_Drawable.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_Drawable.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ void Drawable::setBoundsToEnclose (Rectangle<float> area)
     auto newBounds = area.getSmallestIntegerContainer() + parentOrigin;
     originRelativeToComponent = parentOrigin - newBounds.getPosition();
     setBounds (newBounds);
+    updateTransform();
 }
 
 //==============================================================================
@@ -154,6 +155,20 @@ bool Drawable::replaceColour (Colour original, Colour replacement)
     return changed;
 }
 
+void Drawable::setDrawableTransform (const AffineTransform& transform)
+{
+    drawableTransform = transform;
+    updateTransform();
+}
+
+void Drawable::updateTransform()
+{
+    const auto transformationOrigin = originRelativeToComponent + getPosition();
+    setTransform (AffineTransform::translation (transformationOrigin * (-1))
+                      .followedBy (drawableTransform)
+                      .followedBy (AffineTransform::translation (transformationOrigin)));
+}
+
 //==============================================================================
 void Drawable::setOriginWithOriginalSize (Point<float> originWithinParent)
 {
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_Drawable.h b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_Drawable.h
index 9215a96319..566c59be1a 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_Drawable.h
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_Drawable.h
@@ -186,6 +186,18 @@ public:
     */
     virtual bool replaceColour (Colour originalColour, Colour replacementColour);
 
+    /** Sets a transformation that applies to the same coordinate system in which the rest of the
+        draw calls are made. You almost certainly want to call this function when working with
+        Drawables as opposed to Component::setTransform().
+
+        The reason for this is that the origin of a Drawable is not the same as the point returned
+        by Component::getPosition() but has an additional offset internal to the Drawable class.
+
+        Using setDrawableTransform() will take this internal offset into account when applying the
+        transform to the Component base.
+    */
+    void setDrawableTransform (const AffineTransform& transform);
+
 protected:
     //==============================================================================
     friend class DrawableComposite;
@@ -202,8 +214,10 @@ protected:
 
     Point<int> originRelativeToComponent;
     std::unique_ptr<Drawable> drawableClipPath;
+    AffineTransform drawableTransform;
 
     void nonConstDraw (Graphics&, float opacity, const AffineTransform&);
+    void updateTransform();
 
     Drawable (const Drawable&);
     Drawable& operator= (const Drawable&);
diff --git a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp
index 7b4d83cc2c..c96a86227a 100644
--- a/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_gui_basics/drawables/juce_SVGParser.cpp
@@ -1093,9 +1093,9 @@ private:
                 dt->setFont (font, true);
 
                 if (additonalTransform != nullptr)
-                    dt->setTransform (transform.followedBy (*additonalTransform));
+                    dt->setDrawableTransform (transform.followedBy (*additonalTransform));
                 else
-                    dt->setTransform (transform);
+                    dt->setDrawableTransform (transform);
 
                 dt->setColour (parseColour (xml, "fill", Colours::black)
                                  .withMultipliedAlpha (parseSafeFloat (getStyleAttribute (xml, "fill-opacity", "1"))));