diff --git a/src/serializers/SvgSerializer.cpp b/src/serializers/SvgSerializer.cpp
index 511eb53150..903f7fa24b 100644
--- a/src/serializers/SvgSerializer.cpp
+++ b/src/serializers/SvgSerializer.cpp
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ namespace {
 }
 
 std::string SvgSerializer::nameElement(const IfcGeom::Element<real_t>* elem) {
-	return nameElement_({ {"id", object_id(elem)}, {"class", elem->type()} });
+	return nameElement_({ {"id", object_id(elem)}, {"class", elem->type()}, {"data-name", elem->name()} });
 }
 
 std::string SvgSerializer::nameElement(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* elem) {
@@ -589,6 +589,10 @@ std::string SvgSerializer::nameElement(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* elem) {
 
 	const std::string& entity = elem->declaration().name();
 	const std::string type = elem->declaration().is("IfcBuildingStorey") ? "storey" : "product";
+	std::string ifc_name;
+	if (!elem->get("Name")->isNull()) {
+		ifc_name = *elem->get("Name");
+	}
 
     const std::string name =  
 		(settings().get(SerializerSettings::USE_ELEMENT_GUIDS)
@@ -597,7 +601,7 @@ std::string SvgSerializer::nameElement(const IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* elem) {
 				? static_cast<std::string>(*elem->get("Name"))
 				: IfcParse::IfcGlobalId(*elem->get("GlobalId")).formatted());
 
-	return nameElement_({ {"id", type + "-" + name}, {"class", entity} });
+	return nameElement_({ {"id", type + "-" + name}, {"class", entity}, {"data-name", ifc_name} });
 }
 
 void SvgSerializer::setFile(IfcParse::IfcFile* f) {
diff --git a/src/serializers/SvgSerializer.h b/src/serializers/SvgSerializer.h
index 770da52479..2697748328 100644
--- a/src/serializers/SvgSerializer.h
+++ b/src/serializers/SvgSerializer.h
@@ -31,6 +31,33 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <limits>
 
+struct storey_sorter {
+	bool operator()(IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* a, IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity* b) const {
+		const bool a_is_storey = a->declaration().is("IfcBuildingStorey");
+		const bool b_is_storey = b->declaration().is("IfcBuildingStorey");
+		if (a_is_storey && b_is_storey) {
+			boost::optional<double> a_elev, b_elev;
+			try {
+				a_elev = static_cast<double>(*a->get("Elevation"));
+				b_elev = static_cast<double>(*b->get("Elevation"));
+			} catch (...) {};
+			if (a_elev && b_elev) {
+				return std::less<double>()(*a_elev, *b_elev);
+			}
+
+			boost::optional<std::string> a_name, b_name;
+			try {
+				a_name = static_cast<std::string>(*a->get("Name"));
+				b_name = static_cast<std::string>(*b->get("Name"));
+			} catch (...) {};
+			if (a_name && b_name) {
+				return std::less<std::string>()(*a_name, *b_name);
+			}
+		}
+		return std::less<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity*>()(a, b);
+	}
+};
+
 class SvgSerializer : public GeometrySerializer {
 public:
 	typedef std::pair<std::string, std::vector<util::string_buffer> > path_object;
@@ -39,7 +66,7 @@ protected:
 	double xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax, width, height;
 	boost::optional<double> section_height;
 	bool rescale, print_space_names_, print_space_areas_;
-	std::multimap<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity*, path_object> paths;
+	std::multimap<IfcUtil::IfcBaseEntity*, path_object, storey_sorter> paths;
 	std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<util::string_buffer::float_item> > xcoords;
 	std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<util::string_buffer::float_item> > ycoords;
 	std::vector< boost::shared_ptr<util::string_buffer::float_item> > radii;