diff --git a/apps/files_trashbin/ajax/preview.php b/apps/files_trashbin/ajax/preview.php
index 1a0131da28..3f895161f0 100644
--- a/apps/files_trashbin/ajax/preview.php
+++ b/apps/files_trashbin/ajax/preview.php
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ try{
 	$preview->setScalingUp($scalingUp);
 
 	$preview->showPreview();
+} catch (\OC\PreviewNotAvailableException $e) {
+	\OC_Response::setStatus(404);
 }catch(\Exception $e) {
 	\OC_Response::setStatus(500);
 	\OCP\Util::writeLog('core', $e->getmessage(), \OCP\Util::DEBUG);
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
index 94170933e5..2dbb0075f7 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_classmap.php
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ return array(
     'OC\\OCS\\Result' => $baseDir . '/lib/private/OCS/Result.php',
     'OC\\Preview' => $baseDir . '/lib/private/Preview.php',
     'OC\\PreviewManager' => $baseDir . '/lib/private/PreviewManager.php',
+    'OC\\PreviewNotAvailableException' => $baseDir . '/lib/private/PreviewNotAvailableException.php',
     'OC\\Preview\\BMP' => $baseDir . '/lib/private/Preview/BMP.php',
     'OC\\Preview\\Bitmap' => $baseDir . '/lib/private/Preview/Bitmap.php',
     'OC\\Preview\\Font' => $baseDir . '/lib/private/Preview/Font.php',
diff --git a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
index c7e833c02f..3e39b83fdd 100644
--- a/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
+++ b/lib/composer/composer/autoload_static.php
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ class ComposerStaticInit53792487c5a8370acc0b06b1a864ff4c
         'OC\\OCS\\Result' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/private/OCS/Result.php',
         'OC\\Preview' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/private/Preview.php',
         'OC\\PreviewManager' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/private/PreviewManager.php',
+        'OC\\PreviewNotAvailableException' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/private/PreviewNotAvailableException.php',
         'OC\\Preview\\BMP' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/private/Preview/BMP.php',
         'OC\\Preview\\Bitmap' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/private/Preview/Bitmap.php',
         'OC\\Preview\\Font' => __DIR__ . '/../../..' . '/lib/private/Preview/Font.php',
diff --git a/lib/private/Preview.php b/lib/private/Preview.php
index 28579ef2c8..ccaec738ca 100644
--- a/lib/private/Preview.php
+++ b/lib/private/Preview.php
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ class Preview {
 	 * @param null|string $mimeTypeForHeaders the media type to use when sending back the reply
 	 *
 	 * @throws NotFoundException
+	 * @throws PreviewNotAvailableException
 	 */
 	public function showPreview($mimeTypeForHeaders = null) {
 		// Check if file is valid
@@ -1172,6 +1173,7 @@ class Preview {
 
 	/**
 	 * Defines the media icon, for the media type of the original file, as the preview
+	 * @throws PreviewNotAvailableException
 	 */
 	private function getMimeIcon() {
 		$image = new \OC_Image();
@@ -1181,6 +1183,10 @@ class Preview {
 		} else {
 			$mimeIconServerPath = str_replace(\OC::$WEBROOT, \OC::$SERVERROOT, $mimeIconWebPath);
 		}
+		// we can't load SVGs into an image
+		if (substr($mimeIconWebPath, -4) === '.svg') {
+			throw new PreviewNotAvailableException('SVG mimetype cannot be rendered');
+		}
 		$image->loadFromFile($mimeIconServerPath);
 
 		$this->preview = $image;
diff --git a/lib/private/PreviewNotAvailableException.php b/lib/private/PreviewNotAvailableException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d92e86062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/private/PreviewNotAvailableException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016 Morris Jobke <hey@morrisjobke.de>
+ *
+ * @author Morris Jobke <hey@morrisjobke.de>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OC;
+
+class PreviewNotAvailableException extends \Exception {
+}