diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
index fe6422ca9..12f219f52 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/outputarea.js
@@ -326,7 +326,51 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
         }
         return oa;
     };
-    
+
+
+    OutputArea.prototype.create_output_subarea = function(md, classes) {
+        var subarea = $('<div/>').addClass('output_subarea').addClass(classes);
+        if (md['isolated']) {
+            // Create an iframe to isolate the subarea from the rest of the
+            // document
+            var iframe = $('<iframe/>').addClass('box-flex1');
+            iframe.css({'height':1, 'width':'100%', 'display':'block'});
+            iframe.attr('frameborder', 0);
+            iframe.attr('scrolling', 'auto');
+
+            // Once the iframe is loaded, the subarea is dynamically inserted
+            iframe.on('load', function() {
+                // Workaround needed by Firefox, to properly render svg inside
+                // iframes, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10177190/
+                // svg-dynamically-added-to-iframe-does-not-render-correctly
+                this.contentDocument.open();
+
+                // Insert the subarea into the iframe
+                // We must directly write the html. When using Jquery's append
+                // method, javascript is evaluated in the parent document and
+                // not in the iframe document.
+                this.contentDocument.write(subarea.html());
+
+                this.contentDocument.close();
+
+                var body = this.contentDocument.body;
+                // Adjust the iframe height automatically
+                iframe.height(body.scrollHeight + 'px');
+            });
+
+            // Elements should be appended to the inner subarea and not to the
+            // iframe
+            iframe.append = function(that) {
+                subarea.append(that);
+            };
+
+            return iframe;
+        } else {
+            return subarea;
+        }
+    }
+
+
     OutputArea.prototype._append_javascript_error = function (err, container) {
         // display a message when a javascript error occurs in display output
         var msg = "Javascript error adding output!"
@@ -460,7 +504,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
 
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_html = function (html, md, element) {
-        var toinsert = $("<div/>").addClass("output_subarea output_html rendered_html");
+        var toinsert = this.create_output_subarea(md, "output_html rendered_html");
         toinsert.append(html);
         element.append(toinsert);
     };
@@ -468,7 +512,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_javascript = function (js, md, container) {
         // We just eval the JS code, element appears in the local scope.
-        var element = $("<div/>").addClass("output_subarea");
+        var element = this.create_output_subarea(md, "");
         container.append(element);
         // Div for js shouldn't be drawn, as it will add empty height to the area.
         container.hide();
@@ -483,7 +527,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
 
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_text = function (data, md, element, extra_class) {
-        var toinsert = $("<div/>").addClass("output_subarea output_text");
+        var toinsert = this.create_output_subarea(md, "output_text");
         // escape ANSI & HTML specials in plaintext:
         data = utils.fixConsole(data);
         data = utils.fixCarriageReturn(data);
@@ -497,7 +541,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
 
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_svg = function (svg, md, element) {
-        var toinsert = $("<div/>").addClass("output_subarea output_svg");
+        var toinsert = this.create_output_subarea(md, "output_svg");
         toinsert.append(svg);
         element.append(toinsert);
     };
@@ -531,7 +575,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
 
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_png = function (png, md, element) {
-        var toinsert = $("<div/>").addClass("output_subarea output_png");
+        var toinsert = this.create_output_subarea(md, "output_png");
         var img = $("<img/>").attr('src','data:image/png;base64,'+png);
         if (md['height']) {
             img.attr('height', md['height']);
@@ -546,7 +590,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
 
 
     OutputArea.prototype.append_jpeg = function (jpeg, md, element) {
-        var toinsert = $("<div/>").addClass("output_subarea output_jpeg");
+        var toinsert = this.create_output_subarea(md, "output_jpeg");
         var img = $("<img/>").attr('src','data:image/jpeg;base64,'+jpeg);
         if (md['height']) {
             img.attr('height', md['height']);
@@ -563,7 +607,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
     OutputArea.prototype.append_latex = function (latex, md, element) {
         // This method cannot do the typesetting because the latex first has to
         // be on the page.
-        var toinsert = $("<div/>").addClass("output_subarea output_latex");
+        var toinsert = this.create_output_subarea(md, "output_latex");
         toinsert.append(latex);
         element.append(toinsert);
     };
diff --git a/IPython/html/tests/casperjs/test_cases/isolated_svg.js b/IPython/html/tests/casperjs/test_cases/isolated_svg.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb0156cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/html/tests/casperjs/test_cases/isolated_svg.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+//
+// Test svg isolation
+// An object whose metadata contains an "isolated" tag must be isolated
+// from the rest of the document. In the case of inline SVGs, this means
+// that multiple SVGs have different scopes. This test checks that there
+// are no CSS leaks between two isolated SVGs.
+//
+
+casper.notebook_test(function () {
+    this.evaluate(function () {
+        var cell = IPython.notebook.get_cell(0);
+        cell.set_text( "from IPython.core.display import SVG, display_svg\n"
+                     + "s1 = '''<svg width='1cm' height='1cm' viewBox='0 0 1000 500'>"
+                     + "<defs><style>rect {fill:red;}; </style></defs>"
+                     + "<rect id='r1' x='200' y='100' width='600' height='300' /></svg>"
+                     + "'''\n"
+                     + "s2 = '''<svg width='1cm' height='1cm' viewBox='0 0 1000 500'>"
+                     + "<rect id='r2' x='200' y='100' width='600' height='300' /></svg>"
+                     + "'''\n"
+                     + "display_svg(SVG(s1), metadata=dict(isolated=True))\n"
+                     + "display_svg(SVG(s2), metadata=dict(isolated=True))\n"
+            );
+        cell.execute();
+    });
+
+    this.wait_for_output(0);
+
+    this.then(function () {
+        var colors = this.evaluate(function () {
+            var colors = [];
+            var ifr = __utils__.findAll("iframe");
+            var svg1 = ifr[0].contentWindow.document.getElementById('r1');
+            colors[0] = window.getComputedStyle(svg1)["fill"];
+            var svg2 = ifr[1].contentWindow.document.getElementById('r2');
+            colors[1] = window.getComputedStyle(svg2)["fill"];
+            return colors;
+        });
+
+        this.test.assertEquals(colors[0], '#ff0000', 'First svg should be red');
+        this.test.assertEquals(colors[1], '#000000', 'Second svg should be black');
+    });
+});