diff --git a/resources/mmv/mmv.base.js b/resources/mmv/mmv.base.js
index 97ee0eae2..778e66bcb 100644
--- a/resources/mmv/mmv.base.js
+++ b/resources/mmv/mmv.base.js
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@
 ( function ( mw ) {
 	mw.mmv = {
 		/**
-		 * Feature-detects OOJS support. OOJS uses es5-shim, and from the remaining ES5 additions
-		 * (the ones provided by es5-sham) the only one it uses is Object.create.
+		 * Feature-detects SVG support. MuyltimediaViewer uses SVG icons extensively and is
+		 * unusable without them.
 		 * @member mw.mmv.MultimediaViewer
 		 * @return {boolean}
 		 */
 		isBrowserSupported : function () {
-			return !!Object.create;
+			// From modernizr 2.6.1
+			var ns = { 'svg': 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' };
+			return !!document.createElementNS && !!document.createElementNS( ns.svg, 'svg' ).createSVGRect;
 		}
 	};
 }( mediaWiki ) );