diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/dom_renderer.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/dom_renderer.ts
index ea9ed2c3f9..633a2cb2d9 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/dom_renderer.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/render/dom/dom_renderer.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ const SVG_ELEMENT_NAMES = CONST_EXPR({
   'font-face-uri': true,
   'foreignObject': true,
   'g': true,
-  'glyph': true,
+  // TODO(tbosch): this needs to be disabled
+  // because of an internal project.
+  // We will fix SVG soon, so this will go away...
+  // 'glyph': true,
   'glyphRef': true,
   'hkern': true,
   'image': true,