diff --git a/lib/svg-symbol.tsx b/lib/svg-symbol.tsx
index aa101c7..f9a7e62 100644
--- a/lib/svg-symbol.tsx
+++ b/lib/svg-symbol.tsx
@@ -27,14 +27,24 @@ export type SvgSymbolGradientStop = {
  * This represents a definition that will be referenced
  * from elsewhere in an SVG, such as a radial gradient.
  */
-export type SvgSymbolDef = {
-  type: "radialGradient";
-  id: string;
-  cx: string;
-  cy: string;
-  r: string;
-  stops: SvgSymbolGradientStop[];
-};
+export type SvgSymbolDef =
+  | {
+      type: "radialGradient";
+      id: string;
+      cx: string;
+      cy: string;
+      r: string;
+      stops: SvgSymbolGradientStop[];
+    }
+  | {
+      type: "linearGradient";
+      id: string;
+      x1: string;
+      y1: string;
+      x2: string;
+      y2: string;
+      stops: SvgSymbolGradientStop[];
+    };
 
 export const EMPTY_SVG_SYMBOL_DATA: SvgSymbolData = {
   name: "",
@@ -167,24 +177,23 @@ function reactifySvgSymbolElement(
 const SvgSymbolDef: React.FC<
   { def: SvgSymbolDef; uidMap: UniqueIdMap } & SvgSymbolContext
 > = ({ def, uidMap, ...ctx }) => {
+  const id = uidMap.getStrict(def.id);
+  const stops = def.stops.map((stop, i) => (
+    <stop key={i} offset={stop.offset} stopColor={getColor(ctx, stop.color)} />
+  ));
   switch (def.type) {
     case "radialGradient":
       return (
-        <radialGradient
-          id={uidMap.getStrict(def.id)}
-          cx={def.cx}
-          cy={def.cy}
-          r={def.r}
-        >
-          {def.stops.map((stop, i) => (
-            <stop
-              key={i}
-              offset={stop.offset}
-              stopColor={getColor(ctx, stop.color)}
-            />
-          ))}
+        <radialGradient id={id} cx={def.cx} cy={def.cy} r={def.r}>
+          {stops}
         </radialGradient>
       );
+    case "linearGradient":
+      return (
+        <linearGradient id={id} x1={def.x1} y1={def.y1} x2={def.x2} y2={def.y2}>
+          {stops}
+        </linearGradient>
+      );
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/vocabulary-builder.ts b/lib/vocabulary-builder.ts
index 5a3ac6a..830d839 100644
--- a/lib/vocabulary-builder.ts
+++ b/lib/vocabulary-builder.ts
@@ -89,16 +89,18 @@ function getNonEmptyAttrib(el: cheerio.TagElement, attr: string): string {
   return result;
 }
 
-function parseRadialGradient(el: cheerio.TagElement): SvgSymbolDef {
+function parseGradientStops(
+  els: cheerio.TagElement["children"]
+): SvgSymbolGradientStop[] {
   const stops: SvgSymbolGradientStop[] = [];
-  for (let child of el.children) {
-    if (child.type === "tag") {
-      if (child.tagName !== "stop") {
+  for (let el of els) {
+    if (el.type === "tag") {
+      if (el.tagName !== "stop") {
         throw new Error(
           `Expected an SVG gradient to only contain <stop> elements!`
         );
       }
-      const style = getNonEmptyAttrib(child, "style");
+      const style = getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "style");
       const color = style.match(/stop-color\:rgb\((\d+),(\d+),(\d+)\)/);
       if (!color) {
         throw new Error(`Expected "${style}" to contain a stop-color!`);
@@ -107,18 +109,34 @@ function parseRadialGradient(el: cheerio.TagElement): SvgSymbolDef {
         .slice(1)
         .map((value) => parseInt(value));
       stops.push({
-        offset: getNonEmptyAttrib(child, "offset"),
+        offset: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "offset"),
         color: clampedBytesToRGBColor(rgb),
       });
     }
   }
+  return stops;
+}
+
+function parseLinearGradient(el: cheerio.TagElement): SvgSymbolDef {
+  return {
+    type: "linearGradient",
+    id: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "id"),
+    x1: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "x1"),
+    y1: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "y1"),
+    x2: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "x2"),
+    y2: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "y2"),
+    stops: parseGradientStops(el.children),
+  };
+}
+
+function parseRadialGradient(el: cheerio.TagElement): SvgSymbolDef {
   return {
     type: "radialGradient",
     id: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "id"),
     cx: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "cx"),
     cy: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "cy"),
     r: getNonEmptyAttrib(el, "r"),
-    stops,
+    stops: parseGradientStops(el.children),
   };
 }
 
@@ -138,20 +156,22 @@ function serializeSvgSymbolElement(
   if (tagName === "radialGradient") {
     defsOutput.push(parseRadialGradient(el));
     return null;
+  } else if (tagName === "linearGradient") {
+    defsOutput.push(parseLinearGradient(el));
+    return null;
+  } else if (!isSupportedSvgTag(tagName)) {
+    throw new Error(`Unsupported SVG element: <${tagName}>`);
   }
   let children = withoutNulls(
     onlyTags(el.children).map((child) =>
       serializeSvgSymbolElement($, child, defsOutput)
     )
   );
-  if (isSupportedSvgTag(tagName)) {
-    return {
-      tagName,
-      props: attribsToProps(el) as any,
-      children,
-    };
-  }
-  throw new Error(`Unsupported SVG element: <${tagName}>`);
+  return {
+    tagName,
+    props: attribsToProps(el) as any,
+    children,
+  };
 }
 
 function removeEmptyGroups(s: SvgSymbolElement[]): SvgSymbolElement[] {