diff --git a/src/parser.js b/src/parser.js
index f52df2fe..6b42c063 100644
--- a/src/parser.js
+++ b/src/parser.js
@@ -382,10 +382,10 @@
     if (el) {
       return el;
     }
-    var node, i, idAttr, nodelist = doc.getElementsByTagName('*');
+    var node, i, nodelist = doc.getElementsByTagName('*');
     for (i = 0; i < nodelist.length; i++) {
       node = nodelist[i];
-      if (idAttr === node.getAttribute('id')) {
+      if (id === node.getAttribute('id')) {
         return node;
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/unit/parser.js b/test/unit/parser.js
index a92f9a76..48e0c946 100644
--- a/test/unit/parser.js
+++ b/test/unit/parser.js
@@ -332,6 +332,25 @@
     deepEqual(parsedAttributes.transformMatrix, [1, 0, 0, 1, 60, 10]);
   });
 
+  asyncTest('parseSVGFromString id polyfill', function() {
+    var string = '<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?><svg width="100%" height="100%" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">' +
+                 '<defs><rect id="myrect" width="300" height="100" style="fill:rgb(0,0,255);stroke-width:1;stroke:rgb(0,0,0)"/></defs>' +
+                 '<use xlink:href="#myrect" x="50" y="50" ></use>' +
+                 '</svg>',
+        rect;
+
+    ok(fabric.loadSVGFromString);
+
+    fabric.loadSVGFromString(string, function(objects) {
+      rect = objects[0];
+    });
+    
+    setTimeout(function() {
+      ok(rect instanceof fabric.Rect);
+      start();
+    }, 1000);
+  });
+
   // asyncTest('parseSVGDocument', function() {
   //   ok(fabric.parseSVGDocument);