diff --git a/tests/unit/buttonMarkup/buttonMarkup_core.js b/tests/unit/buttonMarkup/buttonMarkup_core.js
index ae135832..53cb0532 100644
--- a/tests/unit/buttonMarkup/buttonMarkup_core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/buttonMarkup/buttonMarkup_core.js
@@ -26,4 +26,22 @@
 		ok(!group.find('[data-iconshadow=false] .ui-icon').hasClass("ui-icon-shadow"),
 			 "buttons with data-iconshadow=false should not have the ui-icon-shadow class on their icons");
 	});
+
+	// Test for issue #3046 and #3054:
+	test( "mousedown on SVG elements should not throw an exception", function(){
+		var svg = $("#embedded-svg"),
+			success = true,
+			rect;
+		ok(svg.length > 0, "found embedded svg document" );
+		if ( svg.length > 0 ) {
+			rect = $( "rect", svg );
+			ok(rect.length > 0, "found rect" );
+			try {
+				rect.trigger("mousedown");
+			} catch ( ex ) {
+				success = false;
+			}
+			ok( success, "mousedown executed without exception");
+		}
+	});
 })(jQuery);
diff --git a/tests/unit/buttonMarkup/index.html b/tests/unit/buttonMarkup/index.html
index 57bbb378..94bb9391 100644
--- a/tests/unit/buttonMarkup/index.html
+++ b/tests/unit/buttonMarkup/index.html
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
           <a href="index.html" data-role="button" data-shadow="false" data-corners="false">No shadow or corners</a>
           <a href="index.html" data-role="button" data-icon="delete" data-iconshadow="false">No iconshadow</a>
           <button data-shadow="false" data-corners="false" data-icon="delete" data-iconshadow="false">None of the above</button>
+          <svg id="embedded-svg" width="120" height="120" viewPort="0 0 120 120" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+              <rect x="10" y="10" width="100" height="100"/>
+          </svg>
         </div>
 	<div data-role="footer" id="control-group-footer" class="ui-bar" data-position="inline">
 		<div data-role="controlgroup" data-type="horizontal">