diff --git a/spacy/displacy/templates.py b/spacy/displacy/templates.py
index bdbdee459..54df44489 100644
--- a/spacy/displacy/templates.py
+++ b/spacy/displacy/templates.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 # Jupyter to render it properly in a cell
 
 TPL_DEP_SVG = """
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" id="{id}" class="displacy" width="{width}" height="{height}" style="max-width: none; height: {height}px; color: {color}; background: {bg}; font-family: {font}">{content}</svg>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" id="{id}" class="displacy" width="{width}" height="{height}" style="max-width: none; height: {height}px; color: {color}; background: {bg}; font-family: {font}">{content}</svg>
 """