diff --git a/Source/model/draw/Stroke.swift b/Source/model/draw/Stroke.swift
index 162cf49e..e09c5f77 100644
--- a/Source/model/draw/Stroke.swift
+++ b/Source/model/draw/Stroke.swift
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ open class Stroke {
     open let cap: LineCap
     open let join: LineJoin
     open let dashes: [Double]
+    open let offset: Double
 
-    public init(fill: Fill = Color.black, width: Double = 1, cap: LineCap = .butt, join: LineJoin = .miter, dashes: [Double] = []) {
+    public init(fill: Fill = Color.black, width: Double = 1, cap: LineCap = .butt, join: LineJoin = .miter, dashes: [Double] = [], offset: Double = 0.0) {
         self.fill = fill
         self.width = width
         self.cap = cap
         self.join = join
         self.dashes = dashes
+        self.offset = offset
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/render/ShapeRenderer.swift b/Source/render/ShapeRenderer.swift
index 05ac7e16..f519df4f 100644
--- a/Source/render/ShapeRenderer.swift
+++ b/Source/render/ShapeRenderer.swift
@@ -167,14 +167,9 @@ class ShapeRenderer: NodeRenderer {
         ctx!.setLineWidth(CGFloat(stroke.width))
         ctx!.setLineJoin(RenderUtils.mapLineJoin(stroke.join))
         ctx!.setLineCap(RenderUtils.mapLineCap(stroke.cap))
-        let dashes = stroke.dashes
-        if !dashes.isEmpty {
-            var floatDashes = [CGFloat]()
-            dashes.forEach { dash in
-                floatDashes.append(CGFloat(dash))
-            }
-
-            ctx?.setLineDash(phase: 0.0, lengths: floatDashes)
+        if !stroke.dashes.isEmpty {
+            ctx?.setLineDash(phase: CGFloat(stroke.offset),
+                             lengths: stroke.dashes.map{ CGFloat($0) })
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/svg/SVGParser.swift b/Source/svg/SVGParser.swift
index 1ea30fe5..0da716e3 100644
--- a/Source/svg/SVGParser.swift
+++ b/Source/svg/SVGParser.swift
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ open class SVGParser {
         return SVGParser(text).parse()
     }
 
-    let availableStyleAttributes = ["stroke", "stroke-width", "stroke-opacity", "stroke-dasharray", "stroke-linecap", "stroke-linejoin",
+    let availableStyleAttributes = ["stroke", "stroke-width", "stroke-opacity", "stroke-dasharray", "stroke-dashoffset", "stroke-linecap", "stroke-linejoin",
                                     "fill", "text-anchor", "clip-path", "fill-opacity",
                                     "stop-color", "stop-opacity",
                                     "font-family", "font-size",
@@ -620,7 +620,8 @@ open class SVGParser {
                           width: getStrokeWidth(styleParts),
                           cap: getStrokeCap(styleParts),
                           join: getStrokeJoin(styleParts),
-                          dashes: getStrokeDashes(styleParts))
+                          dashes: getStrokeDashes(styleParts),
+                          offset: getStrokeOffset(styleParts))
         }
 
         return .none
@@ -683,6 +684,13 @@ open class SVGParser {
         }
         return dashes
     }
+    
+    fileprivate func getStrokeOffset(_ styleParts: [String: String]) -> Double {
+        if let strokeOffset = styleParts["stroke-dashoffset"], let offset = Double(strokeOffset) { // TODO use doubleFromString once it's merged
+            return offset
+        }
+        return 0
+    }
 
     fileprivate func getTag(_ element: SWXMLHash.XMLElement) -> [String] {
         let id = element.allAttributes["id"]?.text
diff --git a/Source/svg/SVGSerializer.swift b/Source/svg/SVGSerializer.swift
index 6856a59d..5b5555a0 100644
--- a/Source/svg/SVGSerializer.swift
+++ b/Source/svg/SVGSerializer.swift
@@ -247,6 +247,15 @@ open class SVGSerializer {
                 result += " stroke-linejoin=\"\(strokeJoin)\""
             }
         }
+        if let strokeDashes = stroke?.dashes, strokeDashes.count > 0 {
+            let dashes = strokeDashes.map{ String($0) }.joined(separator: ",")
+            result += " stroke-dasharray=\"\(dashes)\""
+        }
+        if let strokeOffset = stroke?.offset {
+            if strokeOffset != 0 {
+                result += " stroke-dashoffset=\"\(strokeOffset)\""
+            }
+        }
         return result
     }