diff --git a/src/config/GeneralConfig.php b/src/config/GeneralConfig.php
index 2b6c5738d38..5f2ee836a5f 100644
--- a/src/config/GeneralConfig.php
+++ b/src/config/GeneralConfig.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace craft\config;
 
+use Closure;
 use Craft;
 use craft\helpers\ConfigHelper;
 use craft\helpers\DateTimeHelper;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 use craft\helpers\StringHelper;
 use craft\services\Config;
 use DateInterval;
+use enshrined\svgSanitize\Sanitizer;
 use yii\base\InvalidArgumentException;
 use yii\base\InvalidConfigException;
 use yii\base\UnknownPropertyException;
@@ -2540,7 +2542,7 @@ class GeneralConfig extends BaseConfig
     public ?string $sameSiteCookieValue = null;
 
     /**
-     * @var bool Whether Craft should sanitize uploaded SVG files and strip out potential malicious-looking content.
+     * @var bool|Closure Whether Craft should sanitize uploaded SVG files and strip out potential malicious-looking content.
      *
      * This should definitely be enabled if you are accepting SVG uploads from untrusted sources.
      *
@@ -2553,9 +2555,19 @@ class GeneralConfig extends BaseConfig
      * ```
      * :::
      *
+     * Alternatively, this maybe set to a closure that accepts a [[\enshrined\svgSanitize\Sanitizer]] instance and returns
+     * a [[\enshrined\svgSanitize\Sanitizer]] instance further customization.
+     *
+     * ```php
+     * ->sanitizeSvgUploads(function(\enshrined\svgSanitize\Sanitizer $sanitizer): \enshrined\svgSanitize\Sanitizer {
+     *     $sanitizer->removeRemoteReferences(true);
+     *     return $sanitizer;
+     * })
+     * ```
+     *
      * @group Security
      */
-    public bool $sanitizeSvgUploads = true;
+    public bool|Closure $sanitizeSvgUploads = true;
 
     /**
      * @var string A private, random, cryptographically-secure key that is used for hashing and encrypting data in [[\craft\services\Security]].
@@ -5952,12 +5964,12 @@ public function sameSiteCookieValue(?string $value): self
      * ```
      *
      * @group Security
-     * @param bool $value
+     * @param bool|Closure(Sanitizer):Sanitizer $value
      * @return self
      * @see $sanitizeSvgUploads
      * @since 4.2.0
      */
-    public function sanitizeSvgUploads(bool $value = true): self
+    public function sanitizeSvgUploads(bool|Closure $value = true): self
     {
         $this->sanitizeSvgUploads = $value;
         return $this;
diff --git a/src/services/Images.php b/src/services/Images.php
index 8146df26dba..f1b78a27af8 100644
--- a/src/services/Images.php
+++ b/src/services/Images.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace craft\services;
 
+use Closure;
 use Craft;
 use craft\base\Image;
 use craft\helpers\App;
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@
 use enshrined\svgSanitize\Sanitizer;
 use Imagine\Gd\Imagine as GdImagine;
 use Imagine\Image\Format;
-use Imagine\Imagick\Imagick;
 use Imagine\Imagick\Imagine as ImagickImagine;
 use Throwable;
 use yii\base\Component;
@@ -320,12 +320,19 @@ public function cleanImage(string $filePath): void
 
         // Special case for SVG files.
         if (FileHelper::isSvg($filePath)) {
-            if (!Craft::$app->getConfig()->getGeneral()->sanitizeSvgUploads) {
+            $sanitizeSvgUploads = Craft::$app->getConfig()->getGeneral()->sanitizeSvgUploads;
+
+            if (!$sanitizeSvgUploads) {
                 return;
             }
 
             $sanitizer = new Sanitizer();
             $sanitizer->setAllowedAttrs(new SvgAllowedAttributes());
+
+            if ($sanitizeSvgUploads instanceof Closure) {
+                $sanitizer = ($sanitizeSvgUploads)($sanitizer);
+            }
+
             $svgContents = file_get_contents($filePath);
             $svgContents = $sanitizer->sanitize($svgContents);