diff --git a/inkscape_wrapper.py b/inkscape_wrapper.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b3ecf4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inkscape_wrapper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+# inkscape wrapper to support command-line parameters for <1.0 and 1.0
+# versions.
+
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+inkscape_version = subprocess.check_output('inkscape --version', shell=True)
+args = sys.argv[1:]
+if b'Inkscape 0' not in inkscape_version:
+    # --export-png replaced by --export-filename
+    # --without-gui and --file removed
+    args = [x.replace('--export-png', '--export-filename') for x in args if x not in ('--without-gui', '--file')]
+
+sys.exit(subprocess.call(['inkscape'] + args))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f001f97..f4865cc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ from distutils.command.build import build as _build
 from distutils.command.sdist import sdist
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+inkscape = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'inkscape_wrapper.py'))
+
 class eo_sdist(sdist):
 
     def run(self):
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ class build_icons(Command):
         f.write(ET.tostring(tree))
         f.close()
 
-        subprocess.call(['inkscape', '--without-gui',
+        subprocess.call([inkscape, '--without-gui',
             '--file', f.name,
             '--export-area-drawing',
             '--export-area-snap',