diff --git a/Source/SvgElement.cs b/Source/SvgElement.cs
index dbfab0115105d94cec3d770d5a7a42a69c1e3e52..fbd7def20f4b4099304235e64caf61793e07380c 100644
--- a/Source/SvgElement.cs
+++ b/Source/SvgElement.cs
@@ -676,9 +676,7 @@ namespace Svg
 
 			if (this.Transforms != null)
 			{
-				newObj.Transforms = new SvgTransformCollection();
-				foreach (var transform in this.Transforms)
-					newObj.Transforms.Add(transform.Clone() as SvgTransform);
+				newObj.Transforms = this.Transforms.Clone() as SvgTransformCollection;
 			}
 
 			foreach (var child in this.Children)
diff --git a/Source/Transforms/SvgTransformCollection.cs b/Source/Transforms/SvgTransformCollection.cs
index a7164b18949923052fc4c325c1cb644a8b37c536..3b5acfbbb179472b4396e03ab853c96db74d2ec9 100644
--- a/Source/Transforms/SvgTransformCollection.cs
+++ b/Source/Transforms/SvgTransformCollection.cs
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ using System.Text;
 namespace Svg.Transforms
 {
     [TypeConverter(typeof(SvgTransformConverter))]
-    public class SvgTransformCollection : List<SvgTransform>
+    public class SvgTransformCollection : List<SvgTransform>, ICloneable
     {
-	
-    	public new void Add(SvgTransform item)
+    	private void AddItem(SvgTransform item)
     	{
     		base.Add(item);
+    	}
+    	
+    	public new void Add(SvgTransform item)
+    	{
+    		AddItem(item);
     		OnTransformChanged();
     	}
     	
@@ -91,9 +95,19 @@ namespace Svg.Transforms
         	var handler = TransformChanged;
         	if(handler != null)
         	{
-        		handler(this, new AttributeEventArgs { Attribute = "transform", Value = this });
+        		//make a copy of the current value to avoid collection changed exceptions
+        		handler(this, new AttributeEventArgs { Attribute = "transform", Value = this.Clone() });
         	}
-        }
-    		
+        }	
+    	
+		public object Clone()
+		{
+			var result = new SvgTransformCollection();
+			foreach (var trans in this) 
+			{
+				result.AddItem(trans.Clone() as SvgTransform);
+			}
+			return result;
+		}
     }
 }