diff --git a/crates/svg/src/export/output.rs b/crates/svg/src/export/output.rs
index 6086dcc47..fb06f8005 100644
--- a/crates/svg/src/export/output.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/src/export/output.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ impl Writer<'_> {
             .map(String::as_str)
             .filter(|c| !c.is_empty() && !c.chars().any(|ch| ch.is_control() || matches!(ch, '\u{fffe}' | '\u{ffff}')))
             .collect();
-        if !classes.is_empty() && !self.tiny() {
+        // SVG Tiny 1.2 has `class` among its core attributes, so every profile writes them.
+        if !classes.is_empty() {
             out.push_str(&format!(" class=\"{}\"", xml_attr_escape(&classes.join(" "))));
         }
         let mut keys = HashSet::new();
diff --git a/crates/svg/tests/classes.rs b/crates/svg/tests/classes.rs
index 88be96429..b3ae4622e 100644
--- a/crates/svg/tests/classes.rs
+++ b/crates/svg/tests/classes.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! CSS classes on imported elements come back on export, beside the generated `cls-N` classes.
 #![allow(clippy::unwrap_used, clippy::expect_used, clippy::panic)]
 use usvg::roxmltree;
-use vectorcraft_svg::{ExportOptions, Styling, export, import};
+use vectorcraft_svg::{ExportOptions, Profile, Styling, export, import};
 
 const SRC: &str = r#"<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="100" height="100"><g id="grp" class="wrap  big"><rect id="r" class="hero hero cls-7" width="20" height="20" fill="red"/><circle id="c" r="5" fill="blue"/></g></svg>"#;
 
@@ -36,3 +36,10 @@ fn class_names_with_colons_slashes_and_no_break_spaces_are_kept() {
     let out = export(&import(src).unwrap(), &ExportOptions::default());
     assert_eq!(class_of(&out, "r").as_deref(), Some("hover:bg-blue w-1/2 a\u{a0}b"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn the_tiny_profile_keeps_imported_classes() {
+    let out = export(&import(SRC).unwrap(), &ExportOptions { profile: Profile::Tiny12, ..ExportOptions::default() });
+    assert_eq!(class_of(&out, "grp").as_deref(), Some("wrap big"), "{out}");
+    assert_eq!(class_of(&out, "r").as_deref(), Some("hero"), "{out}");
+}