diff --git a/agg/include/agg_path_storage.h b/agg/include/agg_path_storage.h
index f735b59b7..2f4b78fd7 100644
--- a/agg/include/agg_path_storage.h
+++ b/agg/include/agg_path_storage.h
@@ -869,7 +869,8 @@ namespace agg
                 *x += x2;
                 *y += y2;
             }
-            else if (is_vertex(m_vertices.prev_vertex(&x2, &y2)))
+            else if (!is_stop(m_vertices.last_command()) && 
+                     is_vertex(m_vertices.prev_vertex(&x2, &y2)))
             {
                 *x += x2;
                 *y += y2;
@@ -1526,7 +1527,7 @@ namespace agg
     };
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------path_storage
-    typedef path_base<vertex_block_storage<double> > path_storage;
+    //typedef path_base<vertex_block_storage<double> > path_storage;
 
     // Example of declarations path_storage with pod_bvector as a container
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1538,11 +1539,11 @@ namespace agg
 
 // Example of declarations path_storage with std::vector as a container
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-//#include <vector>
-//namespace agg
-//{
-//    typedef path_base<vertex_stl_storage<std::vector<vertex_d> > > stl_path_storage; 
-//}
+#include <vector>
+namespace agg
+{
+    typedef path_base<vertex_stl_storage<std::vector<vertex_d> > > path_storage; 
+}
 
 
 
diff --git a/include/mapnik/svg/svg_path_grammar.hpp b/include/mapnik/svg/svg_path_grammar.hpp
index cdc69eaa4..fdce29dfd 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/svg/svg_path_grammar.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/svg/svg_path_grammar.hpp
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ namespace mapnik { namespace svg {
             using qi::no_case;
         
             start = +cmd;
-            cmd = M | L | H | V | C | S | Q | T | A | Z;
-        
+            cmd = M  >> *drawto_cmd;
+            drawto_cmd =  L | H | V | C | S | Q | T | A | Z;
+            
             M = (lit('M')[_a = false] | lit('m')[_a = true] ) 
                 >> coord[move_to_(_1,_a)] // move_to
                 >> *(-lit(',') >> coord [ line_to_(_1,_a) ] ); // *line_to
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ namespace mapnik { namespace svg {
         // rules
         qi::rule<Iterator,SkipType> start;
         qi::rule<Iterator,SkipType> cmd;
+        qi::rule<Iterator,SkipType> drawto_cmd;
         qi::rule<Iterator,qi::locals<bool>,SkipType> M; // M,m
         qi::rule<Iterator,qi::locals<bool>,SkipType> L; // L,l
         qi::rule<Iterator,qi::locals<bool>,SkipType> H; // H,h