diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/image-jsx.ts b/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/image-jsx.ts
index 6dc0543c309..9f3c6bdb42f 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/image-jsx.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/image-jsx.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { parseId } from 'packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/plugin';
 import type { QwikCityVitePluginOptions } from './types';
+import type { Config as SVGOConfig } from 'svgo';
 
 /** @public */
 export function imagePlugin(userOpts?: QwikCityVitePluginOptions): PluginOption[] {
@@ -111,8 +112,31 @@ export function optimizeSvg(
   userOpts?: QwikCityVitePluginOptions
 ) {
   const svgAttributes: Record<string, string> = {};
-  // note: would be great if it warned users if they tried to use qwik-default plugins, so that name collisions are avoided
-  const userPlugins = userOpts?.imageOptimization?.svgo?.plugins || [];
+  const prefixIdsConfiguration = userOpts?.imageOptimization?.svgo?.prefixIds;
+  const maybePrefixIdsPlugin: SVGOConfig['plugins'] =
+    prefixIdsConfiguration !== false ? [{ name: 'prefixIds', params: prefixIdsConfiguration }] : [];
+
+  const userPlugins =
+    userOpts?.imageOptimization?.svgo?.plugins?.filter((plugin) => {
+      if (
+        plugin === 'preset-default' ||
+        (typeof plugin === 'object' && plugin.name === 'preset-default')
+      ) {
+        console.warn(
+          `You are trying to use the preset-default SVGO plugin. This plugin is already included by default, you can customize it through the defaultPresetOverrides option.`
+        );
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      if (plugin === 'prefixIds' || (typeof plugin === 'object' && plugin.name === 'prefixIds')) {
+        console.warn(
+          `You are trying to use the preset-default SVGO plugin. This plugin is already included by default, you can customize it through the prefixIds option.`
+        );
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      return true;
+    }) || [];
 
   const data = optimize(code, {
     floatPrecision: userOpts?.imageOptimization?.svgo?.floatPrecision,
@@ -144,6 +168,7 @@ export function optimizeSvg(
           };
         },
       },
+      ...maybePrefixIdsPlugin,
       ...userPlugins,
     ],
   }).data;
diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/image-jsx.unit.ts b/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/image-jsx.unit.ts
index a303f5b534c..3aaedb17af6 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/image-jsx.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/image-jsx.unit.ts
@@ -46,27 +46,22 @@ test('optimize svgs by path', () => {
     optimizeSvg({ code: file.content, path: file.path })
   );
 
-  assert.isTrue(
-    defaultOptimizedSvgs.every((svg) => svg.data.startsWith('<g><defs><linearGradient id="a"'))
+  // ids should have different names, because prefixIds plugin is enabled by default
+  assert.isFalse(
+    defaultOptimizedSvgs.some((svg) => svg.data.startsWith('<g><defs><linearGradient id="a"'))
   );
+});
 
-  const optimizedSvgsWithUserConfig = svgsFilesWithDefsTag.map((file) =>
+test('prefixIds plugin should be disableable', () => {
+  const defaultOptimizedSvgs = svgsFilesWithDefsTag.map((file) =>
     optimizeSvg(
       { code: file.content, path: file.path },
-      {
-        imageOptimization: {
-          svgo: {
-            plugins: ['prefixIds'],
-          },
-        },
-      }
+      { imageOptimization: { svgo: { prefixIds: false } } }
     )
   );
 
-  // ids should have different names if prefixIds plugin is explicitly added by users
-  assert.isFalse(
-    optimizedSvgsWithUserConfig.some((svg) =>
-      svg.data.startsWith('<g><defs><linearGradient id="a"')
-    )
+  // all ids be optimized to "a" because prefixIds plugin is disabled
+  assert.isTrue(
+    defaultOptimizedSvgs.every((svg) => svg.data.startsWith('<g><defs><linearGradient id="a"'))
   );
 });
diff --git a/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/types.ts b/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/types.ts
index 4453a207449..19e752b3f35 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/types.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-city/buildtime/vite/types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export interface ImageOptimizationOptions {
   };
   svgo?: Pick<SVGOConfig, 'floatPrecision' | 'multipass' | 'plugins'> & {
     defaultPresetOverrides?: SVGOBuiltinPluginsWithOptionalParams['preset-default']['overrides'];
+    prefixIds?: SVGOBuiltinPluginsWithOptionalParams['prefixIds'] | false;
   };
   enabled?: boolean | 'only-production';
 }