diff --git a/server/modules/rendering/html-security/renderer.js b/server/modules/rendering/html-security/renderer.js
index b57aaf1b..20e98642 100644
--- a/server/modules/rendering/html-security/renderer.js
+++ b/server/modules/rendering/html-security/renderer.js
@@ -32,6 +32,68 @@ module.exports = {
         allowedAttrs.push('allow')
       }
 
+      //Changes to keep interactive plantuml object tag
+
+      //only allow specific attributes for plantuml object node
+      if (typeof pumlImageFormat !== 'undefined' &&
+          pumlImageFormat &&
+          pumlImageFormat  == 'svg') {
+        allowedTags.push('object')
+        allowedAttrs.push('data')
+        allowedAttrs.push('type')
+        allowedAttrs.push('style')
+        allowedAttrs.push('class')
+        allowedAttrs.push('alt')
+      }
+
+      DOMPurify.addHook('uponSanitizeElement',  (node, data) => {
+        // keep object node only if it is
+        // authorised plantuml using the configured plantuml server
+        // force attribute values to configured params
+        // insert the plantuml inside the object as text for search
+        let isPumlNode=false
+
+        if (data.tagName === 'object' &&
+            typeof pumlServer !== 'undefined' && pumlServer &&
+            typeof pumlObjectStyle !== 'undefined' && pumlObjectStyle &&
+            typeof pumlObjectType !== 'undefined' && pumlObjectType &&
+            typeof pumlObjectClass !== 'undefined' && pumlObjectClass
+        ) {
+          //console.log ("Found object node - validating")
+          //remove node if it doesn't conform to plantuml structure
+          if (!( 'data' in node.attributes
+                && 'class' in node.attributes
+                && 'style' in node.attributes
+                && 'type' in node.attributes
+                && 'alt' in node.attributes)
+          ) {
+            //console.log ("Attribute mismatch - removing object node")
+            return node.parentNode.removeChild(node)
+          }
+
+          dataAttribute = node.getAttribute ('data')
+
+          //only allow configured plantuml server and image format in url
+          if (dataAttribute
+              && dataAttribute.startsWith(`${pumlServer}/${pumlImageFormat}`)
+          ) {
+            //console.log ("Plantuml node found - setting atribute values")
+            isPumlNode=true
+            node.setAttribute ('type', pumlObjectType)
+            node.setAttribute ('style', pumlObjectStyle)
+            node.setAttribute ('class', pumlObjectClass)
+            node.setAttribute ('alt', '')
+          }
+
+          //if not a plantuml node, then sanitise it
+          if (!isPumlNode) {
+            console.log ("Removing unknown object node")
+            return node.parentNode.removeChild(node)
+          }
+        }
+      })
+      //End changes to keep interactive plantuml object tag
+
       input = DOMPurify.sanitize(input, {
         ADD_ATTR: allowedAttrs,
         ADD_TAGS: allowedTags,
diff --git a/server/modules/rendering/markdown-plantuml/renderer.js b/server/modules/rendering/markdown-plantuml/renderer.js
index 40eedc04..428086e2 100644
--- a/server/modules/rendering/markdown-plantuml/renderer.js
+++ b/server/modules/rendering/markdown-plantuml/renderer.js
@@ -114,14 +114,78 @@ module.exports = {
 
         const zippedCode = encode64(zlib.deflateRawSync('@startuml\n' + contents + '\n@enduml').toString('binary'))
 
-        token = state.push('uml_diagram', 'img', 0)
-        // alt is constructed from children. No point in populating it here.
-        token.attrs = [ [ 'src', `${server}/${imageFormat}/${zippedCode}` ], [ 'alt', '' ], ['class', 'uml-diagram prefetch-candidate'] ]
-        token.block = true
-        token.children = altToken
-        token.info = params
-        token.map = [ startLine, nextLine ]
-        token.markup = markup
+        //Interactive plantuml changes start here
+
+        //Global variables that will be used in html-security
+        pumlImageFormat = imageFormat
+        pumlServer = server
+        pumlObjectType = 'image/svg+xml'
+        pumlObjectStyle = 'max-width:100%;height:auto'
+        pumlObjectClass = 'uml-diagram prefetch-candidate'
+
+        if (imageFormat === 'png') {
+          //non-interactive and not searchable - use the img tag
+          token = state.push('uml_diagram', 'img', 0)
+          // alt is constructed from children. No point in populating it here.
+          token.attrs = [ [ 'src' , `${server}/${imageFormat}/${zippedCode}` ],
+                          [ 'alt' , '' ],
+                          ['class', pumlObjectClass ]
+                        ]
+          token.block = true
+          token.children = altToken
+          token.info = params
+          token.map = [ startLine, nextLine ]
+          token.markup = markup
+        }
+        else if (imageFormat === 'svg') {
+          // render svg interactively with object tag
+          /* <object data=<plantumlserver>/<format>/plantuml
+                alt='' class='uml-diagram prefetch-candidate'
+                style='max-width:100%;height:auto' type='image/svg+xml' > */
+          token = state.push('uml_diagram_obj', 'object', 0)
+          token.attrs = [ [ 'data' , `${server}/${imageFormat}/${zippedCode}`],
+                          [ 'alt'  ,  '' ],
+                          [ 'class', pumlObjectClass ],
+                          [ 'style', pumlObjectStyle ],
+                          [ 'type',  pumlObjectType  ]
+                        ]
+          token.block = true
+          token.children = altToken
+          token.info = params
+          token.map = [ startLine, nextLine ]
+          token.markup = markup
+
+          //backup img node for object render failure
+          //void element - doesn't need to be closed in html
+          /* <img src=data=<plantumlserver>/<format>/plantuml alt=''
+                  class='uml-diagram prefetch-candidate'
+                  type='image/svg+xml'> */
+          token = state.push('uml_diagram_img', 'img', 0)
+          // alt is constructed from children. No point in populating it here.
+          token.attrs = [ [ 'src' , `${server}/${imageFormat}/${zippedCode}` ],
+                          [ 'alt' , '' ],
+                          ['class', pumlObjectClass]
+                        ]
+          token.block = true
+          token.children = altToken
+          token.info = params
+          token.map = [ startLine, nextLine ]
+          token.markup = markup
+
+          //close object tag - </object>
+          token = state.push('uml_diagram_close', 'object', -1)
+        }
+
+        //Create hidden text inside html for wikijs search index
+        // text won't be visible or occupy any space but will be searchable
+        //i.e. <p style='display:none'>@startuml...@enduml</p>
+        token = state.push ('hidden', 'p', 0)
+        token.attrs = [ [ 'style', 'display:none'] ]
+        token = state.push ('text', '', 0)
+        token.content = contents
+        token = state.push('hidden_close', 'p', -1)
+
+        //Interactive plantuml changes end here
 
         state.line = nextLine + (autoClosed ? 1 : 0)