diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Utility/LinkGenerator.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Utility/LinkGenerator.php
index 0ec5280..beab83a 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Utility/LinkGenerator.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Utility/LinkGenerator.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\GeneratedLink;
 use Drupal\Core\GeneratedNoLink;
 use Drupal\Core\Link;
+use Drupal\Core\Render\Markup;
 use Drupal\Core\Render\RendererInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Template\Attribute;
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ public function generate($text, Url $url) {
     $attributes = new Attribute($attributes);
     // This is safe because Attribute does escaping and $variables['text'] is
     // either rendered or escaped.
-    return $generated_link->setGeneratedLink('<' . $generated_link::TAG . $attributes . '>' . $variables['text'] . '</' . $generated_link::TAG . '>');
+    return $generated_link->setGeneratedLink(Markup::create('<' . $generated_link::TAG . $attributes . '>' . $variables['text'] . '</' . $generated_link::TAG . '>'));
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Theme/EngineTwigTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Theme/EngineTwigTest.php
index a79c01d..05a457c 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Theme/EngineTwigTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Theme/EngineTwigTest.php
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public function testTwigLinkGenerator() {
       'link via the linkgenerator: ' . $link_generator->generate('register', new Url('user.register', [], ['attributes' => ['id' => 'kitten']])),
       'link via the linkgenerator: ' . $link_generator->generate('register', new Url('user.register', [], ['attributes' => ['class' => ['llama', 'kitten', 'panda']]])),
       'link via the linkgenerator: ' . $link_generator->generate(Markup::create('<span>register</span>'), new Url('user.register', [], ['absolute' => TRUE])),
+      'link via the linkgenerator: ' . $link_generator->generate(Markup::create('<span>register</span><svg></svg>'), new Url('user.register', [], ['absolute' => TRUE])),
     ];
 
     // Verify that link() has the ability to bubble cacheability metadata:
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/twig_theme_test/templates/twig_theme_test.link_generator.html.twig b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/twig_theme_test/templates/twig_theme_test.link_generator.html.twig
index 5d20ce2..a836aec 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/twig_theme_test/templates/twig_theme_test.link_generator.html.twig
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/twig_theme_test/templates/twig_theme_test.link_generator.html.twig
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 <div>link via the linkgenerator: {{ link('register', 'route:user.register', attributes) }}</div>
 {% set title %}<span>register</span>{% endset %}
 <div>link via the linkgenerator: {{ link(title, test_url) }}</div>
+{% set title %}<span>register</span><svg></svg>{% endset %}
+<div>link via the linkgenerator: {{ link(title, test_url) }}</div>