diff --git a/mozilla/layout/reftests/svg/reftest.list b/mozilla/layout/reftests/svg/reftest.list
index 0b37fcb56f5..a37bc9148a7 100755
--- a/mozilla/layout/reftests/svg/reftest.list
+++ b/mozilla/layout/reftests/svg/reftest.list
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # include bugs/reftest.list
 
 fails-if(MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT=="cocoa") == clipPath-basic-01.svg pass.svg
-fails == foreignObject-01.svg pass.svg
+== foreignObject-01.svg pass.svg
 == foreignObject-display-01.svg pass.svg
-fails == foreignObject-overflow-01.svg pass.svg
+== foreignObject-overflow-01.svg pass.svg
 == getElementById-a-element-01.svg pass.svg
 == nested-viewBox-01.svg pass.svg
 fails-if(MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT=="cocoa") == opacity-and-gradient-01.svg pass.svg
diff --git a/mozilla/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.cpp b/mozilla/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.cpp
index 72755ff2f7f..ab079dfae03 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.cpp
+++ b/mozilla/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::AttributeChanged(PRInt32         aNameSpaceID,
   if (aNameSpaceID == kNameSpaceID_None) {
     if (aAttribute == nsGkAtoms::width ||
         aAttribute == nsGkAtoms::height) {
-      PostChildDirty();
+      RequestReflow(nsIPresShell::eStyleChange);
       UpdateGraphic();
     } else if (aAttribute == nsGkAtoms::x ||
                aAttribute == nsGkAtoms::y) {
@@ -140,26 +140,18 @@ nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::DidSetStyleContext()
 /* virtual */ void
 nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::MarkIntrinsicWidthsDirty()
 {
-  if (GetStateBits() & NS_FRAME_FIRST_REFLOW)
-    // If we haven't had an InitialUpdate yet, nothing to do.
-    return;
-
-  // Use the fact that we get a MarkIntrinsicWidthsDirty whenever
-  // there's a style change that requires reflow to actually cause that
-  // reflow, since the SVG outer frame doesn't know to reflow us.
-  nsIFrame* kid = GetFirstChild(nsnull);
-  if (!kid)
-    return;
   // Since we don't know whether this is because of a style change on an
   // ancestor or descendant, mark the kid dirty.  If it's a descendant,
-  // all we need is the NS_FRAME_IS_DIRTY_CHILDREN that our caller is
-  // going to set, though.
-  kid->AddStateBits(NS_FRAME_IS_DIRTY);
+  // all we need is the NS_FRAME_HAS_DIRTY_CHILDREN that our caller is
+  // going to set, though. (If we could differentiate between a style change on
+  // an ancestor or descendant, we'd need to add a parameter to RequestReflow
+  // to pass either NS_FRAME_IS_DIRTY or NS_FRAME_HAS_DIRTY_CHILDREN.)
+  //
   // This is really a style change, except we're already being called
   // from MarkIntrinsicWidthsDirty, so say it's a resize to avoid doing
   // the same work over again.
-  PresContext()->PresShell()->FrameNeedsReflow(kid,
-                                                  nsIPresShell::eResize);
+
+  RequestReflow(nsIPresShell::eResize);
 }
 
 NS_IMETHODIMP
@@ -363,6 +355,11 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP
 nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::NotifyCanvasTMChanged(PRBool suppressInvalidation)
 {
   mCanvasTM = nsnull;
+  // If our width/height has a percentage value then we need to reflow if the
+  // width/height of our parent coordinate context changes. Actually we also
+  // need to reflow if our scale changes since when text is scaled it doesn't
+  // necessarily change by quite the same amount as the change in scale.
+  RequestReflow(nsIPresShell::eResize);
   UpdateGraphic();
   return NS_OK;
 }
@@ -487,13 +484,18 @@ nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::GetCanvasTM()
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Implementation helpers
 
-void nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::PostChildDirty()
+void nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::RequestReflow(nsIPresShell::IntrinsicDirty aType)
 {
+  if (GetStateBits() & NS_FRAME_FIRST_REFLOW)
+    // If we haven't had an InitialUpdate yet, nothing to do.
+    return;
+
   nsIFrame* kid = GetFirstChild(nsnull);
   if (!kid)
     return;
-  PresContext()->PresShell()->
-    FrameNeedsReflow(kid, nsIPresShell::eStyleChange);
+
+  kid->AddStateBits(NS_FRAME_IS_DIRTY);
+  PresContext()->PresShell()->FrameNeedsReflow(kid, aType);
 }
 
 void nsSVGForeignObjectFrame::UpdateGraphic()
diff --git a/mozilla/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.h b/mozilla/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.h
index a3b30d131d2..b0d4b5ffccf 100644
--- a/mozilla/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.h
+++ b/mozilla/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGForeignObjectFrame.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "nsIDOMSVGMatrix.h"
 #include "nsIDOMSVGLength.h"
 #include "nsRegion.h"
+#include "nsIPresShell.h"
 
 typedef nsContainerFrame nsSVGForeignObjectFrameBase;
 
@@ -73,6 +74,12 @@ public:
   }
 
   NS_IMETHOD DidSetStyleContext();
+
+  /**
+   * We need to reflow our decendants whenever style changes requiring reflow
+   * occur on an ancestor. Most SVG doesn't participate in reflow, but we can
+   * use MarkIntrinsicWidthsDirty to detect when this happens.
+   */
   virtual void MarkIntrinsicWidthsDirty();
 
   NS_IMETHOD Reflow(nsPresContext*           aPresContext,
@@ -131,7 +138,7 @@ public:
 protected:
   // implementation helpers:
   void DoReflow();
-  void PostChildDirty();
+  void RequestReflow(nsIPresShell::IntrinsicDirty aType);
   void UpdateGraphic();
   // Get the bounding box relative to the outer SVG element, in user units
   void GetBBoxInternal(float* aX, float *aY, float* aWidth, float *aHeight);