diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 040d756b83..dc8725701f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 - Internally we were storing the `family` name field as a required property which was limiting what how you could capture the name of a person in the forms. Now we are storing it as an optional property which would make more flexible.
 - Remove the leftover features from the application config pages, such as certificates and informant notification. [#7156](https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/issues/7156)
+- **PDF page size** The generated PDF used to be defaulted to A4 size. Now it respects the SVG dimensions if specified
 
 ## Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/packages/client/src/views/PrintCertificate/PDFUtils.ts b/packages/client/src/views/PrintCertificate/PDFUtils.ts
index 5986a98b89..91fe857eec 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/views/PrintCertificate/PDFUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/views/PrintCertificate/PDFUtils.ts
@@ -244,6 +244,10 @@ export function svgToPdfTemplate(svg: string, offlineResource: IOfflineData) {
   if (widthValue && heightValue) {
     const width = Number.parseInt(widthValue)
     const height = Number.parseInt(heightValue)
+    pdfTemplate.definition.pageSize = {
+      width,
+      height
+    }
     if (width > height) {
       pdfTemplate.definition.pageOrientation = 'landscape'
     }