diff --git a/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py b/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py

index 60b23b8..e100042 100644

--- a/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py

+++ b/nbconvert/preprocessors/svg2pdf.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class SVG2PDFPreprocessor(ConvertFiguresPreprocessor):

     @default('command')

     def _command_default(self):

         return self.inkscape + \

-               ' --without-gui --export-pdf="{to_filename}" "{from_filename}"'

+               ' --export-filename="{to_filename}" "{from_filename}"'

     inkscape = Unicode(help="The path to Inkscape, if necessary").tag(config=True)

     @default('inkscape')