diff --git a/models/common.py b/models/common.py
index 5ffb8440b60f..9911b207d060 100644
--- a/models/common.py
+++ b/models/common.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # YOLOv5 common modules
 
-import math
 from copy import copy
 from pathlib import Path
 
+import math
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 import requests
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from PIL import Image
 from torch.cuda import amp
 
-from utils.datasets import letterbox
+from utils.datasets import exif_transpose, letterbox
 from utils.general import non_max_suppression, make_divisible, scale_coords, increment_path, xyxy2xywh, save_one_box
 from utils.plots import colors, plot_one_box
 from utils.torch_utils import time_synchronized
@@ -252,9 +252,10 @@ def forward(self, imgs, size=640, augment=False, profile=False):
         for i, im in enumerate(imgs):
             f = f'image{i}'  # filename
             if isinstance(im, str):  # filename or uri
-                im, f = np.asarray(Image.open(requests.get(im, stream=True).raw if im.startswith('http') else im)), im
+                im, f = Image.open(requests.get(im, stream=True).raw if im.startswith('http') else im), im
+                im = np.asarray(exif_transpose(im))
             elif isinstance(im, Image.Image):  # PIL Image
-                im, f = np.asarray(im), getattr(im, 'filename', f) or f
+                im, f = np.asarray(exif_transpose(im)), getattr(im, 'filename') or f
             files.append(Path(f).with_suffix('.jpg').name)
             if im.shape[0] < 5:  # image in CHW
                 im = im.transpose((1, 2, 0))  # reverse dataloader .transpose(2, 0, 1)
diff --git a/utils/datasets.py b/utils/datasets.py
index 55f046cd56db..f7315522e375 100755
--- a/utils/datasets.py
+++ b/utils/datasets.py
@@ -64,6 +64,32 @@ def exif_size(img):
     return s
 
 
+def exif_transpose(image):
+    """
+    Transpose a PIL image accordingly if it has an EXIF Orientation tag.
+    From https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/master/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
+
+    :param image: The image to transpose.
+    :return: An image.
+    """
+    exif = image.getexif()
+    orientation = exif.get(0x0112, 1)  # default 1
+    if orientation > 1:
+        method = {2: Image.FLIP_LEFT_RIGHT,
+                  3: Image.ROTATE_180,
+                  4: Image.FLIP_TOP_BOTTOM,
+                  5: Image.TRANSPOSE,
+                  6: Image.ROTATE_270,
+                  7: Image.TRANSVERSE,
+                  8: Image.ROTATE_90,
+                  }.get(orientation)
+        if method is not None:
+            image = image.transpose(method)
+            del exif[0x0112]
+            image.info["exif"] = exif.tobytes()
+    return image
+
+
 def create_dataloader(path, imgsz, batch_size, stride, single_cls=False, hyp=None, augment=False, cache=False, pad=0.0,
                       rect=False, rank=-1, workers=8, image_weights=False, quad=False, prefix=''):
     # Make sure only the first process in DDP process the dataset first, and the following others can use the cache