diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a135070..c33124e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
  "futures",
  "image",
+ "kamadak-exif",
  "mailchecker",
  "mysql",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -1111,6 +1112,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "kamadak-exif"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a5e66d5b5469321038611f7f0e845a48989e4fd54987b6e5bb4c8ae3adbace7"
+dependencies = [
+ "mutate_once",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kernel32-sys"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -1323,6 +1333,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "ws2_32-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mutate_once"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "16cf681a23b4d0a43fc35024c176437f9dcd818db34e0f42ab456a0ee5ad497b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mysql"
 version = "18.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 68a02ee..ab2ee6a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ sha1 = "0.6.0"
 rand = "0.7.3"
 chrono = "0.4.11"
 bytes = "0.5.4"
-image = "0.23.5"
\ No newline at end of file
+image = "0.23.5"
+kamadak-exif = "0.5.1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/data/http_request_handler.rs b/src/data/http_request_handler.rs
index a181a8b..4bf8e60 100644
--- a/src/data/http_request_handler.rs
+++ b/src/data/http_request_handler.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use actix_web::{HttpRequest, HttpResponse, web};
 use actix_web::http::{HeaderName, HeaderValue};
 use bytes::Bytes;
+use exif::In;
 use image::{GenericImageView, ImageFormat};
 use serde::Serialize;
 
@@ -287,6 +288,39 @@ impl HttpRequestHandler {
             image = image.resize(max_w, max_h, image::imageops::FilterType::Nearest);
         }
 
+        // Read EXIF information in case of JPEG image, if possible
+        if let Ok(ImageFormat::Jpeg) = image::guess_format(file.buff.as_ref()) {
+            let mut reader = std::io::BufReader::new(file.buff.as_ref());
+
+            if let Ok(exif_attr) = exif::get_exif_attr_from_jpeg(&mut reader) {
+                let exif_reader = exif::Reader::new();
+                let exif = exif_reader.read_raw(exif_attr)?;
+
+                if let Some(v) = exif.get_field(exif::Tag::Orientation, In::PRIMARY) {
+                    match v.value.get_uint(0) {
+                        Some(1) => { /* row 0 is top and column 0 is left */ }
+                        //Some(2) => println!("row 0 at top and column 0 at right"),
+                        Some(3) => {
+                            /* row 0 at bottom and column 0 at right */
+                            image = image.rotate180()
+                        }
+                        //Some(4) => println!("row 0 at bottom and column 0 at left"),
+                        //Some(5) => println!("row 0 at left and column 0 at top"),
+                        Some(6) => {
+                            /* row 0 is right and column 0 is top */
+                            image = image.rotate90();
+                        }
+                        //Some(7) => println!("row 0 at right and column 0 at bottom"),
+                        Some(8) => {
+                            /* row 0 is left and column 0 is bottom */
+                            image = image.rotate270();
+                        }
+                        v => println!("Unhandled EXIF Orientation: {:?}", v),
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
 
         // Determine image destination
         let target_user_data_folder = prepare_file_creation(self.user_id()?, folder)?;