diff --git a/camera/camera.android.ts b/camera/camera.android.ts
index 0d7bb80ac..30a8d46de 100644
--- a/camera/camera.android.ts
+++ b/camera/camera.android.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ export var takePicture = function (options?): Promise<any> {
                             scaledSizeImage = bitmap;
                         }
 
+                        var ei = new android.media.ExifInterface(tempPicturePath);
+                        var orientation = ei.getAttributeInt(android.media.ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION, android.media.ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_NORMAL);
+
+                        switch (orientation) {
+                            case android.media.ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_90:
+                                scaledSizeImage = rotateBitmap(scaledSizeImage, 90);
+                                break;
+                            case android.media.ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_180:
+                                scaledSizeImage = rotateBitmap(scaledSizeImage, 180);
+                                break;
+                            case android.media.ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_270:
+                                scaledSizeImage = rotateBitmap(scaledSizeImage, 270);
+                                break;
+                        }
+
                         var imageSource: typeof imageSourceModule = require("image-source");
 
                         resolve(imageSource.fromNativeSource(scaledSizeImage));
@@ -102,4 +117,10 @@ var createDateTimeStamp = function () {
         date.getMinutes().toString() +
         date.getSeconds().toString();
     return result;
+}
+
+var rotateBitmap = function (source, angle) {
+    var matrix = new android.graphics.Matrix();
+    matrix.postRotate(angle);
+    return android.graphics.Bitmap.createBitmap(source, 0, 0, source.getWidth(), source.getHeight(), matrix, true);
 }
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