diff --git a/src/Core/Command/UploadAvatarHandler.php b/src/Core/Command/UploadAvatarHandler.php
index 6045cb88f..e0fed57d1 100644
--- a/src/Core/Command/UploadAvatarHandler.php
+++ b/src/Core/Command/UploadAvatarHandler.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class UploadAvatarHandler
             $manager = new ImageManager;
 
             // Explicitly tell Intervention to encode the image as JSON (instead of having to guess from the extension)
-            $encodedImage = $manager->make($tmpFile)->fit(100, 100)->encode('jpg', 100);
+            $encodedImage = $manager->make($tmpFile)->orientate()->fit(100, 100)->encode('jpg', 100);
             file_put_contents($tmpFile, $encodedImage);
 
             $this->events->fire(