diff --git a/src/widgetfactory.h b/src/widgetfactory.h
--- a/src/widgetfactory.h
+++ b/src/widgetfactory.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         QWidget* createRatingWidget(int rating, QWidget* parent);
         QWidget* createTagWidget(const QStringList& tags, QWidget* parent);
         QWidget* createCommentWidget(const QString& comment, QWidget* parent);
+        QWidget* createPhotoOrientationWidget(int exifOrientation, QWidget* parent);
         QWidget* createValueWidget(const QString& value, QWidget* parent);
 
         TagWidget* m_tagWidget;
diff --git a/src/widgetfactory.cpp b/src/widgetfactory.cpp
--- a/src/widgetfactory.cpp
+++ b/src/widgetfactory.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #include <QLabel>
 #include <QCollator>
+#include <QIcon>
 #include <QTime>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QLocale>
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@
         std::sort(tags.begin(), tags.end(), [&](const QString& s1, const QString& s2){ return coll.compare(s1, s2) < 0; });
         widget = createTagWidget( tags, parent );
     }
+    else if (prop == QLatin1String("imageOrientation")) {
+        widget = createPhotoOrientationWidget( value.toInt(), parent );
+    }
     else {
         KFormat form;
         // vHanda: FIXME: Add links! Take m_noLinks into consideration
@@ -203,6 +207,58 @@
     return ratingWidget;
 }
 
+QWidget* WidgetFactory::createPhotoOrientationWidget(int exifOrientation, QWidget *parent)
+{
+    QLabel* orientationWidget = qobject_cast<QLabel*>(createValueWidget(QString(), parent));
+
+    if (exifOrientation < 1 || exifOrientation > 8) {
+        orientationWidget->setText(i18n("Unknown"));
+        return orientationWidget;
+    }
+
+    const QFontMetrics metrics(parent->font());
+
+    const QIcon previewIcon = QIcon::fromTheme(QStringLiteral("view-preview"));
+    const QPixmap previewPixmap = previewIcon.pixmap(metrics.height());
+
+    QMatrix matrix;
+
+    switch (exifOrientation) {
+    case 1: // top, left (normal, no transformation)
+        break;
+    case 2: // top, right
+        matrix = QMatrix(-1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        break;
+    case 3: // bottom, right
+        matrix = QMatrix(-1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        break;
+    case 4: // bottom, left
+        matrix = QMatrix(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        break;
+    case 5: // left, top
+        matrix = QMatrix(0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        break;
+    case 6: // right, top
+        matrix = QMatrix(0.0, -1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        break;
+    case 7: // right, bottom
+        matrix = QMatrix(0.0, -1.0, -1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        break;
+    case 8: // left, bottom
+        matrix = QMatrix(0.0, 1.0, -1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    QPixmap result = previewPixmap;
+    if (!matrix.isIdentity()) {
+        result = result.transformed(matrix);
+        result.setDevicePixelRatio(previewPixmap.devicePixelRatioF());
+    }
+
+    orientationWidget->setPixmap(result);
+
+    return orientationWidget;
+}
 
 // The default size hint of QLabel tries to return a square size.
 // This does not work well in combination with layouts that use