diff --git a/qmlUiKirigami/ImageViewer.qml b/qmlUiKirigami/ImageViewer.qml
--- a/qmlUiKirigami/ImageViewer.qml
+++ b/qmlUiKirigami/ImageViewer.qml
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@
                 text: i18n("Rotate left")
                 tooltip: i18n("Rotate the image to the left")
                 onTriggered: {
-                    listView.currentItem.image.rotation -= 90
+                    imageDoc.rotate(270)
                 }
             },
             Kirigami.Action {
                 iconName: "image-rotate-right-symbolic"
                 text: i18n("Rotate right")
                 tooltip: i18n("Rotate the image to the right")
                 onTriggered: {
-                    listView.currentItem.image.rotation += 90
+                    imageDoc.rotate(90)
                 }
             }
         ]
diff --git a/src/imagedocument.h b/src/imagedocument.h
--- a/src/imagedocument.h
+++ b/src/imagedocument.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
     
     QImage visualImage();
     
+    Q_INVOKABLE void rotate( int angle);
+    
 signals:
     void pathChanged(const QString &url);
     void visualImageChanged();
diff --git a/src/imagedocument.cpp b/src/imagedocument.cpp
--- a/src/imagedocument.cpp
+++ b/src/imagedocument.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "imagedocument.h"
-#include <QDebug>
+#include <QMatrix>
 #include <QUrl>
 
 ImageDocument::ImageDocument()
@@ -55,4 +55,12 @@
     return *m_image;
 }
 
+void ImageDocument::rotate(int angle)
+{
+    QMatrix matrix;
+    matrix.rotate( angle);
+    *m_image = m_image->transformed( matrix);
+    emit visualImageChanged();
+}
+
 #include "moc_imagedocument.cpp"