diff --git a/plugins/paintops/libpaintop/kis_pressure_rotation_option.cpp b/plugins/paintops/libpaintop/kis_pressure_rotation_option.cpp
index ea6f60a72c..0ea3b86a3a 100644
--- a/plugins/paintops/libpaintop/kis_pressure_rotation_option.cpp
+++ b/plugins/paintops/libpaintop/kis_pressure_rotation_option.cpp
@@ -1,80 +1,80 @@
 /* This file is part of the KDE project
  * Copyright (c) 2009 Cyrille Berger <cberger@cberger.net>
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * Library General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
  * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 #include "kis_pressure_rotation_option.h"
 #include "kis_pressure_opacity_option.h"
 #include "sensors/kis_dynamic_sensor_drawing_angle.h"
 #include "sensors/kis_dynamic_sensor_fuzzy.h"
 #include <klocalizedstring.h>
 #include <kis_painter.h>
 #include <brushengine/kis_paintop.h>
 #include <KoColor.h>
 
 KisPressureRotationOption::KisPressureRotationOption()
         : KisCurveOption("Rotation", KisPaintOpOption::GENERAL, false)
 {
 }
 
 double KisPressureRotationOption::apply(const KisPaintInformation & info) const
 {
     if (!isChecked()) return kisDegreesToRadians(info.canvasRotation());
 
     const bool absoluteAxesFlipped = info.canvasMirroredH() != info.canvasMirroredV();
 
-    const qreal normalizedBaseAngle = info.canvasRotation() / 360.0;
+    const qreal normalizedBaseAngle = -info.canvasRotation() / 360.0;
 
     qreal value = computeRotationLikeValue(info, normalizedBaseAngle, absoluteAxesFlipped);
 
     // flip to conform global legacy code
     value = 1.0 - value;
 
     return normalizeAngle(value * M_PI);
  }
 
 void KisPressureRotationOption::readOptionSetting(const KisPropertiesConfigurationSP setting)
 {
     KisCurveOption::readOptionSetting(setting);
 }
 
 void KisPressureRotationOption::applyFanCornersInfo(KisPaintOp *op)
 {
     KisDynamicSensorDrawingAngle *sensor = dynamic_cast<KisDynamicSensorDrawingAngle*>(this->sensor(ANGLE, true).data());
 
     /**
      * A special case for the Drawing Angle sensor, because it
      * changes the behavior of KisPaintOp::paintLine()
      */
     if (sensor) {
         op->setFanCornersInfo(sensor->fanCornersEnabled(), qreal(sensor->fanCornersStep()) * M_PI / 180.0);
     }
 }
 
 int KisPressureRotationOption::intMinValue() const
 {
     return -180;
 }
 
 int KisPressureRotationOption::intMaxValue() const
 {
     return 180;
 }
 
 QString KisPressureRotationOption::valueSuffix() const
 {
     return i18n("°");
 }