diff --git a/.changeset/gentle-mails-mate.md b/.changeset/gentle-mails-mate.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb3d561f229a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gentle-mails-mate.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@astrojs/image": patch
+---
+
+Handle EXIF orientation flag
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/metadata.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/metadata.ts
index 020d9461fdc3..823862ea7938 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/metadata.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { ImageMetadata, InputFormat } from './types';
 export async function metadata(src: string): Promise<ImageMetadata | undefined> {
 	const file = await fs.readFile(src);
 
-	const { width, height, type } = await sizeOf(file);
+	const { width, height, type, orientation } = await sizeOf(file);
+	const isPortrait = (orientation || 0) >= 5;
 
 	if (!width || !height || !type) {
 		return undefined;
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ export async function metadata(src: string): Promise<ImageMetadata | undefined>
 
 	return {
 		src,
-		width,
-		height,
+		width: isPortrait ? height : width,
+		height: isPortrait ? width : height,
 		format: type as InputFormat,
 	};
 }