diff --git a/src/converters/imagemagick.ts b/src/converters/imagemagick.ts
index 69eb3591..e3fc53c2 100644
--- a/src/converters/imagemagick.ts
+++ b/src/converters/imagemagick.ts
@@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ export function convert(
     outputArgs.push("-background", "white", "-alpha", "remove");
   }
 
+  // Apply EXIF orientation so photos (e.g. from phones) don't end up sideways
+  // when converted to formats where the orientation tag is lost or ignored
+  outputArgs.push("-auto-orient");
+
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     execFile(
       "magick",
diff --git a/tests/converters/imagemagick.test.ts b/tests/converters/imagemagick.test.ts
index e7b17aa3..f6940459 100644
--- a/tests/converters/imagemagick.test.ts
+++ b/tests/converters/imagemagick.test.ts
@@ -163,3 +163,19 @@ test("convert respects emf as input filetype", async () => {
   );
   expect(loggedMessage).toBe("stdout: Fake stdout");
 });
+
+test("convert applies EXIF auto-orient", async () => {
+  const mockExecFile: ExecFileFn = (
+    _cmd: string,
+    _args: string[],
+    callback: (err: ExecFileException | null, stdout: string, stderr: string) => void,
+  ) => {
+    calls.push(_args);
+    callback(null, "", "");
+  };
+
+  const result = await convert("input.jpg", "jpg", "png", "output.png", undefined, mockExecFile);
+
+  expect(result).toBe("Done");
+  expect(calls[0]).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["input.jpg", "-auto-orient", "output.png"]));
+});