diff --git a/pygmt/src/directional_rose.py b/pygmt/src/directional_rose.py
index 8a964c10a44..9407e22c5a4 100644
--- a/pygmt/src/directional_rose.py
+++ b/pygmt/src/directional_rose.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from pygmt._typing import AnchorCode
 from pygmt.alias import Alias, AliasSystem
 from pygmt.clib import Session
+from pygmt.exceptions import GMTParameterError
 from pygmt.helpers import build_arg_list, fmt_docstring
 from pygmt.params import Box, Position
 from pygmt.src._common import _parse_position
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ def directional_rose(
     width: float | str | None = None,
     fancy: Literal[1, 2, 3] | bool = False,
     labels: Sequence[str] | bool = False,
+    upright_labels: bool = False,
     box: Box | bool = False,
     verbose: Literal["quiet", "error", "warning", "timing", "info", "compat", "debug"]
     | bool = False,
@@ -63,6 +65,10 @@ def directional_rose(
         string to skip a specific label. If set to ``True``, default labels are used
         (``["W", "E", "S", "N"]`` for a fancy rose and ``["", "", "", "N"]`` for a
         simple rose).
+    upright_labels
+        Force the labels to be upright (more readable from the south) if the projection
+        has extensive rotation of the directions. Requires ``fancy`` and ``labels``
+        to be set.
     box
         Draw a background box behind the directional rose. If set to ``True``, a simple
         rectangular box is drawn using :gmt-term:`MAP_FRAME_PEN`. To customize the box
@@ -84,13 +90,19 @@ def directional_rose(
     # Set the default position to "TR" to be consistent with the behavior in GMT 6.7.0
     position = _parse_position(position, default=Position("TR", cstype="inside"))
 
+    if upright_labels and not (fancy and labels):
+        raise GMTParameterError(
+            required=["fancy", "labels"],
+            reason="Both are required when 'upright_labels' is set.",
+        )
+
     aliasdict = AliasSystem(
         F=Alias(box, name="box"),
         Td=[
             Alias(position, name="position"),
             Alias(width, name="width", prefix="+w"),
-            Alias(fancy, name="fancy", prefix="+f"),
             Alias(labels, name="labels", prefix="+l", sep=",", size=4),
+            Alias(fancy, name="fancy", prefix="+F" if upright_labels else "+f"),
         ],
     ).add_common(
         V=verbose,
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_directional_rose_upright_labels.png b/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_directional_rose_upright_labels.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b87af3f0e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pygmt/tests/baseline/test_directional_rose_upright_labels.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:20e89f8b0f308bdf1478942814fc0ad9edec05ae86e289710e374d076d28e45e
+size 30669
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/test_directional_rose.py b/pygmt/tests/test_directional_rose.py
index a6a76dec7be..64e157dd835 100644
--- a/pygmt/tests/test_directional_rose.py
+++ b/pygmt/tests/test_directional_rose.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from pygmt import Figure
+from pygmt.exceptions import GMTParameterError
 from pygmt.params import Position
 
 
@@ -43,3 +44,36 @@ def test_directional_rose_complex():
         fancy=2,
     )
     return fig
+
+
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare
+def test_directional_rose_upright_labels():
+    """
+    Test the Figure.directional_rose method with upright labels.
+
+    The rose is placed where the map is rotated by more than 90 degrees, so that the
+    labels would otherwise be upside down.
+    """
+    fig = Figure()
+    fig.basemap(region=[-180, 180, 60, 90], projection="S0/90/6c", frame=True)
+    fig.directional_rose(position="TC", width=2, fancy=1, labels=True)
+    fig.shift_origin(xshift="w+1")
+    fig.basemap(region=[-180, 180, 60, 90], projection="S0/90/6c", frame=True)
+    fig.directional_rose(
+        position="TC", width=2, fancy=1, labels=True, upright_labels=True
+    )
+    return fig
+
+
+def test_directional_rose_upright_labels_fails():
+    """
+    Test that upright_labels requires both fancy and labels to be set.
+    """
+    fig = Figure()
+    fig.basemap(region=[0, 80, 0, 30], projection="M10c", frame=True)
+    with pytest.raises(GMTParameterError):
+        fig.directional_rose(upright_labels=True)
+    with pytest.raises(GMTParameterError):
+        fig.directional_rose(upright_labels=True, fancy=1)
+    with pytest.raises(GMTParameterError):
+        fig.directional_rose(upright_labels=True, labels=["W", "E", "S", "N"])