diff --git a/js/modules/autoOrientImage.js b/js/modules/autoOrientImage.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91ece18b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/modules/autoOrientImage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// File | Blob | URLString -> LoadImageOptions -> Promise<DataURLString>
+//
+// Documentation for `options`:
+// https://github.com/blueimp/JavaScript-Load-Image/tree/v2.18.0#options
+exports.autoOrientImage = (fileOrBlobOrURL, options) => {
+  const optionsWithAutoOrient = Object.assign(
+    {},
+    options, {
+      canvas: true,
+      orientation: true,
+    }
+  );
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    window.loadImage(fileOrBlobOrURL, canvasOrError => {
+      if (canvasOrError.type === 'error') {
+        const error = canvasOrError;
+        reject(error);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const canvas = canvasOrError;
+      const dataURL = canvas.toDataURL();
+      resolve(dataURL);
+    }, optionsWithAutoOrient);
+  });
+};
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index 49ee73ed3..035672871 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
   window.nodeNotifier = require('node-notifier');
 
   window.loadImage = require('blueimp-load-image');
+  const {autoOrientImage} = require('./js/modules/autoOrientImage');
+  window.autoOrientImage = autoOrientImage;
 
   // We pull this in last, because the native module involved appears to be sensitive to
   //   /tmp mounted as noexec on Linux.