diff --git a/include/Photo.php b/include/Photo.php
index 1f751c77f3..74d4c746d6 100644
--- a/include/Photo.php
+++ b/include/Photo.php
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class Photo {
         if($this->is_imagick()) {
             $this->image->setFirstIterator();
             do {
-                $this->image->rotateImage(new ImagickPixel(), $degrees);
+                $this->image->rotateImage(new ImagickPixel(), -$degrees); // ImageMagick rotates in the opposite direction of imagerotate()
             } while ($this->image->nextImage());
             return;
         }