diff --git a/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtension.php
index 3dd2396c8..908428c43 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/LiipImagineExtension.php
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
 
         $container->setAlias('liip_imagine', new Alias('liip_imagine.'.$config['driver']));
 
+        if (!class_exists('Imagine\Image\Metadata\MetadataReaderInterface')) {
+            $container->getDefinition('liip_imagine.'.$config['driver'])->removeMethodCall('setMetadataReader');
+            $container->removeDefinition('liip_imagine.meta_data.reader');
+        }
+
         $container->setParameter('liip_imagine.cache.resolver.default', $config['cache']);
 
         $container->setParameter('liip_imagine.filter_sets', $config['filter_sets']);
diff --git a/Imagine/Filter/Loader/AutoRotateFilterLoader.php b/Imagine/Filter/Loader/AutoRotateFilterLoader.php
index 15d6ed6d4..5d9096f09 100644
--- a/Imagine/Filter/Loader/AutoRotateFilterLoader.php
+++ b/Imagine/Filter/Loader/AutoRotateFilterLoader.php
@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@ class AutoRotateFilterLoader implements LoaderInterface
      */
     public function load(ImageInterface $image, array $options = array())
     {
-        $exifData = exif_read_data("data://image/jpeg;base64," . base64_encode($image->get('jpg')));
-
-        if (isset($exifData['Orientation'])) {
-            $orientation = (int) $exifData['Orientation'];
-            $degree = $this->calculateRotation($orientation);
+        if ($orientation = $this->getOrientation($image)) {
+            $degree = $this->calculateRotation((int)$orientation);
 
             if ($degree !== 0) {
                 $image->rotate($degree);
@@ -55,4 +52,19 @@ private function calculateRotation($orientation)
 
         return $degree;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param ImageInterface $image
+     * @return int
+     */
+    private function getOrientation(ImageInterface $image)
+    {
+        //>0.6 imagine meta data interface
+        if (method_exists($image, 'metadata')) {
+            return $image->metadata()->offsetGet('exif.Orientation');
+        } else {
+            $data = exif_read_data("data://image/jpeg;base64," . base64_encode($image->get('jpg')));
+            return isset($data['Orientation']) ? $data['Orientation'] : null;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Resources/config/imagine.xml b/Resources/config/imagine.xml
index 1b3ddcfd5..333ca1314 100644
--- a/Resources/config/imagine.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/imagine.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 
         <parameter key="liip_imagine.form.type.image.class">Liip\ImagineBundle\Form\Type\ImageType</parameter>
 
+        <parameter key="liip_imagine.meta_data.reader.class">Imagine\Image\Metadata\ExifMetadataReader</parameter>
     </parameters>
 
     <services>
@@ -98,9 +99,13 @@
             <argument type="service" id="liip_imagine.cache.signer" />
         </service>
 
+        <service id="liip_imagine.meta_data.reader" class="%liip_imagine.meta_data.reader.class%" public="false" />
+
         <!-- ImagineInterface instances -->
 
-        <service id="liip_imagine" alias="liip_imagine.gd" />
+        <service id="liip_imagine" alias="liip_imagine.gd">
+            <call method="setMetadataReader"><argument type="service" id="liip_imagine.meta_data.reader" /></call>
+        </service>
 
         <service id="liip_imagine.gd" class="%liip_imagine.gd.class%" public="false" />
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index cafa8da29..cc1889179 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     },
     "require": {
         "php":                      ">=5.3.2",
-        "imagine/Imagine":          "0.5.*",
+        "imagine/Imagine":          "~0.5,<0.7",
         "symfony/finder":           "~2.3",
         "symfony/filesystem":       "~2.3",
         "symfony/options-resolver": "~2.3",