diff --git a/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts
index 1d504f6c71..c4a3b4f89e 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/metadata.repository.ts
@@ -92,8 +92,18 @@ export class MetadataRepository {
     /* eslint unicorn/no-array-callback-reference: off, unicorn/no-array-method-this-argument: off */
     geoTz: (lat, lon) => geotz.find(lat, lon)[0],
     geolocation: true,
-    // Enable exiftool LFS to parse metadata for files larger than 2GB.
-    readArgs: ['-api', 'largefilesupport=1', '--ICC_Profile:DeviceManufacturer', '--ICC_Profile:DeviceModelName'],
+    readArgs: [
+      // Enable exiftool LFS to parse metadata for files larger than 2GB.
+      '-api',
+      'largefilesupport=1',
+      '--ICC_Profile:DeviceManufacturer',
+      '--ICC_Profile:DeviceModelName',
+      // Ignore embedded thumbnail dimensions/orientation for the main asset.
+      '--IFD1:Orientation',
+      '--MWG:Orientation',
+      '--IFD1:ImageWidth',
+      '--IFD1:ImageHeight',
+    ],
     writeArgs: ['-api', 'largefilesupport=1', '-overwrite_original'],
     taskTimeoutMillis: 2 * 60 * 1000,
   });
diff --git a/server/test/medium/specs/services/metadata.service.spec.ts b/server/test/medium/specs/services/metadata.service.spec.ts
index 37603520f7..c3f111e5aa 100644
--- a/server/test/medium/specs/services/metadata.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/test/medium/specs/services/metadata.service.spec.ts
@@ -151,6 +151,59 @@ describe(MetadataService.name, () => {
         // note that this date is technically wrong. it does not throw though and should get the user's attention either way.
       ).resolves.toEqual({ dateTimeOriginal: new Date('4260-03-05T04:04:12.000Z') });
     });
+
+    it('should ignore IFD1 thumbnail orientation when extracting metadata', async () => {
+      const { sut, ctx } = setup();
+      ctx.getMock(EventRepository).emit.mockResolvedValue();
+      const { filePath } = await createTestFile({ 'IFD1:Orientation#': 6 });
+      const { user } = await ctx.newUser();
+      const { asset } = await ctx.newAsset({ originalPath: filePath, ownerId: user.id });
+      await ctx.newExif({ assetId: asset.id, description: '' });
+
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: asset.id });
+
+      await expect(
+        ctx.database
+          .selectFrom('asset_exif')
+          .select('orientation')
+          .where('assetId', '=', asset.id)
+          .executeTakeFirstOrThrow(),
+      ).resolves.toEqual({ orientation: null });
+    });
+
+    it('should ignore IFD1 thumbnail dimensions when extracting metadata', async () => {
+      const { sut, ctx } = setup();
+      ctx.getMock(EventRepository).emit.mockResolvedValue();
+      const { filePath } = await createTestFile({ 'IFD1:ImageWidth#': 160, 'IFD1:ImageHeight#': 120 });
+      const { user } = await ctx.newUser();
+      const { asset } = await ctx.newAsset({ originalPath: filePath, ownerId: user.id });
+      await ctx.newExif({ assetId: asset.id, description: '' });
+
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: asset.id });
+
+      await expect(ctx.get(AssetRepository).getById(asset.id)).resolves.toEqual(
+        expect.objectContaining({ width: 1, height: 1 }),
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should keep IFD0 orientation when extracting metadata', async () => {
+      const { sut, ctx } = setup();
+      ctx.getMock(EventRepository).emit.mockResolvedValue();
+      const { filePath } = await createTestFile({ 'IFD0:Orientation#': 6 });
+      const { user } = await ctx.newUser();
+      const { asset } = await ctx.newAsset({ originalPath: filePath, ownerId: user.id });
+      await ctx.newExif({ assetId: asset.id, description: '' });
+
+      await sut.handleMetadataExtraction({ id: asset.id });
+
+      await expect(
+        ctx.database
+          .selectFrom('asset_exif')
+          .select('orientation')
+          .where('assetId', '=', asset.id)
+          .executeTakeFirstOrThrow(),
+      ).resolves.toEqual({ orientation: '6' });
+    });
   });
 
   it('should handle float lens models (#30492)', async () => {