diff --git a/plugin/opencv/cv_api.cc b/plugin/opencv/cv_api.cc
index 1508de376d22..1ca14aa4604f 100644
--- a/plugin/opencv/cv_api.cc
+++ b/plugin/opencv/cv_api.cc
@@ -100,7 +100,11 @@ MXNET_DLL int MXCVImdecode(const unsigned char *img, const mx_uint len,
       ndout.CheckAndAlloc();
       cv::Mat buf(1, len, CV_8U, img_cpy);
       cv::Mat dst(dims[0], dims[1], flag == 0 ? CV_8U : CV_8UC3, ndout.data().dptr_);
+#if (CV_MAJOR_VERSION > 3 || (CV_MAJOR_VERSION == 3 && CV_MINOR_VERSION >= 3))
+      cv::imdecode(buf, flag | cv::IMREAD_IGNORE_ORIENTATION, &dst);
+#else
       cv::imdecode(buf, flag, &dst);
+#endif
       CHECK(!dst.empty());
       delete[] img_cpy;
     }, ndout.ctx(), {}, {ndout.var()});
diff --git a/src/io/image_io.cc b/src/io/image_io.cc
index d95e750e79f3..491370d9a710 100644
--- a/src/io/image_io.cc
+++ b/src/io/image_io.cc
@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ void ImdecodeImpl(int flag, bool to_rgb, void* data, size_t size,
   } else {
     dst = cv::Mat(out->shape()[0], out->shape()[1], flag == 0 ? CV_8U : CV_8UC3,
                 out->data().dptr_);
-#if (CV_MAJOR_VERSION > 2 || (CV_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && CV_MINOR_VERSION >=4))
+#if (CV_MAJOR_VERSION > 3 || (CV_MAJOR_VERSION == 3 && CV_MINOR_VERSION >= 3))
+    cv::imdecode(buf, flag | cv::IMREAD_IGNORE_ORIENTATION, &dst);
+    CHECK(!dst.empty()) << "Decoding failed. Invalid image file.";
+#elif(CV_MAJOR_VERSION > 2 || (CV_MAJOR_VERSION == 2 && CV_MINOR_VERSION >= 4))
     cv::imdecode(buf, flag, &dst);
     CHECK(!dst.empty()) << "Decoding failed. Invalid image file.";
 #else