diff --git a/magick.go b/magick.go
index 6a5a3b2..030059f 100644
--- a/magick.go
+++ b/magick.go
@@ -283,6 +283,22 @@ func (im *MagickImage) Height() int {
 	return (int)(im.Image.rows)
 }
 
+// VirtualCanvasWidth returns the virtual canvas width.
+//
+// This can be different than the image's width for certain formats, such as
+// GIF. See PlusRepage() for more information.
+func (im *MagickImage) VirtualCanvasWidth() int {
+	return (int)(im.Image.page.width)
+}
+
+// VirtualCanvasHeight returns the virtual canvas height.
+//
+// This can be different than the image's height for certain formats, such as
+// GIF. See PlusRepage() for more information.
+func (im *MagickImage) VirtualCanvasHeight() int {
+	return (int)(im.Image.page.height)
+}
+
 // Type returns the underlying encoding or "magick" of the image as a string
 func (im *MagickImage) Type() (t string) {
 	return strings.Trim(string(C.GoBytes(unsafe.Pointer(&im.Image.magick), 4096)), "\x00")
@@ -318,6 +334,31 @@ func (im *MagickImage) SetProperty(prop, value string) (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// PlusRepage runs the same logic as the +repage command line argument.
+//
+// This removes the virtual canvas metadata. It resets the canvas to match what
+// you cropped.
+//
+// After cropping you may find that the section you cropped is present at the
+// location you cropped it at surrounded on all sides by empty space/pixels.
+// This apparently occurs when the image format allows positioning sections of
+// the image via offsets, such as GIF.
+//
+// See http://www.imagemagick.org/script/command-line-options.php#repage and
+// http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/crop/#crop_page
+//
+// The latter says: "Always use "+repage" after any 'crop' like operation.
+// Unless you actually need to preserve that info." This means it might be
+// useful for Crop() to call this function.
+func (im *MagickImage) PlusRepage() {
+	geom := C.CString("0x0+0+0")
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(geom))
+
+	// +repage is a command line option that has no direct API equivalent. See
+	// MagickWand/operation.c for the implementation. I copy that here.
+	C.ParseAbsoluteGeometry(geom, &im.Image.page)
+}
+
 // ParseGeometryToRectangleInfo converts from a geometry string (WxH+X+Y) into a Magick
 // RectangleInfo that contains the individual properties
 func (im *MagickImage) ParseGeometryToRectangleInfo(geometry string) (info C.RectangleInfo, err error) {
@@ -458,6 +499,24 @@ func (im *MagickImage) Strip() (err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// AutoOrient adjusts an image so that its orientation is suitable for
+// viewing (i.e. top-left orientation).
+func (im *MagickImage) AutoOrient() error {
+	exception := C.AcquireExceptionInfo()
+	defer C.DestroyExceptionInfo(exception)
+
+	newImage := C.AutoOrientImage(im.Image, im.Image.orientation, exception)
+
+	failed := C.CheckException(exception)
+	if failed == C.MagickTrue {
+		return ErrorFromExceptionInfo(exception)
+	}
+
+	im.ReplaceImage(newImage)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ToBlob takes a (transformed) MagickImage and returns a byte slice in the format you specify with extension.
 // Magick uses the extension to transform the image in to the proper encoding (e.g. "jpg", "png")
 func (im *MagickImage) ToBlob(extension string) (blob []byte, err error) {
diff --git a/magick_test.go b/magick_test.go
index ab11620..fff87be 100644
--- a/magick_test.go
+++ b/magick_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package magick
 
 import (
-	"github.com/bmizerany/assert"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/bmizerany/assert"
 )
 
 func setupImage(t *testing.T) (image *MagickImage) {
@@ -170,6 +172,82 @@ func TestCrop(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.T(t, err != nil)
 }
 
+// The use case for +repage is that we need to reset an image's canvas so only
+// the cropped portion is present. Cropping and not using +repage leaves the
+// canvas the same size, but with only the cropped portion's pixels remaining.
+// I believe this is only the case for certain image formats such as GIF and
+// PNG.
+//
+// Test to demonstrate the problem and show how PlusRepage() solves it.
+func TestPlusRepage(t *testing.T) {
+	filename := "test/heart_original.png"
+	image, err := NewFromFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("NewFromFile(%s) error = %s", filename, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	origWidth := image.Width()
+	origHeight := image.Height()
+	origVirtualCanvasWidth := image.VirtualCanvasWidth()
+	origVirtualCanvasHeight := image.VirtualCanvasHeight()
+
+	wantedWidth := 100
+	wantedHeight := 100
+	geom := fmt.Sprintf("%dx%d!+10+10", wantedWidth, wantedHeight)
+	if err := image.Crop(geom); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("image.Crop(%s) error = %s", geom, err)
+		_ = image.Destroy()
+		return
+	}
+
+	if image.Width() != wantedWidth || image.Height() != wantedHeight {
+		t.Errorf("image width x height after cropping is %dx%d, wanted %dx%d",
+			image.Width(), image.Height(), origWidth, origHeight)
+		_ = image.Destroy()
+		return
+	}
+
+	// The virtual canvas width x height should currently be as it was. The
+	// cropped region will be surrounded by empty space if we save it now.
+	if image.VirtualCanvasWidth() != origVirtualCanvasWidth ||
+		image.VirtualCanvasHeight() != origVirtualCanvasHeight {
+		t.Errorf("virtual canvas width x height after cropping is %dx%d, wanted %dx%d",
+			image.VirtualCanvasWidth(), image.VirtualCanvasHeight(),
+			origVirtualCanvasWidth, origVirtualCanvasHeight)
+		_ = image.Destroy()
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Reset the virtual canvas using +repage. This removes virtual canvas
+	// information. The effect of removing it means the image, once saved, will
+	// have the dimensions of the image region we cropped.
+	image.PlusRepage()
+
+	// Check both sets of dimensions again. The image size should still be the
+	// same. The virtual canvas size should be 0x0 since we removed information
+	// about it.
+
+	if image.Width() != wantedWidth || image.Height() != wantedHeight {
+		t.Errorf("image width x height after cropping is %dx%d, wanted %dx%d",
+			image.Width(), image.Height(), origWidth, origHeight)
+		_ = image.Destroy()
+		return
+	}
+
+	if image.VirtualCanvasWidth() != 0 || image.VirtualCanvasHeight() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("virtual canvas width x height after +repage is %dx%d, wanted %dx%d",
+			image.VirtualCanvasWidth(), image.VirtualCanvasHeight(), 0, 0)
+		_ = image.Destroy()
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := image.Destroy(); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("image.Destroy() error = %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+}
+
 func TestShadow(t *testing.T) {
 	image := setupImage(t)
 	err := image.Shadow("#000", 75, 2, 0, 0)
@@ -330,3 +408,56 @@ func TestFullStack(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.T(t, err == nil)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAutoOrientNeedsToRotate(t *testing.T) {
+	// This file is set so the heart appears to need to be rotated 90 degrees
+	// clockwise. It has EXIF orientation set to indicate that.
+	//
+	// I created it from test/heart_original.png this way:
+	// convert -rotate 270 heart_original.png heart_rotated.jpg
+	// exiftool -Orientation=6 -n heart_rotated.jpg
+	filename := "test/heart_rotated.jpg"
+
+	image, err := NewFromFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("NewFromFile(%s) = %s", filename, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = image.AutoOrient()
+	if err != nil {
+		_ = image.Destroy()
+		t.Errorf("AutoOrient() = %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = image.Destroy()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Destroy() = %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAutoOrientNoNeedToRotate(t *testing.T) {
+	// This file does not need to change.
+	filename := "test/heart_original.png"
+
+	image, err := NewFromFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("NewFromFile(%s) = %s", filename, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = image.AutoOrient()
+	if err != nil {
+		_ = image.Destroy()
+		t.Errorf("AutoOrient() = %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = image.Destroy()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Destroy() = %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/heart_rotated.jpg b/test/heart_rotated.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae9f16f
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/heart_rotated.jpg differ