diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e5e9e6..9b47b5a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Gemfile.lock
 pkg/
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4020da..e994c5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Unreleased
+
+* Fix `#resize_to_cover` when dealing with EXIF orientated images (@brendon)
+
 ## 1.13.0 (2024-07-24)
 
 * [minimagick] Use `-append` when calling `#append` with no arguments (@janko)
diff --git a/lib/image_processing/vips.rb b/lib/image_processing/vips.rb
index 90e7109..759b660 100644
--- a/lib/image_processing/vips.rb
+++ b/lib/image_processing/vips.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def resize_and_pad(width, height, gravity: "centre", extend: nil, background: ni
       # Resizes the image to cover the specified dimensions, without
       # cropping the excess.
       def resize_to_cover(width, height, **options)
-        image = self.image.is_a?(String) ? ::Vips::Image.new_from_file(self.image) : self.image
+        image = self.image.is_a?(String) ? self.class.load_image(self.image) : self.image
 
         image_ratio = Rational(image.width, image.height)
         thumbnail_ratio = Rational(width, height)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/exif_portrait.jpg b/test/fixtures/exif_portrait.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42ee096
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/exif_portrait.jpg differ
diff --git a/test/vips_test.rb b/test/vips_test.rb
index c9279e9..bde706c 100644
--- a/test/vips_test.rb
+++ b/test/vips_test.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     @portrait  = fixture_image("portrait.jpg")
     @landscape = fixture_image("landscape.jpg")
     @square = fixture_image("square.jpg")
+    @exif_portrait = fixture_image("exif_portrait.jpg")
   end
 
   it "applies vips operations" do
@@ -328,6 +329,7 @@
       @portrait_pipeline = ImageProcessing::Vips.source(@portrait)
       @landscape_pipeline = ImageProcessing::Vips.source(@landscape)
       @square_pipeline = ImageProcessing::Vips.source(@square)
+      @exif_portrait_pipeline = ImageProcessing::Vips.source(@exif_portrait)
     end
 
     it "resizes the portrait image to fill out the given landscape dimensions" do
@@ -387,6 +389,10 @@
       sharpened = @portrait_pipeline.resize_to_cover(400, 400).call(save: false)
       assert_equal :uchar, sharpened.format
     end
+
+    it "works correctly with EXIF orientation" do
+      assert_dimensions [300, 617], @exif_portrait_pipeline.resize_to_cover!(300, 200)
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#rotate" do