diff --git a/utils/pdftops.cc b/utils/pdftops.cc
index 69d5c32..23f7f09 100644
--- a/utils/pdftops.cc
+++ b/utils/pdftops.cc
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static GBool noEmbedCIDPSFonts = gFalse;
 static GBool noEmbedCIDTTFonts = gFalse;
 static GBool noSubstFonts = gFalse;
 static GBool preload = gFalse;
+static GBool doAutoRotate = gFalse;		/* auto rotate landscape pages - added by Ryszard Trojnacki */
 static char paperSize[15] = "";
 static int paperWidth = -1;
 static int paperHeight = -1;
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ static const ArgDesc argDesc[] = {
    "generate Level 3 separable PostScript"},
   {"-origpagesizes",argFlag,   &doOrigPageSizes,0,
    "conserve original page sizes"},
+   {"-autorotate",argFlag,   &doAutoRotate,0,		/* Added by Ryszard Trojnacki */
+    "rotate landscape pages to portrait"},
   {"-eps",        argFlag,     &doEPS,          0,
    "generate Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)"},
   {"-form",       argFlag,     &doForm,         0,
@@ -355,8 +358,26 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			  paperHeight,
 			  duplex);
   if (psOut->isOk()) {
-    doc->displayPages(psOut, firstPage, lastPage, 72, 72,
+	  if(doAutoRotate) {	/* Added by Ryszard Trojnacki */
+		  int page;
+
+		  for (page = firstPage; page <= lastPage; ++page) {
+			  Page* pdfpage=doc->getCatalog()->getPage(page);
+			  int rotate=0;
+			  if(pdfpage->getMediaWidth()>pdfpage->getMediaHeight()) {
+				  if (globalParams->getPrintCommands()) {
+				    printf("***** autorotating page %d *****\n",page);
+				  }
+				  rotate=90;
+			  }
+
+		    doc->displayPage(psOut, page, 72, 72, rotate, noCrop, !noCrop, gTrue,
+				NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		  }
+	  } else {
+		  doc->displayPages(psOut, firstPage, lastPage, 72, 72,
 		      0, noCrop, !noCrop, gTrue);
+	  }
   } else {
     delete psOut;
     exitCode = 2;