diff --git a/imageio/pngdec.c b/imageio/pngdec.c
index 8dc3c6c7..049acd7c 100644
--- a/imageio/pngdec.c
+++ b/imageio/pngdec.c
@@ -161,6 +161,20 @@ static int ExtractMetadataFromPNG(png_structp png,
     png_textp text = NULL;
     const png_uint_32 num = png_get_text(png, info, &text, NULL);
     png_uint_32 i;
+
+#ifdef PNG_eXIf_SUPPORTED
+    // Look for an 'eXIf' tag. Preference is given to this tag as it's newer
+    // than the TextualData tags.
+    {
+      png_bytep exif;
+      png_uint_32 len;
+
+      if (png_get_eXIf_1(png, info, &len, &exif) == PNG_INFO_eXIf) {
+        if (!MetadataCopy((const char*)exif, len, &metadata->exif)) return 0;
+      }
+    }
+#endif  // PNG_eXIf_SUPPORTED
+
     // Look for EXIF / XMP metadata.
     for (i = 0; i < num; ++i, ++text) {
       int j;