diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/egl/egl.c b/gst-libs/gst/egl/egl.c
index 7df4c035e9..cbbd8e3303 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/egl/egl.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/egl/egl.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ typedef struct
   GstEGLDisplay *display;
   EGLImageKHR image;
   GstEGLImageType type;
+  GstEGLImageOrientation orientation;
 
   gpointer user_data;
   GDestroyNotify user_data_destroy;
@@ -90,6 +91,29 @@ gst_egl_image_memory_get_type (GstMemory * mem)
   return GST_EGL_IMAGE_MEMORY (mem)->type;
 }
 
+GstEGLImageOrientation
+gst_egl_image_memory_get_orientation (GstMemory *mem)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (gst_is_egl_image_memory (mem),
+      GST_EGL_IMAGE_MEMORY_TYPE_INVALID);
+
+  if (mem->parent)
+    mem = mem->parent;
+
+  return GST_EGL_IMAGE_MEMORY (mem)->orientation;
+}
+
+void
+gst_egl_image_memory_set_orientation (GstMemory *mem, GstEGLImageOrientation orientation)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (gst_is_egl_image_memory (mem));
+
+  if (mem->parent)
+    mem = mem->parent;
+
+  GST_EGL_IMAGE_MEMORY (mem)->orientation = orientation;
+}
+
 static GstMemory *
 gst_egl_image_allocator_alloc_vfunc (GstAllocator * allocator, gsize size,
     GstAllocationParams * params)
@@ -257,6 +281,7 @@ gst_egl_image_allocator_wrap (GstAllocator * allocator,
   mem->display = gst_egl_display_ref (display);
   mem->image = image;
   mem->type = type;
+  mem->orientation = GST_EGL_IMAGE_ORIENTATION_X_NORMAL_Y_NORMAL;
 
   mem->user_data = user_data;
   mem->user_data_destroy = user_data_destroy;
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/egl/egl.h b/gst-libs/gst/egl/egl.h
index df3412995e..9e6f2ae605 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/egl/egl.h
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/egl/egl.h
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ typedef enum {
   GST_EGL_IMAGE_MEMORY_TYPE_OTHER = 0xffff
 } GstEGLImageType;
 
+typedef enum {
+  /* GStreamer orientation, top line first in memory, left row first */
+  GST_EGL_IMAGE_ORIENTATION_X_NORMAL_Y_NORMAL,
+  /* OpenGL orientation, bottom line first in memory, left row first */
+  GST_EGL_IMAGE_ORIENTATION_X_NORMAL_Y_FLIP,
+  /* Just for the sake of completeness, nothing uses this probably */
+  GST_EGL_IMAGE_ORIENTATION_X_FLIP_Y_NORMAL,
+  GST_EGL_IMAGE_ORIENTATION_X_FLIP_Y_FLIP
+} GstEGLImageOrientation;
+
 typedef struct _GstEGLDisplay GstEGLDisplay;
 
 /* EGLImage GstMemory handling */
@@ -50,6 +60,8 @@ gboolean gst_is_egl_image_memory (GstMemory * mem);
 EGLImageKHR gst_egl_image_memory_get_image (GstMemory * mem);
 GstEGLDisplay * gst_egl_image_memory_get_display (GstMemory * mem);
 GstEGLImageType gst_egl_image_memory_get_type (GstMemory * mem);
+GstEGLImageOrientation gst_egl_image_memory_get_orientation (GstMemory *mem);
+void gst_egl_image_memory_set_orientation (GstMemory *mem, GstEGLImageOrientation orientation);
 
 /* Generic EGLImage allocator that doesn't support mapping, copying or anything */
 GstAllocator * gst_egl_image_allocator_obtain (void);