diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
index fbff919043..a798f6c44b 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 1999-07-20  Mark Crichton  <crichton@gimp.org>
 
-	* src/gdk-pixbuf.c (gdk_pixbuf_rotate): Added translation to recenter
-	the pixbuf.  Unfortunately, it doesn't work right yet.
+	* src/gdk-pixbuf.c (gdk_pixbuf_rotate): Fixed rotation.  Now a bbox
+	calculation needs to be done.
 
 1999-07-18  Larry Ewing  <lewing@gimp.org>
 
diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.c b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.c
index 589d72fcba..c786c1ddf7 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.c
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.c
@@ -100,10 +100,17 @@ gdk_pixbuf_rotate (GdkPixBuf *pixbuf, gdouble angle)
      rot[3] = cos(rad);
      rot[4] = rot[5] = 0;
 
+     trans[0] = trans[3] = 1;
+     trans[1] = trans[2] = 0;
+     trans[4] = -(double)w / 2.0;
+     trans[5] = -(double)h / 2.0;
+
+     art_affine_multiply(rot, trans, rot);
+
      trans[0] = trans[3] = 1;
      trans[1] = trans[2] = 0;
      trans[4] = (double)w / 2.0;
-     trans[5] = 0;
+     trans[5] = (double)h / 2.0;
 
      art_affine_multiply(affine, rot, trans);