diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api2/CameraDeviceClient.cpp b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api2/CameraDeviceClient.cpp
index 055ea12..83466cb 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api2/CameraDeviceClient.cpp
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api2/CameraDeviceClient.cpp
@@ -360,6 +360,26 @@
 
         ALOGV("%s: Camera %d: Successfully created a new stream ID %d",
               __FUNCTION__, mCameraId, streamId);
+
+        /**
+         * Set the stream transform flags to automatically
+         * rotate the camera stream for preview use cases.
+         */
+        int32_t transform = 0;
+        res = getRotationTransformLocked(&transform);
+
+        if (res != OK) {
+            // Error logged by getRotationTransformLocked.
+            return res;
+        }
+
+        res = mDevice->setStreamTransform(streamId, transform);
+        if (res != OK) {
+            ALOGE("%s: Failed to set stream transform (stream id %d)",
+                  __FUNCTION__, streamId);
+            return res;
+        }
+
         return streamId;
     }
 
@@ -560,4 +580,64 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+status_t CameraDeviceClient::getRotationTransformLocked(int32_t* transform) {
+    ALOGV("%s: begin", __FUNCTION__);
+
+    if (transform == NULL) {
+        ALOGW("%s: null transform", __FUNCTION__);
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+
+    *transform = 0;
+
+    const CameraMetadata& staticInfo = mDevice->info();
+    camera_metadata_ro_entry_t entry = staticInfo.find(ANDROID_SENSOR_ORIENTATION);
+    if (entry.count == 0) {
+        ALOGE("%s: Camera %d: Can't find android.sensor.orientation in "
+                "static metadata!", __FUNCTION__, mCameraId);
+        return INVALID_OPERATION;
+    }
+
+    int32_t& flags = *transform;
+
+    int orientation = entry.data.i32[0];
+    switch (orientation) {
+        case 0:
+            flags = 0;
+            break;
+        case 90:
+            flags = NATIVE_WINDOW_TRANSFORM_ROT_90;
+            break;
+        case 180:
+            flags = NATIVE_WINDOW_TRANSFORM_ROT_180;
+            break;
+        case 270:
+            flags = NATIVE_WINDOW_TRANSFORM_ROT_270;
+            break;
+        default:
+            ALOGE("%s: Invalid HAL android.sensor.orientation value: %d",
+                  __FUNCTION__, orientation);
+            return INVALID_OPERATION;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This magic flag makes surfaceflinger un-rotate the buffers
+     * to counter the extra global device UI rotation whenever the user
+     * physically rotates the device.
+     *
+     * By doing this, the camera buffer always ends up aligned
+     * with the physical camera for a "see through" effect.
+     *
+     * In essence, the buffer only gets rotated during preview use-cases.
+     * The user is still responsible to re-create streams of the proper
+     * aspect ratio, or the preview will end up looking non-uniformly
+     * stretched.
+     */
+    flags |= NATIVE_WINDOW_TRANSFORM_INVERSE_DISPLAY;
+
+    ALOGV("%s: final transform = 0x%x", __FUNCTION__, flags);
+
+    return OK;
+}
+
 } // namespace android
diff --git a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api2/CameraDeviceClient.h b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api2/CameraDeviceClient.h
index c6b6336..b490924 100644
--- a/services/camera/libcameraservice/api2/CameraDeviceClient.h
+++ b/services/camera/libcameraservice/api2/CameraDeviceClient.h
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@
                                            const CameraMetadata& frame);
     virtual void          detachDevice();
 
+    // Calculate the ANativeWindow transform from android.sensor.orientation
+    status_t              getRotationTransformLocked(/*out*/int32_t* transform);
+
 private:
     /** ICameraDeviceUser interface-related private members */