diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d70545c..f9c9265 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ let sharp = require("sharp");
 let svgo = require("svgo");
 let { stat, readFile } = require("fs").promises;
 let { abort } = require("faucet-pipeline-core/lib/util");
+let { exiftool } = require("exiftool-vendored");
 
 // we can optimize the settings here, but some would require libvips
 // to be compiled with additional stuff
@@ -130,6 +131,14 @@ async function processFile(fileName,
 	if(fingerprint !== undefined) {
 		writeOptions.fingerprint = fingerprint;
 	}
+
+	let tags = await exiftool.read(sourcePath);
+	let meta = {};
+	if(tags) {
+		meta.exif = tags;
+	}
+
+	writeOptions.meta = meta;
 	return assetManager.writeFile(targetPath, output, writeOptions);
 }
 
@@ -178,7 +187,6 @@ async function optimizeBitmap(sourcePath, format,
 	default:
 		abort(`unsupported format ${format}. We support: AVIF, JPG, PNG, WebP, SVG`);
 	}
-
 	return image.toBuffer();
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba3f37f..88eaa3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 	},
 	"homepage": "https://www.faucet-pipeline.org",
 	"dependencies": {
+		"exiftool-vendored": "^15.11.0",
 		"faucet-pipeline-core": "^1.7.0",
 		"sharp": "^0.30.1",
 		"svgo": "^2.8.0"