diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDFPageObjectHelper.cc b/libqpdf/QPDFPageObjectHelper.cc
index b7f96dc0..748d865d 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDFPageObjectHelper.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDFPageObjectHelper.cc
@@ -1200,4 +1200,10 @@ QPDFPageObjectHelper::flattenRotation()
     this->oh.addPageContents(
         QPDFObjectHandle::newStream(qpdf, "\nQ\n"), false);
     this->oh.removeKey("/Rotate");
+    QPDFObjectHandle rotate_obj = getAttribute("/Rotate", false);
+    if (! rotate_obj.isNull())
+    {
+        QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDFPageObjectHelper flatten inherit rotate");
+        this->oh.replaceKey("/Rotate", QPDFObjectHandle::newInteger(0));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/qpdf/qpdf.testcov b/qpdf/qpdf.testcov
index a2d2b71f..057e2734 100644
--- a/qpdf/qpdf.testcov
+++ b/qpdf/qpdf.testcov
@@ -571,3 +571,4 @@ qpdf password stdin 0
 qpdf password file 0
 QPDFFileSpecObjectHelper empty compat_name 0
 QPDFFileSpecObjectHelper non-empty compat_name 0
+QPDFPageObjectHelper flatten inherit rotate 0
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
index 100520f3..a0985f07 100644
--- a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf.test
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ $td->runtest("explicit keep files open = n",
 show_ntests();
 # ----------
 $td->notify("--- Rotate Pages ---");
-$n_tests += 6;
+$n_tests += 8;
 # Do absolute, positive, and negative on ranges that include
 # inherited and non-inherited.
 # Pages 11-15 inherit /Rotate 90
@@ -2281,6 +2281,15 @@ $td->runtest("check output",
              {$td->FILE => "a.pdf"},
              {$td->FILE => "minimal-rotated.pdf"});
 
+$td->runtest("flatten with inherited rotate",
+             {$td->COMMAND =>
+                  "qpdf --static-id --flatten-rotation" .
+                  " inherited-rotate.pdf a.pdf"},
+             {$td->STRING => "", $td->EXIT_STATUS => 0});
+$td->runtest("check output",
+             {$td->FILE => "a.pdf"},
+             {$td->FILE => "inherited-flattened.pdf"});
+
 show_ntests();
 # ----------
 $td->notify("--- Flatten Form/Annotations ---");
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/inherited-flattened.pdf b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/inherited-flattened.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf00e4d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/inherited-flattened.pdf differ
diff --git a/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/inherited-rotate.pdf b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/inherited-rotate.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb392a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qpdf/qtest/qpdf/inherited-rotate.pdf
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
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+%QDF-1.0
+
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+>>
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+
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+  ]
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+  /Type /Pages
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+    /Font <<
+      /F1 6 0 R
+    >>
+    /ProcSet 7 0 R
+  >>
+  /Rotate 90
+  /Type /Page
+>>
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+
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+  (Potato) Tj
+ET
+endstream
+endobj
+
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+endobj
+
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+<<
+  /BaseFont /Helvetica
+  /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding
+  /Name /F1
+  /Subtype /Type1
+  /Type /Font
+>>
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+
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+  /PDF
+  /Text
+]
+endobj
+
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+trailer <<
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+>>
+startxref
+674
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