diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
index 00e856641..3c1579368 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Reader/Html.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Reader;
 
+use Composer\Pcre\Preg;
 use DOMAttr;
 use DOMDocument;
 use DOMElement;
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
             return false;
         }
 
-        $beginning = preg_replace(self::STARTS_WITH_BOM, '', $this->readBeginning()) ?? '';
+        $beginning = Preg::replace(self::STARTS_WITH_BOM, '', $this->readBeginning());
 
         $startWithTag = self::startsWithTag($beginning);
         $containsTags = self::containsTags($beginning);
@@ -457,7 +458,7 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
                 }
                 if (isset($attributeArray['style'])) {
                     $alignStyle = $attributeArray['style'];
-                    if (preg_match('/\btext-align:\s*(left|right|center|justify)\b/', (string) $alignStyle, $matches) === 1) {
+                    if (Preg::isMatch('/\btext-align:\s*(left|right|center|justify)\b/', (string) $alignStyle, $matches)) {
                         $sheet->getComment($column . $row)->setAlignment($matches[1]);
                     }
                 }
@@ -772,7 +773,7 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
     {
         foreach ($element->childNodes as $child) {
             if ($child instanceof DOMText) {
-                $domText = (string) preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($child->nodeValue ?? ''));
+                $domText = Preg::replace('/\s+/', ' ', trim($child->nodeValue ?? ''));
                 if ($domText === "\u{a0}") {
                     $domText = '';
                 }
@@ -883,7 +884,7 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
 
                         break;
                     default:
-                        if (preg_match('/^custom[.](bool|date|float|int|string)[.](.+)$/', $metaName, $matches) === 1) {
+                        if (Preg::isMatch('/^custom[.](bool|date|float|int|string)[.](.+)$/', $metaName, $matches)) {
                             match ($matches[1]) {
                                 'bool' => $properties->setCustomProperty($matches[2], (bool) $metaContent, Properties::PROPERTY_TYPE_BOOLEAN),
                                 'float' => $properties->setCustomProperty($matches[2], (float) $metaContent, Properties::PROPERTY_TYPE_FLOAT),
@@ -910,13 +911,12 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
     /** @internal */
     protected static function replaceNonAsciiIfNeeded(string $convert): ?string
     {
-        if (preg_match(self::STARTS_WITH_BOM, $convert) !== 1 && preg_match(self::DECLARES_CHARSET, $convert) !== 1) {
+        if (!Preg::isMatch(self::STARTS_WITH_BOM, $convert) && !Preg::isMatch(self::DECLARES_CHARSET, $convert)) {
             $lowend = "\u{80}";
             $highend = "\u{10ffff}";
             $regexp = "/[$lowend-$highend]/u";
-            /** @var callable $callback */
-            $callback = [self::class, 'replaceNonAscii'];
-            $convert = preg_replace_callback($regexp, $callback, $convert);
+            // use native preg because of "u" modifier
+            $convert = preg_replace_callback($regexp, self::replaceNonAscii(...), $convert);
         }
 
         return $convert;
@@ -1274,6 +1274,11 @@ class Html extends BaseReader
                 $drawing->setOpacity((int) ($opacity * 100000));
             }
         }
+        /** @var string */
+        $transform = $styleArray['transform'] ?? '';
+        if (Preg::isMatch('/rotate[(](-?\d{1,3})deg[)]$/', $transform, $matches)) {
+            $drawing->setRotation((int) $matches[1]);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Html.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Html.php
index fdeacacb3..3678cf67b 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Html.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Writer/Html.php
@@ -758,6 +758,11 @@ class Html extends BaseWriter
                     $opacity = "opacity:$opacityValue; ";
                 }
             }
+            $rotationValue = $drawing->getRotation();
+            if ($rotationValue !== 0) {
+                $rotation = "transform: rotate({$rotationValue}deg); ";
+                $opacity .= $rotation;
+            }
             $filedesc = $drawing->getDescription();
             $filedesc = $filedesc ? htmlspecialchars($filedesc, ENT_QUOTES) : 'Embedded image';
             if ($drawing instanceof Drawing && $drawing->getPath() !== '') {
diff --git a/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Writer/Html/ImageRotateTest.php b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Writer/Html/ImageRotateTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8149245c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PhpSpreadsheetTests/Writer/Html/ImageRotateTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Writer\Html;
+
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Spreadsheet;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Worksheet\Drawing;
+use PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheetTests\Functional\AbstractFunctional;
+
+class ImageRotateTest extends AbstractFunctional
+{
+    public function testImageCopyXls(): void
+    {
+        $spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
+        $sheet = $spreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+
+        $drawing = new Drawing();
+        $drawing->setName('Blue Square');
+        $drawing->setDescription('Blue_Square');
+        $drawing->setPath('samples/images/blue_square.png');
+        $drawing->setCoordinates('C5');
+        $drawing->setRotation(45);
+        $drawing->setWorksheet($sheet);
+
+        $reloadedSpreadsheet = $this->writeAndReload($spreadsheet, 'Html');
+        $spreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
+
+        $rsheet = $reloadedSpreadsheet->getActiveSheet();
+        $drawings = $rsheet->getDrawingCollection();
+        self::assertCount(1, $drawings);
+        $drawing = $drawings[0];
+        self::assertNotNull($drawing);
+        self::assertSame(45, $drawing->getRotation());
+
+        $reloadedSpreadsheet->disconnectWorksheets();
+    }
+}