diff --git a/oox/source/vml/vmlshape.cxx b/oox/source/vml/vmlshape.cxx
index 31828dbba891..9e6f20846e1d 100644
--- a/oox/source/vml/vmlshape.cxx
+++ b/oox/source/vml/vmlshape.cxx
@@ -642,9 +642,13 @@ Reference< XShape > SimpleShape::implConvertAndInsert( const Reference< XShapes
         if (oRotation)
         {
             lcl_SetRotation(aPropertySet, *oRotation);
-            // If rotation is used, simple setPosition() is not enough.
-            aPropertySet.setAnyProperty(PROP_HoriOrientPosition, makeAny( aShapeRect.X ) );
-            aPropertySet.setAnyProperty(PROP_VertOrientPosition, makeAny( aShapeRect.Y ) );
+            uno::Reference<lang::XServiceInfo> xServiceInfo(rxShapes, uno::UNO_QUERY);
+            if (!xServiceInfo->supportsService("com.sun.star.drawing.GroupShape"))
+            {
+                // If rotation is used, simple setPosition() is not enough.
+                aPropertySet.setAnyProperty(PROP_HoriOrientPosition, makeAny(aShapeRect.X));
+                aPropertySet.setAnyProperty(PROP_VertOrientPosition, makeAny(aShapeRect.Y));
+            }
         }
 
         // When flip has 'x' or 'y', the associated ShapeRect will be changed but direction change doesn't occur.
diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/data/groupshape-child-rotation.docx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/data/groupshape-child-rotation.docx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06aa39d75df9
Binary files /dev/null and b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/data/groupshape-child-rotation.docx differ
diff --git a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx
index b79b6fb92576..32e54d2066b8 100644
--- a/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx
+++ b/sw/qa/extras/ooxmlimport/ooxmlimport.cxx
@@ -962,6 +962,17 @@ DECLARE_OOXMLIMPORT_TEST(testGroupshapeLine, "groupshape-line.docx")
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(0), xShape->getSize().Height);
 }
 
+DECLARE_OOXMLIMPORT_TEST(testGroupshapeChildRotation, "groupshape-child-rotation.docx")
+{
+    // The problem was that (due to incorrect handling of rotation inside
+    // groupshapes), the first child wasn't in the top left corner of an inline
+    // groupshape.
+    uno::Reference<drawing::XShapes> xGroupShape(getShape(1), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    uno::Reference<drawing::XShape> xShape(xGroupShape->getByIndex(0), uno::UNO_QUERY);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(0), xShape->getPosition().X);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(sal_Int32(0), xShape->getPosition().Y);
+}
+
 DECLARE_OOXMLIMPORT_TEST(testN793262, "n793262.docx")
 {
     uno::Reference<container::XEnumerationAccess> xHeaderText = getProperty< uno::Reference<container::XEnumerationAccess> >(getStyles("PageStyles")->getByName(DEFAULT_STYLE), "HeaderText");