diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4
index 3d930ab4f710..6759164fe54a 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vt.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4
@@ -358,6 +358,24 @@ To set black and white colors of console palette
 .Pp
 .Dl kern.vt.color.0.rgb="10,10,10"
 .Dl kern.vt.color.15.rgb="#f0f0f0"
+.Pp
+The mode option
+.Sy rotate
+is also supported, with values 0, 90, 180, and 270 representing the degrees
+counterclockwise to rotate the display.  Follow an optional connector name
+and mode with a comma and the mode option.  For example,
+to set the default rotation for all output connectors 90 degrees clockwise:
+.Pp
+.Dl kern.vt.fb.default_mode=",rotate=270"
+.Pp
+This option is only supported by
+.Cm vt_fb
+when it is paired with a KMS video driver, and in most cases the
+.Pp
+.Dl screen.rotate=90
+.Pp
+.Xr loader.conf 5
+setting, which will work with and without KMS, is more appropriate.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr kbdcontrol 1 ,
 .Xr login 1 ,
diff --git a/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 b/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5
index 23a65935c95a..47c21f99a917 100644
--- a/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5
+++ b/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
-.Dd July 31, 2021
+.Dd August 3, 2022
 .Dt LOADER.CONF 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -308,6 +308,16 @@ If EDID is not available, the default resolution is 800x600 (if available).
 .Va screen.width ,
 .Va screen.depth
 are set by loader when loader is using framebuffer mode to draw the screen.
+.It Va screen.rotate
+Sets the rotation of the framebuffer console to 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees clockwise.
+If KMS is present, the rotation may be performed in hardware,
+and an additional value, "AUTO", is supported which will often detect the
+correct rotation.
+.Pp
+This option will also rotate the screen of the EFI boot loader; because the rotation
+setting for the EFI loader is stored in the EFI itself during shutdown based upon the
+value present in the current kernel environment,
+it will take a second reboot to pass a change to the loader.
 .It Va efi_max_resolution
 .It Va vbe_max_resolution
 Specify the maximum desired resolution for the EFI or VBE framebuffer console.
diff --git a/sys/dev/vt/hw/fb/vt_fb.c b/sys/dev/vt/hw/fb/vt_fb.c
index 2f6c4c3939d5..33e76f903b8c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/vt/hw/fb/vt_fb.c
+++ b/sys/dev/vt/hw/fb/vt_fb.c
@@ -162,11 +162,22 @@ vt_fb_setpixel(struct vt_device *vd, int x, int y, term_color_t color)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info;
 	uint32_t c;
-	u_int o;
+	u_int o, row, col;
 
 	info = vd->vd_softc;
 	c = info->fb_cmap[color];
-	o = info->fb_stride * y + x * FBTYPE_GET_BYTESPP(info);
+
+	/* Rotations */
+	if (info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_90)
+		row = x, col = y;
+	else
+		row = y, col = x;
+	if (info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_180)
+		row = (info->fb_height - 1) - row;
+	if (!(info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_90) !=
+	    !(info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_180))
+		col = (info->fb_width - 1) - col;
+	o = info->fb_stride * row + col * FBTYPE_GET_BYTESPP(info);
 
 	if (info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_NOWRITE)
 		return;
@@ -266,7 +277,7 @@ vt_fb_bitblt_bitmap(struct vt_device *vd, const struct vt_window *vw,
     unsigned int x, unsigned int y, term_color_t fg, term_color_t bg)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info;
-	uint32_t fgc, bgc, cc, o;
+	uint32_t fgc, bgc, cc, o, row, col;
 	int bpp, bpl, xi, yi;
 	int bit, byte;
 
@@ -299,7 +310,18 @@ vt_fb_bitblt_bitmap(struct vt_device *vd, const struct vt_window *vw,
 			/* Skip pixel write, if mask bit not set. */
 			if (mask != NULL && (mask[byte] & bit) == 0)
 				continue;
-			o = (y + yi) * info->fb_stride + (x + xi) * bpp;
+
+			/* Rotations */
+			if (info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_90)
+				row = x + xi, col  = y + yi;
+			else
+				row = y + yi, col = x + xi;
+			if (info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_180)
+				row = (info->fb_height - 1) - row;
+			if (!(info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_90) !=
+			    !(info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_180))
+				col = (info->fb_width - 1) - col;
+			o = row * info->fb_stride + col * bpp;
 			o += vd->vd_transpose;
 			cc = pattern[byte] & bit ? fgc : bgc;
 
@@ -459,15 +481,64 @@ vt_fb_init(struct vt_device *vd)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info;
 	u_int margin;
-	int bg, err;
+	int angle = 0, bg, err;
 	term_color_t c;
+	char *rotation, strbuf[4];
 
 	info = vd->vd_softc;
-	vd->vd_height = MIN(VT_FB_MAX_HEIGHT, info->fb_height);
-	margin = (info->fb_height - vd->vd_height) >> 1;
-	vd->vd_transpose = margin * info->fb_stride;
-	vd->vd_width = MIN(VT_FB_MAX_WIDTH, info->fb_width);
-	margin = (info->fb_width - vd->vd_width) >> 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we have been passed a rotation, and screen.rotate="AUTO", change
+	 * screen.rotate to the autodetected rotation for use during the next
+	 * reboot.
+	 */
+	if (info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_NODEFAULT) {
+		if ((rotation = kern_getenv("screen.rotate")) != NULL &&
+		    strncasecmp(rotation, "auto", 5) == 0) {
+			if (info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_90)
+				angle += 90;
+			if (info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_180)
+				angle += 180;
+			snprintf(strbuf, sizeof(strbuf), "%d", angle);
+			kern_setenv("screen.rotate", strbuf);
+		}
+		freeenv(rotation);
+	}
+
+	/* Default angle to rotate console clockwise, in 90 degree increments. */
+	if (!(info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_NODEFAULT)) {
+		if ((TUNABLE_INT_FETCH("screen.autorotate", &angle) == 0))
+			TUNABLE_INT_FETCH("screen.rotate", &angle);
+		info->fb_flags &= ~FB_FLAG_ROTATE_MASK;
+		switch (angle) {
+		case 270:
+			info->fb_flags |= FB_FLAG_ROTATE_270;
+			break;
+		case 180:
+			info->fb_flags |= FB_FLAG_ROTATE_180;
+			break;
+		case 90:
+			info->fb_flags |= FB_FLAG_ROTATE_90;
+			break;
+		default:
+			info->fb_flags |= FB_FLAG_ROTATE_0;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (info->fb_flags & FB_FLAG_ROTATE_90) {	/* +/-90 degrees rotation */
+		vd->vd_height = MIN(VT_FB_MAX_HEIGHT, info->fb_width);
+		vd->vd_width = MIN(VT_FB_MAX_WIDTH, info->fb_height);
+		margin = (info->fb_height - vd->vd_width) >> 1;
+		vd->vd_transpose = margin * info->fb_stride;
+		margin = (info->fb_width - vd->vd_height) >> 1;
+	} else {
+		vd->vd_height = MIN(VT_FB_MAX_HEIGHT, info->fb_height);
+		vd->vd_width = MIN(VT_FB_MAX_WIDTH, info->fb_width);
+		margin = (info->fb_height - vd->vd_height) >> 1;
+		vd->vd_transpose = margin * info->fb_stride;
+		margin = (info->fb_width - vd->vd_width) >> 1;
+	}
 	vd->vd_transpose += margin * (info->fb_bpp / NBBY);
 	vd->vd_video_dev = info->fb_video_dev;
 
diff --git a/sys/sys/fbio.h b/sys/sys/fbio.h
index 931ef689fc1f..d573811044bc 100644
--- a/sys/sys/fbio.h
+++ b/sys/sys/fbio.h
@@ -143,9 +143,15 @@ struct fb_info {
 	void		*fb_priv;	/* First argument for read/write. */
 	const char	*fb_name;
 	uint32_t	fb_flags;
-#define	FB_FLAG_NOMMAP		1	/* mmap unsupported. */
-#define	FB_FLAG_NOWRITE		2	/* disable writes for the time being */
-#define	FB_FLAG_MEMATTR		4	/* override memattr for mmap */
+#define	FB_FLAG_NOMMAP		    0x01	/* mmap unsupported. */
+#define	FB_FLAG_NOWRITE		    0x02	/* disable writes for the time being */
+#define	FB_FLAG_MEMATTR		    0x04	/* override memattr for mmap */
+#define	FB_FLAG_ROTATE_0	    0x00	/* rotate fb 0 degrees clockwise */
+#define	FB_FLAG_ROTATE_90	    0x08	/* rotate fb 90 degrees clockwise */
+#define	FB_FLAG_ROTATE_180	    0x10	/* rotate fb 180 degrees clockwise */
+#define	FB_FLAG_ROTATE_270	    (FB_FLAG_ROTATE_90 | FB_FLAG_ROTATE_180)
+#define	FB_FLAG_ROTATE_MASK	    0x18
+#define	FB_FLAG_ROTATE_NODEFAULT    0x20	/* do not load console defaults */
 	vm_memattr_t	fb_memattr;
 	int		fb_stride;
 	int		fb_bpp;		/* bits per pixel */