diff --git a/SMTKFileWriter/Logic/vtkSlicerSMTKFileWriterLogic.cxx b/SMTKFileWriter/Logic/vtkSlicerSMTKFileWriterLogic.cxx
index dfcdfc0cf78070019eb7aa26ba087bcb9c93f030..0720d1dc67c803a4d2ab0912e712cccd36851406 100644
--- a/SMTKFileWriter/Logic/vtkSlicerSMTKFileWriterLogic.cxx
+++ b/SMTKFileWriter/Logic/vtkSlicerSMTKFileWriterLogic.cxx
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ bool exportVolumeNodeToAevaSMTKResource(vtkMRMLVolumeNode* volumeNode,
   image->DeepCopy(nodeImage);
   image->SetSpacing(volumeNode->GetSpacing());
   image->SetOrigin(volumeNode->GetOrigin());
+  double dirs[3][3];
+  volumeNode->GetIJKToRASDirections(dirs);
+  image->SetDirectionMatrix(dirs[0][0], dirs[0][1], dirs[0][2], dirs[1][0], dirs[1][1], dirs[1][2], dirs[2][0], dirs[2][1], dirs[2][2]);
 
   auto modelName = std::string(volumeNode->GetName());
   return addVTKImageDataToAevaSMTKModelResource(image, resource, modelName, exportPath);