diff --git a/rtengine/imageio.cc b/rtengine/imageio.cc
index 4d8f93d55..b38fc745c 100644
--- a/rtengine/imageio.cc
+++ b/rtengine/imageio.cc
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ bool ImageIO::saveMetadata(const Glib::ustring &fname) const
 
     if (has_meta) {
         try {
-            metadataInfo.saveToImage(fname);
+            metadataInfo.saveToImage(fname, false);
             // auto src = open_exiv2(metadataInfo.filename());
             // auto dst = open_exiv2(fname);
             // src->readMetadata();
diff --git a/rtengine/metadata.cc b/rtengine/metadata.cc
index 8028e933f..049233cc6 100644
--- a/rtengine/metadata.cc
+++ b/rtengine/metadata.cc
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void Exiv2Metadata::do_merge_xmp(Exiv2::Image *dst) const
 }
 
 
-void Exiv2Metadata::saveToImage(const Glib::ustring &path) const
+void Exiv2Metadata::saveToImage(const Glib::ustring &path, bool preserve_all_tags) const
 {
     auto dst = open_exiv2(path, false);
     if (image_.get()) {
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ void Exiv2Metadata::saveToImage(const Glib::ustring &path) const
             do_merge_xmp(dst.get());
         }
         auto srcexif = image_->exifData();
-        remove_unwanted(srcexif);
+        if (!preserve_all_tags) {
+            remove_unwanted(srcexif);
+        }
         dst->setExifData(srcexif);
     } else {
         dst->setExifData(exif_data_);
diff --git a/rtengine/metadata.h b/rtengine/metadata.h
index 57484d234..0f9f7919d 100644
--- a/rtengine/metadata.h
+++ b/rtengine/metadata.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public:
     void setExif(const rtengine::procparams::ExifPairs& exif);
     void setIptc(const rtengine::procparams::IPTCPairs& iptc);
     
-    void saveToImage(const Glib::ustring& path) const;
+    void saveToImage(const Glib::ustring& path, bool preserve_all_tags) const;
     void saveToXmp(const Glib::ustring& path) const;
 
     void setExifKeys(const std::vector<std::string> *keys);