diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/HexConverter.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/HexConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c55e9bbd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Common/Helpers/HexConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+// Copyright (c) Six Labors.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+
+namespace SixLabors.ImageSharp.Common.Helpers
+{
+    internal static class HexConverter
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Parses a hexadecimal string into a byte array without allocations. Throws on non-hexadecimal character.
+        /// Adapted from https://source.dot.net/#System.Private.CoreLib/Convert.cs,c9e4fbeaca708991.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="chars">The hexadecimal string to parse.</param>
+        /// <param name="bytes">The destination for the parsed bytes. Must be at least <paramref name="chars"/>.Length / 2 bytes long.</param>
+        /// <returns>The number of bytes written to <paramref name="bytes"/>.</returns>
+        public static int HexStringToBytes(ReadOnlySpan<char> chars, Span<byte> bytes)
+        {
+            if ((chars.Length % 2) != 0)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Input string length must be a multiple of 2", nameof(chars));
+            }
+
+            if ((bytes.Length * 2) < chars.Length)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Output span must be at least half the length of the input string");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Slightly better performance in the loop below, allows us to skip a bounds check
+                // while still supporting output buffers that are larger than necessary
+                bytes = bytes.Slice(0, chars.Length / 2);
+            }
+
+            [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
+            static int FromChar(int c)
+            {
+                // Map from an ASCII char to its hex value, e.g. arr['b'] == 11. 0xFF means it's not a hex digit.
+                // This doesn't actually allocate.
+                ReadOnlySpan<byte> charToHexLookup = new byte[]
+                {
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 15
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 31
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 47
+                    0x0,  0x1,  0x2,  0x3,  0x4,  0x5,  0x6,  0x7,  0x8,  0x9,  0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 63
+                    0xFF, 0xA,  0xB,  0xC,  0xD,  0xE,  0xF,  0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 79
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 95
+                    0xFF, 0xa,  0xb,  0xc,  0xd,  0xe,  0xf,  0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 111
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 127
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 143
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 159
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 175
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 191
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 207
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 223
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 239
+                    0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, // 255
+                };
+
+                return c >= charToHexLookup.Length ? 0xFF : charToHexLookup[c];
+            }
+
+            // See https://source.dot.net/#System.Private.CoreLib/HexConverter.cs,4681d45a0aa0b361
+            int i = 0;
+            int j = 0;
+            int byteLo = 0;
+            int byteHi = 0;
+            while (j < bytes.Length)
+            {
+                byteLo = FromChar(chars[i + 1]);
+                byteHi = FromChar(chars[i]);
+
+                // byteHi hasn't been shifted to the high half yet, so the only way the bitwise or produces this pattern
+                // is if either byteHi or byteLo was not a hex character.
+                if ((byteLo | byteHi) == 0xFF)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                bytes[j++] = (byte)((byteHi << 4) | byteLo);
+                i += 2;
+            }
+
+            if (byteLo == 0xFF)
+            {
+                i++;
+            }
+
+            if ((byteLo | byteHi) == 0xFF)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentException("Input string contained non-hexadecimal characters", nameof(chars));
+            }
+
+            return j;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs
index f81cbca211..c9f0ce3755 100644
--- a/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs
+++ b/src/ImageSharp/Formats/Png/PngDecoderCore.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
+using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Common.Helpers;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Compression.Zlib;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png.Chunks;
 using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Formats.Png.Filters;
@@ -187,10 +188,10 @@ public Image<TPixel> Decode<TPixel>(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken
                                 this.AssignTransparentMarkers(alpha, pngMetadata);
                                 break;
                             case PngChunkType.Text:
-                                this.ReadTextChunk(pngMetadata, chunk.Data.GetSpan());
+                                this.ReadTextChunk(metadata, pngMetadata, chunk.Data.GetSpan());
                                 break;
                             case PngChunkType.CompressedText:
-                                this.ReadCompressedTextChunk(pngMetadata, chunk.Data.GetSpan());
+                                this.ReadCompressedTextChunk(metadata, pngMetadata, chunk.Data.GetSpan());
                                 break;
                             case PngChunkType.InternationalText:
                                 this.ReadInternationalTextChunk(pngMetadata, chunk.Data.GetSpan());
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ public Image<TPixel> Decode<TPixel>(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken
                                 {
                                     byte[] exifData = new byte[chunk.Length];
                                     chunk.Data.GetSpan().CopyTo(exifData);
-                                    metadata.ExifProfile = new ExifProfile(exifData);
+                                    this.MergeOrSetExifProfile(metadata, new ExifProfile(exifData), replaceExistingKeys: true);
                                 }
 
                                 break;
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ public IImageInfo Identify(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancella
                                     break;
                                 }
 
-                                this.ReadTextChunk(pngMetadata, chunk.Data.GetSpan());
+                                this.ReadTextChunk(metadata, pngMetadata, chunk.Data.GetSpan());
                                 break;
                             case PngChunkType.CompressedText:
                                 if (this.colorMetadataOnly)
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ public IImageInfo Identify(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancella
                                     break;
                                 }
 
-                                this.ReadCompressedTextChunk(pngMetadata, chunk.Data.GetSpan());
+                                this.ReadCompressedTextChunk(metadata, pngMetadata, chunk.Data.GetSpan());
                                 break;
                             case PngChunkType.InternationalText:
                                 if (this.colorMetadataOnly)
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ public IImageInfo Identify(BufferedReadStream stream, CancellationToken cancella
                                 {
                                     byte[] exifData = new byte[chunk.Length];
                                     chunk.Data.GetSpan().CopyTo(exifData);
-                                    metadata.ExifProfile = new ExifProfile(exifData);
+                                    this.MergeOrSetExifProfile(metadata, new ExifProfile(exifData), replaceExistingKeys: true);
                                 }
 
                                 break;
@@ -967,9 +968,10 @@ private void ReadHeaderChunk(PngMetadata pngMetadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
         /// <summary>
         /// Reads a text chunk containing image properties from the data.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="baseMetadata">The <see cref="ImageMetadata"/> object.</param>
         /// <param name="metadata">The metadata to decode to.</param>
         /// <param name="data">The <see cref="T:Span"/> containing the data.</param>
-        private void ReadTextChunk(PngMetadata metadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
+        private void ReadTextChunk(ImageMetadata baseMetadata, PngMetadata metadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
         {
             if (this.ignoreMetadata)
             {
@@ -992,15 +994,19 @@ private void ReadTextChunk(PngMetadata metadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
 
             string value = PngConstants.Encoding.GetString(data.Slice(zeroIndex + 1));
 
-            metadata.TextData.Add(new PngTextData(name, value, string.Empty, string.Empty));
+            if (!this.TryReadTextChunkMetadata(baseMetadata, name, value))
+            {
+                metadata.TextData.Add(new PngTextData(name, value, string.Empty, string.Empty));
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Reads the compressed text chunk. Contains a uncompressed keyword and a compressed text string.
         /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="baseMetadata">The <see cref="ImageMetadata"/> object.</param>
         /// <param name="metadata">The metadata to decode to.</param>
         /// <param name="data">The <see cref="T:Span"/> containing the data.</param>
-        private void ReadCompressedTextChunk(PngMetadata metadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
+        private void ReadCompressedTextChunk(ImageMetadata baseMetadata, PngMetadata metadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> data)
         {
             if (this.ignoreMetadata)
             {
@@ -1028,12 +1034,185 @@ private void ReadCompressedTextChunk(PngMetadata metadata, ReadOnlySpan<byte> da
 
             ReadOnlySpan<byte> compressedData = data.Slice(zeroIndex + 2);
 
-            if (this.TryUncompressTextData(compressedData, PngConstants.Encoding, out string uncompressed))
+            if (this.TryUncompressTextData(compressedData, PngConstants.Encoding, out string uncompressed) &&
+                !this.TryReadTextChunkMetadata(baseMetadata, name, uncompressed))
             {
                 metadata.TextData.Add(new PngTextData(name, uncompressed, string.Empty, string.Empty));
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Checks if the given text chunk is actually storing parsable metadata.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="baseMetadata">The <see cref="ImageMetadata"/> object to store the parsed metadata in.</param>
+        /// <param name="chunkName">The name of the text chunk.</param>
+        /// <param name="chunkText">The contents of the text chunk.</param>
+        /// <returns>True if metadata was successfully parsed from the text chunk. False if the
+        /// text chunk was not identified as metadata, and should be stored in the metadata
+        /// object unmodified.</returns>
+        private bool TryReadTextChunkMetadata(ImageMetadata baseMetadata, string chunkName, string chunkText)
+        {
+            if (chunkName.Equals("Raw profile type exif", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) &&
+                this.TryReadLegacyExifTextChunk(baseMetadata, chunkText))
+            {
+                // Successfully parsed legacy exif data from text
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            // TODO: "Raw profile type iptc", potentially others?
+
+            // No special chunk data identified
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads exif data encoded into a text chunk with the name "raw profile type exif".
+        /// This method was used by ImageMagick, exiftool, exiv2, digiKam, etc, before the
+        /// 2017 update to png that allowed a true exif chunk.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="metadata">The <see cref="ImageMetadata"/> to store the decoded exif tags into.</param>
+        /// <param name="data">The contents of the "raw profile type exif" text chunk.</param>
+        private bool TryReadLegacyExifTextChunk(ImageMetadata metadata, string data)
+        {
+            ReadOnlySpan<char> dataSpan = data.AsSpan();
+            dataSpan = dataSpan.TrimStart();
+
+            if (!StringEqualsInsensitive(dataSpan.Slice(0, 4), "exif".AsSpan()))
+            {
+                // "exif" identifier is missing from the beginning of the text chunk
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // Skip to the data length
+            dataSpan = dataSpan.Slice(4).TrimStart();
+            int dataLengthEnd = dataSpan.IndexOf('\n');
+            int dataLength = ParseInt32(dataSpan.Slice(0, dataSpan.IndexOf('\n')));
+
+            // Skip to the hex-encoded data
+            dataSpan = dataSpan.Slice(dataLengthEnd).Trim();
+
+            // Sequence of bytes for the exif header ("Exif" ASCII and two zero bytes).
+            // This doesn't actually allocate.
+            ReadOnlySpan<byte> exifHeader = new byte[] { 0x45, 0x78, 0x69, 0x66, 0x00, 0x00 };
+
+            if (dataLength < exifHeader.Length)
+            {
+                // Not enough room for the required exif header, this data couldn't possibly be valid
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // Parse the hex-encoded data into the byte array we are going to hand off to ExifProfile
+            byte[] exifBlob = new byte[dataLength - exifHeader.Length];
+
+            try
+            {
+                // Check for the presence of the exif header in the hex-encoded binary data
+                byte[] tempExifBuf = exifBlob;
+                if (exifBlob.Length < exifHeader.Length)
+                {
+                    // Need to allocate a temporary array, this should be an extremely uncommon (TODO: impossible?) case
+                    tempExifBuf = new byte[exifHeader.Length];
+                }
+
+                HexConverter.HexStringToBytes(dataSpan.Slice(0, exifHeader.Length * 2), tempExifBuf);
+                if (!tempExifBuf.AsSpan().Slice(0, exifHeader.Length).SequenceEqual(exifHeader))
+                {
+                    // Exif header in the hex data is not valid
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                // Skip over the exif header we just tested
+                dataSpan = dataSpan.Slice(exifHeader.Length * 2);
+                dataLength -= exifHeader.Length;
+
+                // Load the hex-encoded data, one line at a time
+                for (int i = 0; i < dataLength;)
+                {
+                    ReadOnlySpan<char> lineSpan = dataSpan;
+
+                    int newlineIndex = dataSpan.IndexOf('\n');
+                    if (newlineIndex != -1)
+                    {
+                        lineSpan = dataSpan.Slice(0, newlineIndex);
+                    }
+
+                    i += HexConverter.HexStringToBytes(lineSpan, exifBlob.AsSpan().Slice(i));
+
+                    dataSpan = dataSpan.Slice(newlineIndex + 1);
+                }
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            this.MergeOrSetExifProfile(metadata, new ExifProfile(exifBlob), replaceExistingKeys: false);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Compares two ReadOnlySpan&lt;char&gt;s in a case-insensitive method.
+        /// This is only needed because older frameworks are missing the extension method.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="span1">The first <see cref="Span{T}"/> to compare.</param>
+        /// <param name="span2">The second <see cref="Span{T}"/> to compare.</param>
+        /// <returns>True if the spans were identical, false otherwise.</returns>
+        private static bool StringEqualsInsensitive(ReadOnlySpan<char> span1, ReadOnlySpan<char> span2)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable IDE0022 // Use expression body for methods
+#if NETSTANDARD2_1 || NETCOREAPP2_1_OR_GREATER
+            return span1.Equals(span2, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+#else
+            return span1.ToString().Equals(span2.ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+#endif
+#pragma warning restore IDE0022 // Use expression body for methods
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// int.Parse() a ReadOnlySpan&lt;char&gt;, with a fallback for older frameworks.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="span">The <see cref="int"/> to parse.</param>
+        /// <returns>The parsed <see cref="int"/>.</returns>
+        private static int ParseInt32(ReadOnlySpan<char> span)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable IDE0022 // Use expression body for methods
+#if NETSTANDARD2_1 || NETCOREAPP2_1_OR_GREATER
+            return int.Parse(span);
+#else
+            return int.Parse(span.ToString());
+#endif
+#pragma warning restore IDE0022 // Use expression body for methods
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Sets the <see cref="ExifProfile"/> in <paramref name="metadata"/> to <paramref name="newProfile"/>,
+        /// or copies exif tags if <paramref name="metadata"/> already contains an <see cref="ExifProfile"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="metadata">The <see cref="ImageMetadata"/> to store the exif data in.</param>
+        /// <param name="newProfile">The <see cref="ExifProfile"/> to copy exif tags from.</param>
+        /// <param name="replaceExistingKeys">If <paramref name="metadata"/> already contains an <see cref="ExifProfile"/>,
+        /// controls whether existing exif tags in <paramref name="metadata"/> will be overwritten with any conflicting
+        /// tags from <paramref name="newProfile"/>.</param>
+        private void MergeOrSetExifProfile(ImageMetadata metadata, ExifProfile newProfile, bool replaceExistingKeys)
+        {
+            if (metadata.ExifProfile is null)
+            {
+                // No exif metadata was loaded yet, so just assign it
+                metadata.ExifProfile = newProfile;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // Try to merge existing keys with the ones from the new profile
+                foreach (IExifValue newKey in newProfile.Values)
+                {
+                    if (replaceExistingKeys || metadata.ExifProfile.GetValueInternal(newKey.Tag) is null)
+                    {
+                        metadata.ExifProfile.SetValueInternal(newKey.Tag, newKey.GetValue());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Reads a iTXt chunk, which contains international text data. It contains:
         /// - A uncompressed keyword.
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngMetadataTests.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngMetadataTests.cs
index b4307af5d1..8db1d1aaf2 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngMetadataTests.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/Formats/Png/PngMetadataTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Six Labors.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -289,5 +290,34 @@ private static void VerifyTextDataIsPresent(PngMetadata meta)
             Assert.Contains(meta.TextData, m => m.Keyword is "NoLang" && m.Value is "this text chunk is missing a language tag");
             Assert.Contains(meta.TextData, m => m.Keyword is "NoTranslatedKeyword" && m.Value is "dieser chunk hat kein übersetztes Schlüßelwort");
         }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(TestImages.Png.Issue1875)]
+        public void Identify_ReadsLegacyExifData(string imagePath)
+        {
+            var testFile = TestFile.Create(imagePath);
+            using (var stream = new MemoryStream(testFile.Bytes, false))
+            {
+                IImageInfo imageInfo = Image.Identify(stream);
+                Assert.NotNull(imageInfo);
+                Assert.NotNull(imageInfo.Metadata.ExifProfile);
+
+                PngMetadata meta = imageInfo.Metadata.GetFormatMetadata(PngFormat.Instance);
+                Assert.DoesNotContain(meta.TextData, t => t.Keyword.Equals("Raw profile type exif", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
+
+                ExifProfile exif = imageInfo.Metadata.ExifProfile;
+                Assert.Equal(0, exif.InvalidTags.Count);
+                Assert.Equal(3, exif.Values.Count);
+
+                Assert.Equal(
+                    "A colorful tiling of blue, red, yellow, and green 4x4 pixel blocks.",
+                    exif.GetValue(ExifTag.ImageDescription).Value);
+                Assert.Equal(
+                    "Duplicated from basn3p02.png, then image metadata modified with exiv2",
+                    exif.GetValue(ExifTag.ImageHistory).Value);
+
+                Assert.Equal(42, (int)exif.GetValue(ExifTag.ImageNumber).Value);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
index b87ffc7420..fc63e5b1fc 100644
--- a/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
+++ b/tests/ImageSharp.Tests/TestImages.cs
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ public static class Png
             // Issue 1765: https://github.com/SixLabors/ImageSharp/issues/1765
             public const string Issue1765_Net6DeflateStreamRead = "Png/issues/Issue_1765_Net6DeflateStreamRead.png";
 
+            // Discussion 1875: https://github.com/SixLabors/ImageSharp/discussions/1875
+            public const string Issue1875 = "Png/raw-profile-type-exif.png";
+
             public static class Bad
             {
                 public const string MissingDataChunk = "Png/xdtn0g01.png";
diff --git a/tests/Images/Input/Png/raw-profile-type-exif.png b/tests/Images/Input/Png/raw-profile-type-exif.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efd9b35aaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Images/Input/Png/raw-profile-type-exif.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:2259b08fd0c4681ecd068244df358b486f5eca1fcd18edbc7d9207eeef3ca5ed
+size 392