diff --git a/io_mesh_stl/blender_utils.py b/io_mesh_stl/blender_utils.py
index 1bade61d28a81f22d0202fac9235d8ab83cb6063..4bf9e8fc146ee319a9c01f5113852e413ffa2683 100644
--- a/io_mesh_stl/blender_utils.py
+++ b/io_mesh_stl/blender_utils.py
@@ -46,5 +46,5 @@ def faces_from_mesh(ob, apply_modifier=False, triangulate=True):
             else:
                 yield list(face.verts)
 
-    return ([tuple(mesh.verts[index].co)
+    return ([tuple(ob.matrix_world * mesh.verts[index].co)
              for index in indexes] for indexes in iter_face_index())