diff --git a/src/StepToTopoDS/StepToTopoDS_TranslateFace.cxx b/src/StepToTopoDS/StepToTopoDS_TranslateFace.cxx
index 48309427ca..83bc20ae85 100644
--- a/src/StepToTopoDS/StepToTopoDS_TranslateFace.cxx
+++ b/src/StepToTopoDS/StepToTopoDS_TranslateFace.cxx
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 #include <TopoDS_Vertex.hxx>
 #include <TopoDS_Wire.hxx>
 #include <Transfer_TransientProcess.hxx>
+#include <StepGeom_RectangularTrimmedSurface.hxx>
+#include <StepGeom_ToroidalSurface.hxx>
 
 //#3 rln 16/02/98
 //#include <GeomAdaptor_Curve.hxx>
@@ -113,6 +115,18 @@ StepToTopoDS_TranslateFace::StepToTopoDS_TranslateFace
 // Purpose : Init with a FaceSurface and a Tool
 // ============================================================================
 
+static inline Standard_Boolean isReversed(const Handle(StepGeom_Surface)& theStepSurf)
+{
+  Handle(StepGeom_ToroidalSurface) aStepTorSur;
+  if(theStepSurf->IsKind(STANDARD_TYPE(StepGeom_RectangularTrimmedSurface)))
+    return isReversed(Handle(StepGeom_RectangularTrimmedSurface)::DownCast(theStepSurf)->BasisSurface());
+  
+  else
+    aStepTorSur = Handle(StepGeom_ToroidalSurface)::DownCast(theStepSurf);
+  
+  return (!aStepTorSur.IsNull() && aStepTorSur->MajorRadius() < 0 ? Standard_True : Standard_False);
+}
+
 void StepToTopoDS_TranslateFace::Init
 (const Handle(StepShape_FaceSurface)& FS, StepToTopoDS_Tool& aTool, StepToTopoDS_NMTool& NMTool)
 {
@@ -184,8 +198,12 @@ void StepToTopoDS_TranslateFace::Init
     }
   }
     
-  Standard_Boolean sameSense = FS->SameSense();
+  Standard_Boolean sameSenseFace = FS->SameSense();
 
+  //fix for bug 0026376 Solid Works wrote face based on toroidal surface having negative major radius
+  //seems that such case is interpreted  by "Solid Works" and "ProE" as face having reversed orientation.
+  Standard_Boolean sameSense = (isReversed(StepSurf) ? !sameSenseFace : sameSenseFace);
+  
   // -- Statistics --
   aTool.AddContinuity (GeomSurf);
   
diff --git a/tests/bugs/step/bug26376 b/tests/bugs/step/bug26376
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a046fe4a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bugs/step/bug26376
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+puts "========"
+puts "OCC26376"
+puts "========"
+puts ""
+##########################################################################
+# Imported STEP shape is partially wrong
+##########################################################################
+
+stepread [locate_data_file bug26376_valve-test-meters.step] a *
+tpcompound result
+
+set square 150249
+
+set nbshapes_expected "
+Number of shapes in shape
+ VERTEX    : 23
+ EDGE      : 35
+ WIRE      : 24
+ FACE      : 19
+ SHELL     : 1
+ SOLID     : 1
+ COMPSOLID : 0
+ COMPOUND  : 1
+ SHAPE     : 104
+"
+checknbshapes result -ref ${nbshapes_expected} -t -m "Shape"
+
+set 3dviewer 1