diff --git a/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m b/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m
index b7820f3..8b2c90c 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVInAppBrowser.m
@@ -755,6 +755,10 @@
     return UIStatusBarStyleDefault;
 }
 
+- (BOOL)prefersStatusBarHidden {
+    return NO;
+}
+
 - (void)close
 {
     [CDVUserAgentUtil releaseLock:&_userAgentLockToken];
@@ -1000,13 +1004,26 @@
 
     // simplified from: http://stackoverflow.com/a/25669695/219684
 
-    UIToolbar* bgToolbar = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
+    UIToolbar* bgToolbar = [[UIToolbar alloc] initWithFrame:[self invertFrameIfNeeded:frame]];
     bgToolbar.barStyle = UIBarStyleDefault;
+    [bgToolbar setAutoresizingMask:UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth];
     [self.view addSubview:bgToolbar];
 
     [super viewDidLoad];
 }
 
+- (CGRect) invertFrameIfNeeded:(CGRect)rect {
+    // We need to invert since on iOS 7 frames are always in Portrait context
+    if (!IsAtLeastiOSVersion(@"8.0")) {
+        if (UIInterfaceOrientationIsLandscape([[UIApplication sharedApplication] statusBarOrientation])) {
+            CGFloat temp = rect.size.width;
+            rect.size.width = rect.size.height;
+            rect.size.height = temp;
+            rect.origin = CGPointZero;
+        }
+    }
+    return rect;
+}
 
 #pragma mark CDVScreenOrientationDelegate