diff --git a/examples/jsm/loaders/FBXLoader.js b/examples/jsm/loaders/FBXLoader.js
index eb7dd870ac7d27..519c3b3e55b60f 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/loaders/FBXLoader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/loaders/FBXLoader.js
@@ -1012,6 +1012,24 @@ class FBXTreeParser {
 
 		sceneGraph.animations = animations;
 
+		// Apply coordinate system correction. FBX files can use different
+		// up-axis conventions (Y-up or Z-up). Three.js uses Y-up, so rotate
+		// the scene when the file uses Z-up (UpAxis === 2).
+
+		if ( 'GlobalSettings' in fbxTree && 'UpAxis' in fbxTree.GlobalSettings ) {
+
+			const upAxis = fbxTree.GlobalSettings.UpAxis.value;
+
+			if ( upAxis === 2 ) {
+
+				console.warn( 'THREE.FBXLoader: You are loading an asset with a Z-UP coordinate system. The loader just rotates the asset to transform it into Y-UP. The vertex data are not converted.' );
+
+				sceneGraph.rotation.set( - Math.PI / 2, 0, 0 );
+
+			}
+
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	// parse nodes in FBXTree.Objects.Model
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f7b71cad5d149f..8878c024bb40df 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1214,9 +1214,9 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/brace-expansion": {
-      "version": "1.1.12",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.12.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9T9UjW3r0UW5c1Q7GTwllptXwhvYmEzFhzMfZ9H7FQWt+uZePjZPjBP/W1ZEyZ1twGWom5/56TF4lPcqjnDHcg==",
+      "version": "1.1.13",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.13.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9ZLprWS6EENmhEOpjCYW2c8VkmOvckIJZfkr7rBW6dObmfgJ/L1GpSYW5Hpo9lDz4D1+n0Ckz8rU7FwHDQiG/w==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
@@ -2613,9 +2613,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/lodash": {
-      "version": "4.17.23",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.23.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-LgVTMpQtIopCi79SJeDiP0TfWi5CNEc/L/aRdTh3yIvmZXTnheWpKjSZhnvMl8iXbC1tFg9gdHHDMLoV7CnG+w==",
+      "version": "4.18.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.18.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dMInicTPVE8d1e5otfwmmjlxkZoUpiVLwyeTdUsi/Caj/gfzzblBcCE5sRHV/AsjuCmxWrte2TNGSYuCeCq+0Q==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },