diff --git a/gaia/geo/gdal_functions.py b/gaia/geo/gdal_functions.py
index 5f0a1f1..3cced2c 100644
--- a/gaia/geo/gdal_functions.py
+++ b/gaia/geo/gdal_functions.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ def gdal_zonalstats(zones, raster):
     return list(gen_zonalstats(zones, raster))
 
 
-def gdal_bbox(raster_input):
+def rasterio_bbox(raster_input):
     """
     This function will return bounding box information
     for a raster layer.
@@ -457,13 +457,9 @@ def gdal_bbox(raster_input):
     :return: list of coordinates in (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax) format
     """
 
-    raster = get_dataset(raster_input)
-    geotransform = raster.GetGeoTransform()
-    xmax = geotransform[0] + (raster.RasterXSize * geotransform[1])
-    ymin = geotransform[3] + (raster.RasterYSize * geotransform[5])
-    xmin = geotransform[0]
-    ymax = geotransform[3]
-    return [xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax]
+    footprint = rasterio_footprint(raster_input)
+    shape = shapely.geometry.Polygon(footprint)
+    return list(shape.bounds)
 
 
 def rasterio_footprint(raster_input):
diff --git a/gaia/geo/geo_inputs.py b/gaia/geo/geo_inputs.py
index c84736f..0fdb135 100644
--- a/gaia/geo/geo_inputs.py
+++ b/gaia/geo/geo_inputs.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 from gaia.inputs import GaiaIO, FileIO, UnsupportedFormatException
 from gaia.filters import filter_pandas, filter_postgis
 from gaia.geo.gdal_functions import gdal_reproject
-from gaia.geo.gdal_functions import gdal_bbox, rasterio_footprint
+from gaia.geo.gdal_functions import rasterio_bbox, rasterio_footprint
 
 
 class VectorMixin(object):
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ def read(self, as_numpy_array=False, as_single_band=True,
 
     def get_bbox(self):
         """Return bounding box of the dataset"""
-        return gdal_bbox(self.uri)
+        return rasterio_bbox(self.uri)
 
     def get_footprint(self):
         """Return footpring of the dataset"""
diff --git a/tests/cases/test_processors.py b/tests/cases/test_processors.py
index 7114240..d4f9ff3 100644
--- a/tests/cases/test_processors.py
+++ b/tests/cases/test_processors.py
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ def test_raster_bbox(self):
                              'LC81070352015218LGN00_B5.TIF'))
 
         bbox = raster_io.get_bbox()
-        self.assertEquals(bbox, [307485.0, 3870285.0, 540015.0, 4107015.0])
+        self.assertEquals(bbox, [307366.7298195886, 3869968.931078481,
+                                 539974.1151507461, 4107482.3190209507])
 
     def test_raster_footprint(self):
         raster_io = RasterFileIO(