diff --git a/astyanax-entity-mapper/src/main/java/com/netflix/astyanax/entitystore/CompositeEntityManager.java b/astyanax-entity-mapper/src/main/java/com/netflix/astyanax/entitystore/CompositeEntityManager.java
index e9d0edfa7..802b3b4ab 100644
--- a/astyanax-entity-mapper/src/main/java/com/netflix/astyanax/entitystore/CompositeEntityManager.java
+++ b/astyanax-entity-mapper/src/main/java/com/netflix/astyanax/entitystore/CompositeEntityManager.java
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ private RowSliceQuery<K, ByteBuffer> prepareQuery() {
                                 .setStart(endpoints[0])
                                 .setEnd(endpoints[1])
                                 .setLimit(columnLimit)
+                                .setReversed(reverse)
                                 .build());
                 }
                 
diff --git a/astyanax-entity-mapper/src/main/java/com/netflix/astyanax/entitystore/NativeQuery.java b/astyanax-entity-mapper/src/main/java/com/netflix/astyanax/entitystore/NativeQuery.java
index dd23bc630..c99eb0264 100644
--- a/astyanax-entity-mapper/src/main/java/com/netflix/astyanax/entitystore/NativeQuery.java
+++ b/astyanax-entity-mapper/src/main/java/com/netflix/astyanax/entitystore/NativeQuery.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public abstract class NativeQuery<T, K> {
     protected Collection<Object>      columnNames;
     protected List<ColumnPredicate>   predicates;
     protected int                     columnLimit = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+    protected boolean                 reverse = false;
     
     /**
      * Refine query for row key
@@ -98,6 +99,11 @@ public NativeQuery<T,K> limit(int columnLimit) {
         return this;
     }
     
+    public NativeQuery<T,K> reverse(boolean reverse) {
+        this.reverse = reverse;
+        return this;
+    }
+    
     private NativeQuery<T, K> addPredicate(ColumnPredicate predicate) {
         if (predicates == null) {
             predicates = Lists.newArrayList();