diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/facets/terms/TermsFacet.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/facets/terms/TermsFacet.java
index 9066067d952..d9c1cc5821d 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/facets/terms/TermsFacet.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/facets/terms/TermsFacet.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public interface TermsFacet extends Facet, Iterable<TermsFacet.Entry> {
      */
     public static enum ComparatorType {
         /**
-         * Order by the count of each term.
+         * Order by the (higher) count of each term.
          */
         COUNT((byte) 0, new Comparator<Entry>() {
 
@@ -53,9 +53,18 @@ public interface TermsFacet extends Facet, Iterable<TermsFacet.Entry> {
             }
         }),
         /**
-         * Order by the count of each term.
+         * Order by the (lower) count of each term.
          */
-        TERM((byte) 1, new Comparator<Entry>() {
+        REVERSE_COUNT((byte) 1, new Comparator<Entry>() {
+
+            @Override public int compare(Entry o1, Entry o2) {
+                return -COUNT.comparator().compare(o1, o2);
+            }
+        }),
+        /**
+         * Order by the terms.
+         */
+        TERM((byte) 2, new Comparator<Entry>() {
 
             @Override public int compare(Entry o1, Entry o2) {
                 int i = o1.term().compareTo(o2.term());
@@ -67,6 +76,15 @@ public interface TermsFacet extends Facet, Iterable<TermsFacet.Entry> {
                 }
                 return i;
             }
+        }),
+        /**
+         * Order by the terms.
+         */
+        REVERSE_TERM((byte) 3, new Comparator<Entry>() {
+
+            @Override public int compare(Entry o1, Entry o2) {
+                return -TERM.comparator().compare(o1, o2);
+            }
         });
 
         private final byte id;
@@ -87,10 +105,14 @@ public interface TermsFacet extends Facet, Iterable<TermsFacet.Entry> {
         }
 
         public static ComparatorType fromId(byte id) {
-            if (id == 0) {
+            if (id == COUNT.id()) {
                 return COUNT;
-            } else if (id == 1) {
+            } else if (id == REVERSE_COUNT.id()) {
+                return REVERSE_COUNT;
+            } else if (id == TERM.id()) {
                 return TERM;
+            } else if (id == REVERSE_TERM.id()) {
+                return REVERSE_TERM;
             }
             throw new ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException("No type argument match for terms facet comparator [" + id + "]");
         }
@@ -100,6 +122,10 @@ public interface TermsFacet extends Facet, Iterable<TermsFacet.Entry> {
                 return COUNT;
             } else if ("term".equals(type)) {
                 return TERM;
+            } else if ("reverse_count".equals(type) || "reverseCount".equals(type)) {
+                return REVERSE_COUNT;
+            } else if ("reverse_term".equals(type) || "reverseTerm".equals(type)) {
+                return REVERSE_TERM;
             }
             throw new ElasticSearchIllegalArgumentException("No type argument match for terms facet comparator [" + type + "]");
         }
diff --git a/modules/test/integration/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/search/facets/SimpleFacetsTests.java b/modules/test/integration/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/search/facets/SimpleFacetsTests.java
index be7a3b4f5ca..9cfe4f7da95 100644
--- a/modules/test/integration/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/search/facets/SimpleFacetsTests.java
+++ b/modules/test/integration/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/integration/search/facets/SimpleFacetsTests.java
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ public class SimpleFacetsTests extends AbstractNodesTests {
         assertThat(facet.entries().get(2).term(), anyOf(equalTo("xxx"), equalTo("zzz")));
         assertThat(facet.entries().get(2).count(), equalTo(1));
 
+        // Bounded Size
+
         searchResponse = client.prepareSearch()
                 .setQuery(matchAllQuery())
                 .addFacet(termsFacet("facet1").field("tag").size(2))
@@ -277,6 +279,21 @@ public class SimpleFacetsTests extends AbstractNodesTests {
         assertThat(facet.entries().get(2).term(), equalTo("zzz"));
         assertThat(facet.entries().get(2).count(), equalTo(1));
 
+        searchResponse = client.prepareSearch()
+                .setQuery(matchAllQuery())
+                .addFacet(termsFacet("facet1").field("tag").size(10).order(TermsFacet.ComparatorType.REVERSE_TERM))
+                .execute().actionGet();
+
+        facet = searchResponse.facets().facet("facet1");
+        assertThat(facet.name(), equalTo("facet1"));
+        assertThat(facet.entries().size(), equalTo(3));
+        assertThat(facet.entries().get(2).term(), equalTo("xxx"));
+        assertThat(facet.entries().get(2).count(), equalTo(1));
+        assertThat(facet.entries().get(1).term(), equalTo("yyy"));
+        assertThat(facet.entries().get(1).count(), equalTo(2));
+        assertThat(facet.entries().get(0).term(), equalTo("zzz"));
+        assertThat(facet.entries().get(0).count(), equalTo(1));
+
         // Script
 
         searchResponse = client.prepareSearch()