diff --git a/src/cmd_export.cpp b/src/cmd_export.cpp
index 3fb5e14..2e62621 100644
--- a/src/cmd_export.cpp
+++ b/src/cmd_export.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 static const char USAGE[] =
 R"(
     Usage:
-      export [--since=<since>] [--until=<until>] [--include-ephemeral]
+      export [--since=<since>] [--until=<until>] [--reverse] [--include-ephemeral]
 )";
 
 
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ void cmd_export(const std::vector<std::string> &subArgs) {
     uint64_t since = 0, until = MAX_U64;
     if (args["--since"]) since = args["--since"].asLong();
     if (args["--until"]) until = args["--until"].asLong();
+    bool includeEphemeral = args["--include-ephemeral"].asBool();
+    bool reverse = args["--reverse"].asBool();
 
     Decompressor decomp;
 
@@ -27,8 +29,15 @@ void cmd_export(const std::vector<std::string> &subArgs) {
     auto dbVersion = getDBVersion(txn);
     auto qdb = getQdbInstance(txn);
 
-    env.generic_foreachFull(txn, env.dbi_Event__created_at, lmdb::to_sv<uint64_t>(since), lmdb::to_sv<uint64_t>(0), [&](auto k, auto v) {
-        if (lmdb::from_sv<uint64_t>(k) > until) return false;
+    uint64_t start = reverse ? until : since;
+    uint64_t startDup = reverse ? MAX_U64 : 0;
+
+    env.generic_foreachFull(txn, env.dbi_Event__created_at, lmdb::to_sv<uint64_t>(start), lmdb::to_sv<uint64_t>(startDup), [&](auto k, auto v) {
+        if (reverse) {
+            if (lmdb::from_sv<uint64_t>(k) < since) return false;
+        } else {
+            if (lmdb::from_sv<uint64_t>(k) > until) return false;
+        }
 
         auto view = env.lookup_Event(txn, lmdb::from_sv<uint64_t>(v));
         if (!view) throw herr("missing event from index, corrupt DB?");
@@ -41,12 +50,10 @@ void cmd_export(const std::vector<std::string> &subArgs) {
             return true;
         }
 
-        if (!args["--include-ephemeral"].asBool()) {
-            if (isEphemeralEvent(view->flat_nested()->kind())) return true;
-        }
+        if (!includeEphemeral && isEphemeralEvent(view->flat_nested()->kind())) return true;
 
         std::cout << getEventJson(txn, decomp, view->primaryKeyId) << "\n";
 
         return true;
-    });
+    }, reverse);
 }