diff --git a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/category.php b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/category.php
index 13b223191dbae..46fcb4ca7ebee 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_categories/models/category.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_categories/models/category.php
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ public function __construct($config = array())
 		parent::__construct($config);
 		$extension = JFactory::getApplication()->input->get('extension', 'com_content');
 		$this->typeAlias = $extension . '.category';
+
+		// Add a new batch command
+		$this->batch_commands['flip_ordering'] = 'batchFlipordering';
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -819,6 +822,56 @@ protected function batchTag($value, $pks, $contexts)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Batch flip category ordering.
+	 *
+	 * @param   integer  $value     The new category.
+	 * @param   array    $pks       An array of row IDs.
+	 * @param   array    $contexts  An array of item contexts.
+	 *
+	 * @return  mixed    An array of new IDs on success, boolean false on failure.
+	 *
+	 * @since   3.6.3
+	 */
+	protected function batchFlipordering($value, $pks, $contexts)
+	{
+		$successful = array();
+
+		$db = $this->getDbo();
+		$query = $db->getQuery(true);
+
+		/**
+		 * For each category get the max ordering value
+		 * Re-order with max - ordering
+		 */
+		foreach ($pks as $id)
+		{
+			$query->select('MAX(ordering)')
+				->from('#__content')
+				->where($db->qn('catid') . ' = ' . $db->q($id));
+
+			$db->setQuery($query);
+
+			$max = (int) $db->loadresult();
+			$max++;
+
+			$query->clear();
+
+			$query->update('#__content')
+				->set($db->qn('ordering') . ' = ' . $max . ' - ' . $db->qn('ordering'))
+				->where($db->qn('catid') . ' = ' . $db->q($id));
+
+			$db->setQuery($query);
+
+			if ($db->execute())
+			{
+				$successful[] = $id;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return empty($successful) ? false : $successful;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Batch copy categories to a new category.
 	 *
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_categories/views/categories/tmpl/default_batch_body.php b/administrator/components/com_categories/views/categories/tmpl/default_batch_body.php
index 4110990f81b7b..45daf66e3cb33 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_categories/views/categories/tmpl/default_batch_body.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_categories/views/categories/tmpl/default_batch_body.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 					</label>
 					<div id="batch-choose-action" class="combo controls">
 						<select name="batch[category_id]" id="batch-category-id">
-							<option value=""><?php echo JText::_('JLIB_HTML_BATCH_NO_CATEGORY'); ?></option>
+							<option value=""><?php echo JText::_('JLIB_HTML_BATCH_NO_CATEGORY') ?></option>
 							<?php echo JHtml::_('select.options', JHtml::_('category.categories', $extension, array('filter.published' => $published))); ?>
 						</select>
 					</div>
@@ -55,4 +55,15 @@
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	</div>
+	<div class="row-fluid">
+		<div class="span6">
+			<div class="control-group">
+				<label id="flip-ordering-id-lbl" for="flip-ordering-id" class="control-label">
+					<?php echo JText::_('JLIB_HTML_BATCH_FLIPORDERING_LABEL'); ?>
+				</label>
+				<?php echo JHtml::_('select.booleanlist', 'batch[flip_ordering]', array(), 0, 'JYES', 'JNO', 'flip-ordering-id'); ?>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	</div>
 </div>
+
diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini
index 5aa2d69e3ff5c..48cf93937c6fc 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.lib_joomla.ini
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ JLIB_HTML_ADD_TO_THIS_MENU="Add to this menu."
 JLIB_HTML_BATCH_ACCESS_LABEL="Set Access Level"
 JLIB_HTML_BATCH_ACCESS_LABEL_DESC="Not making a selection will keep the original access levels when processing."
 JLIB_HTML_BATCH_COPY="Copy"
+JLIB_HTML_BATCH_FLIPORDERING_LABEL="Reverse the ordering of all articles in the selected categories"
 JLIB_HTML_BATCH_LANGUAGE_LABEL="Set Language"
 JLIB_HTML_BATCH_LANGUAGE_LABEL_DESC="Not making a selection will keep the original language when processing."
 JLIB_HTML_BATCH_LANGUAGE_NOCHANGE="- Keep original Language -"