diff --git a/tsdb/engine/b1/b1.go b/tsdb/engine/b1/b1.go
index f5a7b17a6f..b971696b99 100644
--- a/tsdb/engine/b1/b1.go
+++ b/tsdb/engine/b1/b1.go
@@ -568,10 +568,18 @@ func (tx *Tx) Cursor(key string, direction tsdb.Direction) tsdb.Cursor {
 	copy(cache, tx.engine.cache[partitionID][key])
 
 	// Build a cursor that merges the bucket and cache together.
-	cur := &Cursor{cache: cache}
+	cur := &Cursor{cache: cache, direction: direction}
 	if b != nil {
 		cur.cursor = b.Cursor()
 	}
+
+	// If it's a reverse cursor, set the current location to the end.
+	if direction.Reverse() {
+		cur.index = len(cache) - 1
+		if cur.cursor != nil {
+			cur.cursor.Last()
+		}
+	}
 	return cur
 }
 
@@ -589,9 +597,12 @@ type Cursor struct {
 
 	// Previously read key.
 	prev []byte
+
+	// The direction the cursor pointer moves after each call to Next()
+	direction tsdb.Direction
 }
 
-func (c *Cursor) Direction() tsdb.Direction { return tsdb.Forward }
+func (c *Cursor) Direction() tsdb.Direction { return c.direction }
 
 // Seek moves the cursor to a position and returns the closest key/value pair.
 func (c *Cursor) Seek(seek []byte) (key, value []byte) {
@@ -605,6 +616,12 @@ func (c *Cursor) Seek(seek []byte) (key, value []byte) {
 		return bytes.Compare(c.cache[i][0:8], seek) != -1
 	})
 
+	// Search will return an index after the length of cache if the seek value is greater
+	// than all the values.  Clamp it to the end of the cache.
+	if c.direction.Reverse() && c.index >= len(c.cache) {
+		c.index = len(c.cache) - 1
+	}
+
 	c.prev = nil
 	return c.read()
 }
@@ -618,20 +635,10 @@ func (c *Cursor) Next() (key, value []byte) {
 func (c *Cursor) read() (key, value []byte) {
 	// Continue skipping ahead through duplicate keys in the cache list.
 	for {
-		// Read next value from the cursor.
-		if c.buf.key == nil && c.cursor != nil {
-			c.buf.key, c.buf.value = c.cursor.Next()
-		}
-
-		// Read from the buffer or cache, which ever is lower.
-		if c.buf.key != nil && (c.index >= len(c.cache) || bytes.Compare(c.buf.key, c.cache[c.index][0:8]) == -1) {
-			key, value = c.buf.key, c.buf.value
-			c.buf.key, c.buf.value = nil, nil
-		} else if c.index < len(c.cache) {
-			key, value = c.cache[c.index][0:8], c.cache[c.index][8:]
-			c.index++
+		if c.direction.Forward() {
+			key, value = c.readForward()
 		} else {
-			key, value = nil, nil
+			key, value = c.readReverse()
 		}
 
 		// Exit loop if we're at the end of the cache or the next key is different.
@@ -644,6 +651,46 @@ func (c *Cursor) read() (key, value []byte) {
 	return
 }
 
+// readForward returns the next key/value from the cursor and moves the current location forward.
+func (c *Cursor) readForward() (key, value []byte) {
+	// Read next value from the cursor.
+	if c.buf.key == nil && c.cursor != nil {
+		c.buf.key, c.buf.value = c.cursor.Next()
+	}
+
+	// Read from the buffer or cache, which ever is lower.
+	if c.buf.key != nil && (c.index >= len(c.cache) || bytes.Compare(c.buf.key, c.cache[c.index][0:8]) == -1) {
+		key, value = c.buf.key, c.buf.value
+		c.buf.key, c.buf.value = nil, nil
+	} else if c.index < len(c.cache) {
+		key, value = c.cache[c.index][0:8], c.cache[c.index][8:]
+		c.index++
+	} else {
+		key, value = nil, nil
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// readReverse returns the next key/value from the cursor and moves the current location backwards.
+func (c *Cursor) readReverse() (key, value []byte) {
+	// Read prev value from the cursor.
+	if c.buf.key == nil && c.cursor != nil {
+		c.buf.key, c.buf.value = c.cursor.Prev()
+	}
+
+	// Read from the buffer or cache, which ever is lower.
+	if c.buf.key != nil && (c.index < 0 || bytes.Compare(c.buf.key, c.cache[c.index][0:8]) == 1) {
+		key, value = c.buf.key, c.buf.value
+		c.buf.key, c.buf.value = nil, nil
+	} else if c.index >= 0 && c.index < len(c.cache) {
+		key, value = c.cache[c.index][0:8], c.cache[c.index][8:]
+		c.index--
+	} else {
+		key, value = nil, nil
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 // WALPartitionN is the number of partitions in the write ahead log.
 const WALPartitionN = 8
 
diff --git a/tsdb/engine/b1/b1_test.go b/tsdb/engine/b1/b1_test.go
index f8860cfb8f..d664f4ee28 100644
--- a/tsdb/engine/b1/b1_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/engine/b1/b1_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"math"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ func TestEngine_WritePoints(t *testing.T) {
 	tx := e.MustBegin(false)
 	defer tx.Rollback()
 
-	c := tx.Cursor("temperature", true)
+	c := tx.Cursor("temperature", tsdb.Forward)
 	if k, v := c.Seek([]byte{0}); !bytes.Equal(k, u64tob(uint64(time.Unix(1434059627, 0).UnixNano()))) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected key: %#v", k)
 	} else if m, err := mf.Codec.DecodeFieldsWithNames(v); err != nil {
@@ -78,6 +79,73 @@ func TestEngine_WritePoints(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Ensure points can be written to the engine and queried in reverse order.
+func TestEngine_WritePoints_Reverse(t *testing.T) {
+	e := OpenDefaultEngine()
+	defer e.Close()
+
+	// Create metadata.
+	mf := &tsdb.MeasurementFields{Fields: make(map[string]*tsdb.Field)}
+	mf.CreateFieldIfNotExists("value", influxql.Float)
+	seriesToCreate := []*tsdb.SeriesCreate{
+		{Series: tsdb.NewSeries(string(tsdb.MakeKey([]byte("temperature"), nil)), nil)},
+	}
+
+	// Parse point.
+	points, err := tsdb.ParsePointsWithPrecision([]byte("temperature value=100 0"), time.Now().UTC(), "s")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else if data, err := mf.Codec.EncodeFields(points[0].Fields()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else {
+		points[0].SetData(data)
+	}
+
+	// Write original value.
+	if err := e.WritePoints(points, map[string]*tsdb.MeasurementFields{"temperature": mf}, seriesToCreate); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Flush to disk.
+	if err := e.Flush(0); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Parse new point.
+	points, err = tsdb.ParsePointsWithPrecision([]byte("temperature value=200 1"), time.Now().UTC(), "s")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else if data, err := mf.Codec.EncodeFields(points[0].Fields()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else {
+		points[0].SetData(data)
+	}
+
+	// Write the new points existing value.
+	if err := e.WritePoints(points, nil, nil); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Ensure only the updated value is read.
+	tx := e.MustBegin(false)
+	defer tx.Rollback()
+
+	c := tx.Cursor("temperature", tsdb.Reverse)
+	if k, _ := c.Seek(u64tob(math.MaxInt64)); !bytes.Equal(k, u64tob(uint64(time.Unix(1, 0).UnixNano()))) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected key: %v", btou64(k))
+	} else if k, v := c.Next(); !bytes.Equal(k, u64tob(uint64(time.Unix(0, 0).UnixNano()))) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected key: %#v", k)
+	} else if m, err := mf.Codec.DecodeFieldsWithNames(v); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else if m["value"] != float64(100) {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected value: %#v", m)
+	}
+
+	if k, v := c.Next(); k != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected key/value: %#v / %#v", k, v)
+	}
+}
+
 // Engine represents a test wrapper for b1.Engine.
 type Engine struct {
 	*b1.Engine