diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77401446..924ee095 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ how fast this is relative to `std::sort`.
 
 ## Sort an array of built-in integers and floats
 ```cpp
-void x86simdsort::qsort(T* arr, size_t size, bool hasnan);
-void x86simdsort::qselect(T* arr, size_t k, size_t size, bool hasnan);
-void x86simdsort::partial_qsort(T* arr, size_t k, size_t size, bool hasnan);
+void x86simdsort::qsort(T* arr, size_t size, bool hasnan, bool descending);
+void x86simdsort::qselect(T* arr, size_t k, size_t size, bool hasnan, bool descending);
+void x86simdsort::partial_qsort(T* arr, size_t k, size_t size, bool hasnan, bool descending);
 ```
 Supported datatypes: `T` $\in$ `[_Float16, uint16_t, int16_t, float, uint32_t,
 int32_t, double, uint64_t, int64_t]`
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ data types.
 
 ## Arg sort routines on arrays
 ```cpp
-std::vector<size_t> arg = x86simdsort::argsort(T* arr, size_t size, bool hasnan);
+std::vector<size_t> arg = x86simdsort::argsort(T* arr, size_t size, bool hasnan, bool descending);
 std::vector<size_t> arg = x86simdsort::argselect(T* arr, size_t k, size_t size, bool hasnan);
 ```
 Supported datatypes: `T` $\in$ `[_Float16, uint16_t, int16_t, float, uint32_t,
diff --git a/benchmarks/bench-argsort.hpp b/benchmarks/bench-argsort.hpp
index 419bed13..4a2413f7 100644
--- a/benchmarks/bench-argsort.hpp
+++ b/benchmarks/bench-argsort.hpp
@@ -45,6 +45,22 @@ static void simdargsort(benchmark::State &state, Args &&...args)
     }
 }
 
+template <typename T, class... Args>
+static void simd_revargsort(benchmark::State &state, Args &&...args)
+{
+    // get args
+    auto args_tuple = std::make_tuple(std::move(args)...);
+    size_t arrsize = std::get<0>(args_tuple);
+    std::string arrtype = std::get<1>(args_tuple);
+    // set up array
+    std::vector<T> arr = get_array<T>(arrtype, arrsize);
+    std::vector<size_t> inx;
+    // benchmark
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        inx = x86simdsort::argsort(arr.data(), arrsize, false, true);
+    }
+}
+
 template <typename T, class... Args>
 static void simd_ordern_argsort(benchmark::State &state, Args &&...args)
 {
@@ -68,6 +84,7 @@ static void simd_ordern_argsort(benchmark::State &state, Args &&...args)
 
 #define BENCH_BOTH(type) \
     BENCH_SORT(simdargsort, type) \
+    BENCH_SORT(simd_revargsort, type) \
     BENCH_SORT(simd_ordern_argsort, type) \
     BENCH_SORT(scalarargsort, type)
 
diff --git a/lib/x86simdsort-avx2.cpp b/lib/x86simdsort-avx2.cpp
index 345653d9..e10fc164 100644
--- a/lib/x86simdsort-avx2.cpp
+++ b/lib/x86simdsort-avx2.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
         avx2_partial_qsort(arr, k, arrsize, hasnan, descending); \
     } \
     template <> \
-    std::vector<size_t> argsort(type *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan) \
+    std::vector<size_t> argsort( \
+            type *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan, bool descending) \
     { \
-        return avx2_argsort(arr, arrsize, hasnan); \
+        return avx2_argsort(arr, arrsize, hasnan, descending); \
     } \
     template <> \
     std::vector<size_t> argselect( \
diff --git a/lib/x86simdsort-internal.h b/lib/x86simdsort-internal.h
index dad32b91..1bbb4067 100644
--- a/lib/x86simdsort-internal.h
+++ b/lib/x86simdsort-internal.h
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ namespace avx512 {
                                        bool descending = false);
     // argsort
     template <typename T>
-    XSS_HIDE_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t>
-    argsort(T *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false);
+    XSS_HIDE_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t> argsort(T *arr,
+                                                size_t arrsize,
+                                                bool hasnan = false,
+                                                bool descending = false);
     // argselect
     template <typename T>
     XSS_HIDE_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t>
@@ -62,8 +64,10 @@ namespace avx2 {
                                        bool descending = false);
     // argsort
     template <typename T>
-    XSS_HIDE_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t>
-    argsort(T *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false);
+    XSS_HIDE_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t> argsort(T *arr,
+                                                size_t arrsize,
+                                                bool hasnan = false,
+                                                bool descending = false);
     // argselect
     template <typename T>
     XSS_HIDE_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t>
@@ -94,8 +98,10 @@ namespace scalar {
                                        bool descending = false);
     // argsort
     template <typename T>
-    XSS_HIDE_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t>
-    argsort(T *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false);
+    XSS_HIDE_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t> argsort(T *arr,
+                                                size_t arrsize,
+                                                bool hasnan = false,
+                                                bool descending = false);
     // argselect
     template <typename T>
     XSS_HIDE_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t>
diff --git a/lib/x86simdsort-scalar.h b/lib/x86simdsort-scalar.h
index 6afc7287..e5ac6ab6 100644
--- a/lib/x86simdsort-scalar.h
+++ b/lib/x86simdsort-scalar.h
@@ -70,12 +70,21 @@ namespace scalar {
                           xss::utils::get_cmp_func<T>(hasnan, reversed));
     }
     template <typename T>
-    std::vector<size_t> argsort(T *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan)
+    std::vector<size_t>
+    argsort(T *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan, bool reversed)
     {
         UNUSED(hasnan);
         std::vector<size_t> arg(arrsize);
         std::iota(arg.begin(), arg.end(), 0);
-        std::sort(arg.begin(), arg.end(), compare_arg<T, std::less<T>>(arr));
+        if (reversed) {
+            std::sort(arg.begin(),
+                      arg.end(),
+                      compare_arg<T, std::greater<T>>(arr));
+        }
+        else {
+            std::sort(
+                    arg.begin(), arg.end(), compare_arg<T, std::less<T>>(arr));
+        }
         return arg;
     }
     template <typename T>
@@ -93,7 +102,7 @@ namespace scalar {
     template <typename T1, typename T2>
     void keyvalue_qsort(T1 *key, T2 *val, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan)
     {
-        std::vector<size_t> arg = argsort(key, arrsize, hasnan);
+        std::vector<size_t> arg = argsort(key, arrsize, hasnan, false);
         utils::apply_permutation_in_place(key, arg);
         utils::apply_permutation_in_place(val, arg);
     }
diff --git a/lib/x86simdsort-skx.cpp b/lib/x86simdsort-skx.cpp
index 4a1c2a9f..8b154d4e 100644
--- a/lib/x86simdsort-skx.cpp
+++ b/lib/x86simdsort-skx.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
         avx512_partial_qsort(arr, k, arrsize, hasnan, descending); \
     } \
     template <> \
-    std::vector<size_t> argsort(type *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan) \
+    std::vector<size_t> argsort( \
+            type *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan, bool descending) \
     { \
-        return avx512_argsort(arr, arrsize, hasnan); \
+        return avx512_argsort(arr, arrsize, hasnan, descending); \
     } \
     template <> \
     std::vector<size_t> argselect( \
diff --git a/lib/x86simdsort.cpp b/lib/x86simdsort.cpp
index 21c8b34f..0c16f148 100644
--- a/lib/x86simdsort.cpp
+++ b/lib/x86simdsort.cpp
@@ -86,12 +86,14 @@ namespace x86simdsort {
     }
 
 #define DECLARE_INTERNAL_argsort(TYPE) \
-    static std::vector<size_t> (*internal_argsort##TYPE)(TYPE *, size_t, bool) \
+    static std::vector<size_t> (*internal_argsort##TYPE)( \
+            TYPE *, size_t, bool, bool) \
             = NULL; \
     template <> \
-    std::vector<size_t> argsort(TYPE *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan) \
+    std::vector<size_t> argsort( \
+            TYPE *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan, bool descending) \
     { \
-        return (*internal_argsort##TYPE)(arr, arrsize, hasnan); \
+        return (*internal_argsort##TYPE)(arr, arrsize, hasnan, descending); \
     }
 
 #define DECLARE_INTERNAL_argselect(TYPE) \
diff --git a/lib/x86simdsort.h b/lib/x86simdsort.h
index 42d5247f..0a85f5ea 100644
--- a/lib/x86simdsort.h
+++ b/lib/x86simdsort.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL void partial_qsort(T *arr,
 // argsort
 template <typename T>
 XSS_EXPORT_SYMBOL std::vector<size_t>
-argsort(T *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false);
+argsort(T *arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false);
 
 // argselect
 template <typename T>
diff --git a/src/README.md b/src/README.md
index 8a56658f..8030e90e 100644
--- a/src/README.md
+++ b/src/README.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ Equivalent to `qsort` in
 `std::sort` in [C++](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/algorithm/sort).
 
 ```cpp
-void avx512_qsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false);
-void avx2_qsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false);
+void avx512_qsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false);
+void avx2_qsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false);
 ```
 Supported datatypes: `uint16_t`, `int16_t`, `_Float16`, `uint32_t`, `int32_t`,
 `float`, `uint64_t`, `int64_t` and `double`. AVX2 versions currently support
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Equivalent to `std::nth_element` in
 
 
 ```cpp
-void avx512_qselect<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false);
-void avx2_qselect<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false);
+void avx512_qselect<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false);
+void avx2_qselect<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false);
 ```
 Supported datatypes: `uint16_t`, `int16_t`, `_Float16`, `uint32_t`, `int32_t`,
 `float`, `uint64_t`, `int64_t` and `double`. AVX2 versions currently support
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ Equivalent to `std::partial_sort` in
 
 
 ```cpp
-void avx512_partial_qsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false)
-void avx2_partial_qsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false)
+void avx512_partial_qsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false)
+void avx2_partial_qsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false)
 ```
 Supported datatypes: `uint16_t`, `int16_t`, `_Float16`, `uint32_t`, `int32_t`,
 `float`, `uint64_t`, `int64_t` and `double`. AVX2 versions currently support
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ Equivalent to `np.argsort` in
 [NumPy](https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.argsort.html).
 
 ```cpp
-std::vector<size_t> arg = avx512_argsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize);
-void avx512_argsort<T>(T* arr, size_t *arg, size_t arrsize);
+std::vector<size_t> arg = avx512_argsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false);
+void avx512_argsort<T>(T* arr, size_t *arg, size_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false);
 ```
 Supported datatypes: `uint32_t`, `int32_t`, `float`, `uint64_t`, `int64_t` and
 `double`.
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ Equivalent to `np.argselect` in
 [NumPy](https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.argpartition.html).
 
 ```cpp
-std::vector<size_t> arg = avx512_argsort<T>(T* arr, size_t arrsize);
-void avx512_argsort<T>(T* arr, size_t *arg, size_t arrsize);
+std::vector<size_t> arg = avx512_argselect<T>(T* arr, size_t k, size_t arrsize);
+void avx512_argselect<T>(T* arr, size_t *arg, size_t k, size_t arrsize);
 ```
 Supported datatypes: `uint32_t`, `int32_t`, `float`, `uint64_t`, `int64_t` and
 `double`.
diff --git a/src/xss-common-argsort.h b/src/xss-common-argsort.h
index 46ce7ef7..b97dd0d0 100644
--- a/src/xss-common-argsort.h
+++ b/src/xss-common-argsort.h
@@ -541,8 +541,11 @@ X86_SIMD_SORT_INLINE void argselect_64bit_(type_t *arr,
 
 /* argsort methods for 32-bit and 64-bit dtypes */
 template <typename T>
-X86_SIMD_SORT_INLINE void
-avx512_argsort(T *arr, arrsize_t *arg, arrsize_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false)
+X86_SIMD_SORT_INLINE void avx512_argsort(T *arr,
+                                         arrsize_t *arg,
+                                         arrsize_t arrsize,
+                                         bool hasnan = false,
+                                         bool descending = false)
 {
     /* TODO optimization: on 32-bit, use zmm_vector for 32-bit dtype */
     using vectype = typename std::conditional<sizeof(T) == sizeof(int32_t),
@@ -558,29 +561,37 @@ avx512_argsort(T *arr, arrsize_t *arg, arrsize_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false)
         if constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<T>) {
             if ((hasnan) && (array_has_nan<vectype>(arr, arrsize))) {
                 std_argsort_withnan(arr, arg, 0, arrsize);
+
+                if (descending) { std::reverse(arg, arg + arrsize); }
+
                 return;
             }
         }
         UNUSED(hasnan);
         argsort_64bit_<vectype, argtype>(
                 arr, arg, 0, arrsize - 1, 2 * (arrsize_t)log2(arrsize));
+
+        if (descending) { std::reverse(arg, arg + arrsize); }
     }
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-X86_SIMD_SORT_INLINE std::vector<arrsize_t>
-avx512_argsort(T *arr, arrsize_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false)
+X86_SIMD_SORT_INLINE std::vector<arrsize_t> avx512_argsort(
+        T *arr, arrsize_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false)
 {
     std::vector<arrsize_t> indices(arrsize);
     std::iota(indices.begin(), indices.end(), 0);
-    avx512_argsort<T>(arr, indices.data(), arrsize, hasnan);
+    avx512_argsort<T>(arr, indices.data(), arrsize, hasnan, descending);
     return indices;
 }
 
 /* argsort methods for 32-bit and 64-bit dtypes */
 template <typename T>
-X86_SIMD_SORT_INLINE void
-avx2_argsort(T *arr, arrsize_t *arg, arrsize_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false)
+X86_SIMD_SORT_INLINE void avx2_argsort(T *arr,
+                                       arrsize_t *arg,
+                                       arrsize_t arrsize,
+                                       bool hasnan = false,
+                                       bool descending = false)
 {
     using vectype = typename std::conditional<sizeof(T) == sizeof(int32_t),
                                               avx2_half_vector<T>,
@@ -594,22 +605,27 @@ avx2_argsort(T *arr, arrsize_t *arg, arrsize_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false)
         if constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<T>) {
             if ((hasnan) && (array_has_nan<vectype>(arr, arrsize))) {
                 std_argsort_withnan(arr, arg, 0, arrsize);
+
+                if (descending) { std::reverse(arg, arg + arrsize); }
+
                 return;
             }
         }
         UNUSED(hasnan);
         argsort_64bit_<vectype, argtype>(
                 arr, arg, 0, arrsize - 1, 2 * (arrsize_t)log2(arrsize));
+
+        if (descending) { std::reverse(arg, arg + arrsize); }
     }
 }
 
 template <typename T>
-X86_SIMD_SORT_INLINE std::vector<arrsize_t>
-avx2_argsort(T *arr, arrsize_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false)
+X86_SIMD_SORT_INLINE std::vector<arrsize_t> avx2_argsort(
+        T *arr, arrsize_t arrsize, bool hasnan = false, bool descending = false)
 {
     std::vector<arrsize_t> indices(arrsize);
     std::iota(indices.begin(), indices.end(), 0);
-    avx2_argsort<T>(arr, indices.data(), arrsize, hasnan);
+    avx2_argsort<T>(arr, indices.data(), arrsize, hasnan, descending);
     return indices;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test-qsort.cpp b/tests/test-qsort.cpp
index 5d4ba587..5ebd018f 100644
--- a/tests/test-qsort.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-qsort.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ TYPED_TEST_P(simdsort, test_qsort_descending)
     }
 }
 
-TYPED_TEST_P(simdsort, test_argsort)
+TYPED_TEST_P(simdsort, test_argsort_ascending)
 {
     for (auto type : this->arrtype) {
         bool hasnan = (type == "rand_with_nan") ? true : false;
@@ -89,6 +89,25 @@ TYPED_TEST_P(simdsort, test_argsort)
     }
 }
 
+TYPED_TEST_P(simdsort, test_argsort_descending)
+{
+    for (auto type : this->arrtype) {
+        bool hasnan = (type == "rand_with_nan") ? true : false;
+        for (auto size : this->arrsize) {
+            std::vector<TypeParam> arr = get_array<TypeParam>(type, size);
+            std::vector<TypeParam> sortedarr = arr;
+            std::sort(sortedarr.begin(),
+                      sortedarr.end(),
+                      compare<TypeParam, std::greater<TypeParam>>());
+            auto arg = x86simdsort::argsort(
+                    arr.data(), arr.size(), hasnan, true);
+            IS_ARG_SORTED(sortedarr, arr, arg, type);
+            arr.clear();
+            arg.clear();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 TYPED_TEST_P(simdsort, test_qselect_ascending)
 {
     for (auto type : this->arrtype) {
@@ -241,7 +260,8 @@ TYPED_TEST_P(simdsort, test_comparator)
 REGISTER_TYPED_TEST_SUITE_P(simdsort,
                             test_qsort_ascending,
                             test_qsort_descending,
-                            test_argsort,
+                            test_argsort_ascending,
+                            test_argsort_descending,
                             test_argselect,
                             test_qselect_ascending,
                             test_qselect_descending,