diff --git a/lib/capybara/queries/ancestor_query.rb b/lib/capybara/queries/ancestor_query.rb
index 531bd23f..785c2437 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/queries/ancestor_query.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/queries/ancestor_query.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module Capybara
           ancestors = node.find_xpath(XPath.ancestor.to_s)
                           .map(&method(:to_element))
                           .select { |el| match_results.include?(el) }
-          Capybara::Result.new(ancestors, self)
+          Capybara::Result.new(ordered_results(ancestors), self)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/capybara/queries/selector_query.rb b/lib/capybara/queries/selector_query.rb
index 59ce0818..483e86c5 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/queries/selector_query.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/queries/selector_query.rb
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ module Capybara
                      enable_aria_label: session_options.enable_aria_label,
                      test_id: session_options.test_id,
                      selector_format: nil,
+                     order: nil,
                      **options,
                      &filter_block)
         @resolved_node = nil
         @resolved_count = 0
         @options = options.dup
+        @order = order
         @filter_cache = Hash.new { |hsh, key| hsh[key] = {} }
 
         super(@options)
@@ -150,7 +152,7 @@ module Capybara
 
         node.synchronize do
           children = find_nodes_by_selector_format(node, exact).map(&method(:to_element))
-          Capybara::Result.new(children, self)
+          Capybara::Result.new(ordered_results(children), self)
         end
       end
 
@@ -313,6 +315,15 @@ module Capybara
         filters
       end
 
+      def ordered_results(results)
+        case @order
+        when :reverse
+          results.reverse
+        else
+          results
+        end
+      end
+
       def custom_keys
         @custom_keys ||= node_filters.keys + expression_filters.keys
       end
diff --git a/lib/capybara/queries/sibling_query.rb b/lib/capybara/queries/sibling_query.rb
index c550573d..8fe6388a 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/queries/sibling_query.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/queries/sibling_query.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Capybara
           siblings = node.find_xpath((XPath.preceding_sibling + XPath.following_sibling).to_s)
                          .map(&method(:to_element))
                          .select { |el| match_results.include?(el) }
-          Capybara::Result.new(siblings, self)
+          Capybara::Result.new(ordered_results(siblings), self)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/capybara/spec/session/all_spec.rb b/lib/capybara/spec/session/all_spec.rb
index c919dd5e..0b4909de 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/spec/session/all_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/spec/session/all_spec.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ Capybara::SpecHelper.spec '#all' do
     expect(@result).to include('Smith', 'John', 'John Smith')
   end
 
+  it 'should allow reversing the order' do
+    @session.visit('/form')
+    fields = @session.all(:fillable_field, 'Name', exact: false).to_a
+    reverse_fields = @session.all(:fillable_field, 'Name', order: :reverse, exact: false).to_a
+    expect(fields).to eq(reverse_fields.reverse)
+  end
+
   it 'should raise an error when given invalid options' do
     expect { @session.all('//p', schmoo: 'foo') }.to raise_error(ArgumentError)
   end
diff --git a/lib/capybara/spec/session/ancestor_spec.rb b/lib/capybara/spec/session/ancestor_spec.rb
index a4a3e72e..ef893bbc 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/spec/session/ancestor_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/spec/session/ancestor_spec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Capybara::SpecHelper.spec '#ancestor' do
     expect(el.ancestor('//div', text: "Ancestor\nAncestor\nAncestor")[:id]).to eq('ancestor3')
   end
 
+  it 'should find the closest ancestor' do
+    el = @session.find(:css, '#child')
+    expect(el.ancestor('.//div', order: :reverse, match: :first)[:id]).to eq('ancestor1')
+  end
+
   it 'should raise an error if there are multiple matches' do
     el = @session.find(:css, '#child')
     expect { el.ancestor('//div') }.to raise_error(Capybara::Ambiguous)