diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/graphframes/pattern/patterns.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/graphframes/pattern/patterns.scala
index 0d9c3f345..331947759 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/graphframes/pattern/patterns.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/graphframes/pattern/patterns.scala
@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@ private[graphframes] object PatternParser extends RegexParsers {
   private val anonymousVertex: Parser[Vertex] = "" ^^ { _ => AnonymousVertex }
   private val vertex: Parser[Vertex] = "(" ~> (vertexName | anonymousVertex) <~ ")"
   private val namedEdge: Parser[Edge] =
-    vertex ~ "-" ~ "[" ~ "[a-zA-Z0-9_]+".r ~ "]" ~ "->" ~ vertex ^^ {
+    vertex ~ ("<-" | "-") ~ "[" ~ "[a-zA-Z0-9_]+".r ~ "]" ~ ("->" | "-") ~ vertex ^^ {
       case src ~ "-" ~ "[" ~ name ~ "]" ~ "->" ~ dst => NamedEdge(name, src, dst)
+      case dst ~ "<-" ~ "[" ~ name ~ "]" ~ "-" ~ src => NamedEdge(name, src, dst)
       case _ => throw new GraphFramesUnreachableException()
     }
   val anonymousEdge: Parser[Edge] =
-    vertex ~ "-" ~ "[" ~ "]" ~ "->" ~ vertex ^^ {
+    vertex ~ ("<-" | "-") ~ "[" ~ "]" ~ ("->" | "-") ~ vertex ^^ {
       case src ~ "-" ~ "[" ~ "]" ~ "->" ~ dst => AnonymousEdge(src, dst)
+      case dst ~ "<-" ~ "[" ~ "]" ~ "-" ~ src => AnonymousEdge(src, dst)
       case _ => throw new GraphFramesUnreachableException()
     }
   private val edge: Parser[Edge] = namedEdge | anonymousEdge
@@ -45,28 +47,32 @@ private[graphframes] object PatternParser extends RegexParsers {
     "!" ~ edge ^^ { case _ ~ e =>
       Negation(e)
     }
-  private val fixedLengthPattern: Parser[List[Edge]] =
-    vertex ~ "-" ~ "[" ~ "[a-zA-Z0-9_]*".r ~ "*" ~ "[0-9]+".r ~ "]" ~ "->" ~ vertex ^^ {
-      case src ~ "-" ~ "[" ~ name ~ "*" ~ num ~ "]" ~ "->" ~ dst => {
-        val hop: Int = num.toInt
-        if (hop == 1) {
-          List(if (name.isEmpty) AnonymousEdge(src, dst) else NamedEdge(name, src, dst))
-        } else if (hop > 1) {
-          val midVertices = (1 until hop).map(i => NamedVertex(s"_v$i"))
-          val vertices = src +: midVertices :+ dst
-          vertices
-            .sliding(2)
-            .zipWithIndex
-            .map {
-              case (Seq(v1, v2), i) =>
-                if (name.isEmpty) AnonymousEdge(v1, v2) else NamedEdge(s"_$name${i + 1}", v1, v2)
-              case _ => throw new GraphFramesUnreachableException()
-            }
-            .toList
-        } else {
-          throw new GraphFramesUnreachableException()
+
+  def generateFixedLengthPattern(src: Vertex, name: String, hop: Int, dst: Vertex): List[Edge] = {
+    if (hop == 1) {
+      List(if (name.isEmpty) AnonymousEdge(src, dst) else NamedEdge(name, src, dst))
+    } else if (hop > 1) {
+      val midVertices = (1 until hop).map(i => NamedVertex(s"_v$i"))
+      val vertices = src +: midVertices :+ dst
+      vertices
+        .sliding(2)
+        .zipWithIndex
+        .map {
+          case (Seq(v1, v2), i) =>
+            if (name.isEmpty) AnonymousEdge(v1, v2) else NamedEdge(s"_$name${i + 1}", v1, v2)
+          case _ => throw new GraphFramesUnreachableException()
         }
-      }
+        .toList
+    } else {
+      throw new GraphFramesUnreachableException()
+    }
+  }
+  private val fixedLengthPattern: Parser[List[Edge]] =
+    vertex ~ ("<-" | "-") ~ "[" ~ "[a-zA-Z0-9_]*".r ~ "*" ~ "[0-9]+".r ~ "]" ~ ("->" | "-") ~ vertex ^^ {
+      case src ~ "-" ~ "[" ~ name ~ "*" ~ num ~ "]" ~ "->" ~ dst =>
+        generateFixedLengthPattern(src, name, num.toInt, dst)
+      case dst ~ "<-" ~ "[" ~ name ~ "*" ~ num ~ "]" ~ "-" ~ src =>
+        generateFixedLengthPattern(src, name, num.toInt, dst)
       case _ => throw new GraphFramesUnreachableException()
     }
   private val pattern: Parser[Pattern] = edge | vertex | negatedEdge
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/graphframes/pattern/PatternSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/graphframes/pattern/PatternSuite.scala
index 301368cc2..3071ad700 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/graphframes/pattern/PatternSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/graphframes/pattern/PatternSuite.scala
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ class PatternSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
           AnonymousEdge(NamedVertex("_v9"), NamedVertex("v"))))
   }
 
+  test("good parses - reverse edge pattern") {
+    assert(Pattern.parse("(u)-[e]->(v)") === Pattern.parse("(v)<-[e]-(u)"))
+    assert(Pattern.parse("(u)-[]->(v)") === Pattern.parse("(v)<-[]-(u)"))
+    assert(Pattern.parse("(u)-[*5]->(v)") === Pattern.parse("(v)<-[*5]-(u)"))
+    assert(Pattern.parse("()-[e]->()") === Pattern.parse("()<-[e]-()"))
+    assert(
+      Pattern.parse("(u)-[]->(v); (v)-[]->(w); !(u)-[]->(w)") === Pattern.parse(
+        "(u)-[]->(v); (w)<-[]-(v); !(w)<-[]-(u)"))
+  }
+
   test("bad parses") {
     withClue("Failed to catch parse error with lone anonymous vertex") {
       intercept[InvalidParseException] {