diff --git a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
index c314fd271..8a7af3aa7 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
@@ -1221,6 +1221,15 @@ describe "TextEditor", ->
         expect(selection1.getScreenRange()).toEqual [[3, 0], [4, 5]]
         expect(selection2.getScreenRange()).toEqual [[5, 6], [6, 2]]
 
+      describe "when selecting with an initial screen range", ->
+        it "switches the direction of the selection when selecting to positions before/after the start of the initial range", ->
+          editor.setCursorScreenPosition([5, 10])
+          editor.selectWordsContainingCursors()
+          editor.selectToScreenPosition([3, 0])
+          expect(editor.getLastSelection().isReversed()).toBe true
+          editor.selectToScreenPosition([9, 0])
+          expect(editor.getLastSelection().isReversed()).toBe false
+
     describe ".selectToBeginningOfNextParagraph()", ->
       it "selects from the cursor to first line of the next paragraph", ->
         editor.setSelectedBufferRange([[3, 0], [4, 5]])
diff --git a/src/selection.coffee b/src/selection.coffee
index 043c88548..6c6609a38 100644
--- a/src/selection.coffee
+++ b/src/selection.coffee
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class Selection extends Model
         if position.isLessThan(@initialScreenRange.start)
           @marker.setScreenRange([position, @initialScreenRange.end], reversed: true)
         else
-          @marker.setScreenRange([@initialScreenRange.start, position])
+          @marker.setScreenRange([@initialScreenRange.start, position], reversed: false)
       else
         @cursor.setScreenPosition(position)