diff --git a/src/database/mongo/sorted.js b/src/database/mongo/sorted.js
index 49b5862fe2..22c7e44196 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo/sorted.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo/sorted.js
@@ -41,6 +41,22 @@ module.exports = function (db, module) {
 			key = { $in: key };
 		}
 
+		if (start < 0 && start > stop) {
+			return callback(null, []);
+		}
+
+		var reverse = false;
+		if (start === 0 && stop < -1) {
+			reverse = true;
+			sort *= -1;
+			start = Math.abs(stop + 1);
+			stop = -1;
+		} else if (start < 0 && stop > start) {
+			var tmp1 = Math.abs(stop + 1);
+			stop = Math.abs(start + 1);
+			start = tmp1;
+		}
+
 		var limit = stop - start + 1;
 		if (limit <= 0) {
 			limit = 0;
@@ -54,7 +70,9 @@ module.exports = function (db, module) {
 				if (err || !data) {
 					return callback(err);
 				}
-
+				if (reverse) {
+					data.reverse();
+				}
 				if (!withScores) {
 					data = data.map(function (item) {
 						return item.value;
diff --git a/test/database/sorted.js b/test/database/sorted.js
index c5f7101aff..703d3e93b4 100644
--- a/test/database/sorted.js
+++ b/test/database/sorted.js
@@ -78,6 +78,49 @@ describe('Sorted Set methods', function () {
 				done();
 			});
 		});
+
+		it('should handle negative start/stop', function (done) {
+			db.sortedSetAdd('negatives', [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5'], function (err) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				db.getSortedSetRange('negatives', -2, -4, function (err, data) {
+					assert.ifError(err);
+					assert.deepEqual(data, []);
+					done();
+				});
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should handle negative start/stop', function (done) {
+			db.getSortedSetRange('negatives', -4, -2, function (err, data) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				assert.deepEqual(data, ['2', '3', '4']);
+				done();
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should handle negative start/stop', function (done) {
+			db.getSortedSetRevRange('negatives', -4, -2, function (err, data) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				assert.deepEqual(data, ['4', '3', '2']);
+				done();
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should handle negative start/stop', function (done) {
+			db.getSortedSetRange('negatives', -5, -1, function (err, data) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				assert.deepEqual(data, ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5']);
+				done();
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('should handle negative start/stop', function (done) {
+			db.getSortedSetRange('negatives', 0, -2, function (err, data) {
+				assert.ifError(err);
+				assert.deepEqual(data, ['1', '2', '3', '4']);
+				done();
+			});
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('getSortedSetRevRange()', function () {