diff --git a/example/src/screens/calendarListScreen.tsx b/example/src/screens/calendarListScreen.tsx
index b9870cd01d..863c3751f5 100644
--- a/example/src/screens/calendarListScreen.tsx
+++ b/example/src/screens/calendarListScreen.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ const CalendarListScreen = (props: Props) => {
       horizontal={horizontalView}
       pagingEnabled={horizontalView}
       staticHeader={horizontalView}
+      descendingOrder={false}
     />
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/calendar-list/calendarList.api.json b/src/calendar-list/calendarList.api.json
index 4df8051322..ea50a266f1 100644
--- a/src/calendar-list/calendarList.api.json
+++ b/src/calendar-list/calendarList.api.json
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "CalendarList",
   "description": "Calendar list component",
-  "images": [
-    "https://github.com/wix/react-native-calendars/blob/master/demo/assets/calendar-list.gif?raw=true"
-  ],
+  "images": ["https://github.com/wix/react-native-calendars/blob/master/demo/assets/calendar-list.gif?raw=true"],
   "extends": ["Calendar", "FlatList"],
   "extendsLink": [
     "https://github.com/wix/react-native-calendars/blob/master/src/calendar/index.tsx",
@@ -50,6 +48,12 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Whether to enable or disable vertical / horizontal scroll indicator",
       "default": "false"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "descendingOrder",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Whether to load the calendar list items in descending order (most recent month at the top)",
+      "default": "false"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/src/calendar-list/index.tsx b/src/calendar-list/index.tsx
index 606439b6af..2adb42e64f 100644
--- a/src/calendar-list/index.tsx
+++ b/src/calendar-list/index.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ export interface CalendarListProps extends CalendarProps, Omit<FlatListProps<any
   showScrollIndicator?: boolean;
   /** Whether to animate the auto month scroll */
   animateScroll?: boolean;
+  /** Whether to load the calendar list items in descending order (most recent month at the top) */
+  descendingOrder?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface CalendarListImperativeMethods {
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ const CalendarList = (props: CalendarListProps & ContextProp, ref: any) => {
     calendarWidth = CALENDAR_WIDTH,
     calendarStyle,
     animateScroll = false,
+    descendingOrder = false,
     showScrollIndicator = false,
     staticHeader,
     /** View props */
@@ -120,7 +123,7 @@ const CalendarList = (props: CalendarListProps & ContextProp, ref: any) => {
       const rangeDate = initialDate.current?.clone().addMonths(i - pastScrollRange, true);
       months.push(rangeDate);
     }
-    return months;
+    return descendingOrder ? months.reverse() : months;
   }, [pastScrollRange, futureScrollRange]);
 
   const staticHeaderStyle = useMemo(() => {