diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.1.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.1.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..257c4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.1.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse TinySocial if exists;
+create  dataverse TinySocial;
+
+use TinySocial;
+
+
+create type TinySocial.TwitterUserType as
+{
+  `screen-name` : string,
+  lang : string,
+  friends_count : bigint,
+  statuses_count : bigint,
+  name : string,
+  followers_count : bigint
+};
+
+create type TinySocial.TweetMessageType as
+ closed {
+  tweetid : string,
+  user : TwitterUserType,
+  `sender-location` : point?,
+  `send-time` : datetime,
+  `referred-topics` : {{string}},
+  `message-text` : string
+};
+
+create  dataset TweetMessages(TweetMessageType) primary key tweetid hints (`CARDINALITY`=`100`);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.2.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.2.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4a0e7ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.2.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use TinySocial;
+
+load  dataset TweetMessages using localfs ((`path`=`asterix_nc1://data/tinysocial/twm.adm`),(`format`=`adm`));
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.3.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.3.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..70e09a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.3.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use TinySocial;
+
+{
+  "t1": (select array_reverse(t.`referred-topics`) from TweetMessages t order by t.tweetid),
+  "t2": (select array_reverse([5, 7, 19])),
+  "t3": (select array_reverse([5, 7.5, 19])),
+  "t4": (select array_reverse([5, 7.5, 19, "John"])),
+  "t5": (select array_reverse([3])),
+  "t6": (select array_reverse("non_array")),
+  "t7": (select array_reverse([])),
+  "t8": (select array_reverse(missing)),
+  "t9": (select array_reverse(null))
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.4.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.4.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3f8c8ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.4.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+drop  dataverse TinySocial;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.3.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.3.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57e5a3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/array_fun/array_reverse/array_reverse.3.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "t1": [ { "$1": {{ "customization", "t-mobile" }} }, { "$1": {{ "voice-clarity", "verizon" }} }, { "$1": {{ "platform", "iphone" }} }, { "$1": {{ "voice-command", "samsung" }} }, { "$1": {{ "shortcut-menu", "verizon" }} }, { "$1": {{ "speed", "motorola" }} }, { "$1": {{ "voice-command", "sprint" }} }, { "$1": {{ "speed", "motorola" }} }, { "$1": {{ "voice-clarity", "iphone" }} }, { "$1": {{ "platform", "samsung" }} }, { "$1": {{ "shortcut-menu", "t-mobile" }} }, { "$1": {{ "voicemail-service", "verizon" }} } ], "t2": [ { "$2": [ 19, 7, 5 ] } ], "t3": [ { "$3": [ 19, 7.5, 5 ] } ], "t4": [ { "$4": [ "John", 19, 7.5, 5 ] } ], "t5": [ { "$5": [ 3 ] } ], "t6": [ { "$6": null } ], "t7": [ { "$7": [  ] } ], "t8": [ {  } ], "t9": [ { "$9": null } ] }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index 0934e56..14b4cc1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -995,6 +995,11 @@
         <expected-error>HYR0115: Cannot compare non-primitive values (in line 22, at column 8)</expected-error>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="array_fun">
+      <compilation-unit name="array_reverse">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">array_reverse</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
   </test-group>
   <test-group name="boolean">
     <test-case FilePath="boolean">
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java
index f73533c..1570cab 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/functions/BuiltinFunctions.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.AInt8TypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.AIntervalTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.ALineTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.AListTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.APoint3DTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.APointTypeComputer;
 import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl.APolygonTypeComputer;
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@
             new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "array-append", FunctionIdentifier.VARARGS);
     public static final FunctionIdentifier ARRAY_POSITION =
             new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "array-position", 2);
+    public static final FunctionIdentifier ARRAY_REVERSE =
+            new FunctionIdentifier(FunctionConstants.ASTERIX_NS, "array-reverse", 1);
 
     // objects
     public static final FunctionIdentifier RECORD_MERGE =
@@ -1464,6 +1467,7 @@
         // array functions
         addFunction(ARRAY_APPEND, ArrayAppendTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
         addFunction(ARRAY_POSITION, AInt32TypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
+        addFunction(ARRAY_REVERSE, AListTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
 
         // objects
         addFunction(RECORD_MERGE, RecordMergeTypeComputer.INSTANCE, true);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AListTypeComputer.java b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AListTypeComputer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92730f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-om/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/om/typecomputer/impl/AListTypeComputer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.impl;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.om.typecomputer.base.AbstractResultTypeComputer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.BuiltinType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
+
+/**
+ * A type computer that returns the same list type as the presumably input list at argument 0. If the argument is not a
+ * list, it returns "ANY".
+ */
+public class AListTypeComputer extends AbstractResultTypeComputer {
+    public static final AListTypeComputer INSTANCE = new AListTypeComputer();
+
+    private AListTypeComputer() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected IAType getResultType(ILogicalExpression expr, IAType... strippedInputTypes) throws AlgebricksException {
+        IAType argType = strippedInputTypes[0];
+        switch (argType.getTypeTag()) {
+            case ARRAY:
+            case MULTISET:
+                return argType;
+            default:
+                return BuiltinType.ANY;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ArrayReverseDescriptor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ArrayReverseDescriptor.java
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eed50ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/ArrayReverseDescriptor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.apache.asterix.builders.IAsterixListBuilder;
+import org.apache.asterix.builders.OrderedListBuilder;
+import org.apache.asterix.builders.UnorderedListBuilder;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.BuiltinFunctions;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionDescriptorFactory;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.functions.IFunctionTypeInferer;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.ATypeTag;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.AbstractCollectionType;
+import org.apache.asterix.om.types.IAType;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.base.AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.common.ListAccessor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.functions.FunctionTypeInferers;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.common.exceptions.AlgebricksException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.functions.FunctionIdentifier;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluator;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.runtime.base.IScalarEvaluatorFactory;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.api.IPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.primitive.VoidPointable;
+import org.apache.hyracks.data.std.util.ArrayBackedValueStorage;
+import org.apache.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.accessors.IFrameTupleReference;
+
+/**
+ * array_reverse(list) returns a new list with the entries of the original input list in reverse order. If the input is
+ * not a list, it returns "null".
+ */
+public class ArrayReverseDescriptor extends AbstractScalarFunctionDynamicDescriptor {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    private IAType inputListType;
+
+    public static final IFunctionDescriptorFactory FACTORY = new IFunctionDescriptorFactory() {
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionDescriptor createFunctionDescriptor() {
+            return new ArrayReverseDescriptor();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public IFunctionTypeInferer createFunctionTypeInferer() {
+            // the type of the input list is needed in order to use the same type for the new returned list
+            return FunctionTypeInferers.SET_ARGUMENT_TYPE;
+        }
+
+    };
+
+    @Override
+    public FunctionIdentifier getIdentifier() {
+        return BuiltinFunctions.ARRAY_REVERSE;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setImmutableStates(Object... states) {
+        inputListType = (IAType) states[0];
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IScalarEvaluatorFactory createEvaluatorFactory(final IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args)
+            throws AlgebricksException {
+        return new IScalarEvaluatorFactory() {
+            private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+            @Override
+            public IScalarEvaluator createScalarEvaluator(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
+                return new ArrayReverseFunction(args, ctx);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    public class ArrayReverseFunction implements IScalarEvaluator {
+        private final ArrayBackedValueStorage storage;
+        private final IScalarEvaluator listArgEval;
+        private final ListAccessor listAccessor;
+        private final IPointable listArg;
+
+        public ArrayReverseFunction(IScalarEvaluatorFactory[] args, IHyracksTaskContext ctx)
+                throws HyracksDataException {
+            storage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage();
+            listArg = new VoidPointable();
+            listArgEval = args[0].createScalarEvaluator(ctx);
+            listAccessor = new ListAccessor();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void evaluate(IFrameTupleReference tuple, IPointable result) throws HyracksDataException {
+            // get the list argument and make sure it's a list
+            listArgEval.evaluate(tuple, listArg);
+            byte listArgType = listArg.getByteArray()[listArg.getStartOffset()];
+
+            // create the new list with the same type as the input list
+            IAsterixListBuilder listBuilder;
+            if (listArgType == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_ORDEREDLIST_TYPE_TAG) {
+                listBuilder = new OrderedListBuilder();
+            } else if (listArgType == ATypeTag.SERIALIZED_UNORDEREDLIST_TYPE_TAG) {
+                listBuilder = new UnorderedListBuilder();
+            } else {
+                PointableHelper.setNull(result);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            listBuilder.reset((AbstractCollectionType) inputListType);
+            listAccessor.reset(listArg.getByteArray(), listArg.getStartOffset());
+            try {
+                // get the list items in reverse and append to the new list
+                for (int i = listAccessor.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+                    storage.reset();
+                    listAccessor.writeItem(i, storage.getDataOutput());
+                    listBuilder.addItem(storage);
+                }
+                storage.reset();
+                listBuilder.write(storage.getDataOutput(), true);
+                result.set(storage);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw HyracksDataException.create(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionCollection.java b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionCollection.java
index f64df0a..45dc76c 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionCollection.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/runtime/functions/FunctionCollection.java
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.AnyCollectionMemberDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.ArrayAppendDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.ArrayPositionDescriptor;
+import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.ArrayReverseDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.CastTypeDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.CastTypeLaxDescriptor;
 import org.apache.asterix.runtime.evaluators.functions.CheckUnknownDescriptor;
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@
         // array functions
         fc.addGenerated(ArrayAppendDescriptor.FACTORY);
         fc.addGenerated(ArrayPositionDescriptor.FACTORY);
+        fc.addGenerated(ArrayReverseDescriptor.FACTORY);
 
         // unnesting functions
         fc.add(TidRunningAggregateDescriptor.FACTORY);