diff --git a/src/graph/centrality/graph_absolute_trust.cc b/src/graph/centrality/graph_absolute_trust.cc
index 9e74dd6d90abad422c745f774f05fb7248f6e216..eaf6c96b27ba6e1f33506a63192460ab88f26232 100644
--- a/src/graph/centrality/graph_absolute_trust.cc
+++ b/src/graph/centrality/graph_absolute_trust.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #include "graph_filtering.hh"
 
 #include <boost/python.hpp>
-#include <boost/lambda/bind.hpp>
 
 #include "graph.hh"
 #include "graph_selectors.hh"
@@ -33,7 +32,8 @@ using namespace boost;
 using namespace graph_tool;
 
 void absolute_trust(GraphInterface& g, int64_t source, boost::any c,
-                    boost::any t, double epslon, size_t max_iter, size_t seed)
+                    boost::any t, double epslon, size_t max_iter, bool reversed,
+                    size_t seed)
 {
     rng_t rng(static_cast<rng_t::result_type>(seed));
 
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ void absolute_trust(GraphInterface& g, int64_t source, boost::any c,
     run_action<>()
         (g, bind<void>
          (get_absolute_trust(),
-          _1, g.GetVertexIndex(), g.GetEdgeIndex(), source, _2,
-          _3, epslon, max_iter, ref(rng)),
+          _1, g.GetVertexIndex(), source, _2,
+          _3, epslon, max_iter, reversed, ref(rng)),
          edge_floating_properties(),
          vertex_floating_vector_properties())(c,t);
 }
diff --git a/src/graph/centrality/graph_absolute_trust.hh b/src/graph/centrality/graph_absolute_trust.hh
index 38bd0867574b384934762e214c96d2cf468b5d9c..14a86d4f179110f8905c2bbdba558abcebb3c3be 100644
--- a/src/graph/centrality/graph_absolute_trust.hh
+++ b/src/graph/centrality/graph_absolute_trust.hh
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ using namespace boost;
 
 struct get_absolute_trust
 {
-    template <class Graph, class VertexIndex, class EdgeIndex, class TrustMap,
+    template <class Graph, class VertexIndex, class TrustMap,
               class InferredTrustMap>
-    void operator()(Graph& g, VertexIndex vertex_index, EdgeIndex edge_index,
-                    int64_t source, TrustMap c, InferredTrustMap t,
-                    double epslon, size_t max_iter, rng_t& rng)
+    void operator()(Graph& g, VertexIndex vertex_index, int64_t source,
+                    TrustMap c, InferredTrustMap t, double epslon,
+                    size_t max_iter, bool reversed, rng_t& rng)
         const
     {
         typedef typename property_traits<TrustMap>::value_type c_type;
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct get_absolute_trust
 
                 typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor pos = v;
                 t_type pos_t = 1.0;
+                t_type pweight = 1.0;
                 v_mark[v][vertex_index[v]] = iter+1;
 
                 size_t path_hash = salt;
@@ -133,24 +134,30 @@ struct get_absolute_trust
                         pos = target(e,g);
                         size_t posi = vertex_index[pos];
 
+                        //update current path trust
+                        pos_t *= c[e];
+
+                        if (reversed && boost::source(e, g) != v)
+                            pweight *= c[e];
+
                         // get path hash
                         hash_combine(path_hash, posi);
-
                         if (path_set.find(path_hash) == path_set.end())
                         {
+                            // if new path, modify vertex trust score
                             path_set.insert(path_hash);
 
-                            //update current path trust, and update new vertex
-                            t_type pweight = pos_t;
-                            pos_t *= c[e];
                             t_type old = 0;
                             if (t_count[v][posi] > 0)
                                 old = t[v][posi]/t_count[v][posi];
                             t[v][posi] += pos_t*pweight;
                             t_count[v][posi] += pweight;
                             delta += abs(old - t[v][posi]/t_count[v][posi]);
-
                         }
+
+                        if (!reversed)
+                            pweight *= c[e];
+
                         v_mark[v][posi] = iter+1; // mark vertex
                     }
                 }
@@ -161,8 +168,7 @@ struct get_absolute_trust
              }
         }
 
-        #pragma omp parallel for default(shared) private(i)     \
-                schedule(dynamic)
+        #pragma omp parallel for default(shared) private(i) schedule(dynamic)
         for (i = (source == -1) ? 0 : source;
              i < ((source == -1) ? N : source + 1); ++i)
         {
diff --git a/src/graph_tool/centrality/__init__.py b/src/graph_tool/centrality/__init__.py
index 8a5c0257d9c795686b977e0e56113106f3174109..cc7ba6a5d02d9ca4251b0cdc82a8e088464f6d86 100644
--- a/src/graph_tool/centrality/__init__.py
+++ b/src/graph_tool/centrality/__init__.py
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ def eigentrust(g, trust_map, vprop=None, norm=False, epslon=1e-6, max_iter=0,
         return vprop
 
 def absolute_trust(g, trust_map, source=None, vprop=None, epslon=0.001,
-                   max_iter=None, seed=None, ret_iter=False):
+                   max_iter=None, reversed=False, seed=None, ret_iter=False):
     r"""
     Samples the absolute trust centrality of each vertex in the graph, or only
     for a given source, if one is provided.
@@ -402,6 +402,10 @@ def absolute_trust(g, trust_map, source=None, vprop=None, epslon=0.001,
         vertices are below this value.
     max_iter : int, optional (default: None)
         If supplied, this will limit the total number of iterations.
+    reversed : bool, optional (default: False)
+        Calculates the "reversed" trust instead: The direction of the edges are
+        inverted, but the path weighting is preserved in the original direction
+        (see Notes below).
     seed : int, optional (default: None)
          The initializing seed for the random number generator. If not supplied
          a different random value will be chosen each time.
@@ -499,10 +503,17 @@ def absolute_trust(g, trust_map, source=None, vprop=None, epslon=0.001,
     if max_iter == None:
         max_iter = 0
 
+    if reversed:
+        g.stash_filter(reversed=True)
+        g.set_reversed(True)
+
     ic = libgraph_tool_centrality.\
             get_absolute_trust(g._Graph__graph, source,
                                _prop("e", g, trust_map), _prop("v", g, vprop),
-                               epslon, max_iter, seed)
+                               epslon, max_iter, reversed, seed)
+    if reversed:
+        g.pop_filter(reversed=True)
+
     if source != -1:
         vprop_temp.get_array()[:] = numpy.array(vprop[g.vertex(source)])
         vprop = vprop_temp