diff --git a/src/EditProfileDialog.h b/src/EditProfileDialog.h
--- a/src/EditProfileDialog.h
+++ b/src/EditProfileDialog.h
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
     void lineSpacingChanged(int);
     void toggleBlinkingCursor(bool);
     void updateUrlHintsModifier(bool);
+    void toggleReverseUrlHints(bool);
 
     void setCursorShape(int);
     void autoCursorColor();
diff --git a/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp b/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
--- a/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/EditProfileDialog.cpp
@@ -1429,6 +1429,10 @@
         {
             _ui->enableBidiRenderingButton, Profile::BidiRenderingEnabled,
             SLOT(togglebidiRendering(bool))
+        },
+        {
+            _ui->enableReverseUrlHints, Profile::ReverseUrlHints,
+            SLOT(toggleReverseUrlHints(bool))
         }
     };
     setupCheckBoxes(options, profile);
@@ -1612,6 +1616,11 @@
     updateTempProfileProperty(Profile::UrlHintsModifiers, int(modifiers));
 }
 
+void EditProfileDialog::toggleReverseUrlHints(bool enable)
+{
+    updateTempProfileProperty(Profile::ReverseUrlHints, enable);
+}
+
 void EditProfileDialog::toggleBlinkingText(bool enable)
 {
     updateTempProfileProperty(Profile::BlinkingTextEnabled, enable);
diff --git a/src/EditProfileDialog.ui b/src/EditProfileDialog.ui
--- a/src/EditProfileDialog.ui
+++ b/src/EditProfileDialog.ui
@@ -1234,6 +1234,16 @@
             </item>
            </layout>
           </item>
+          <item>
+           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="enableReverseUrlHints">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Number URL hints in reverse, starting from the bottom</string>
+            </property>
+            <property name="text">
+             <string>Reverse URL hint numbering</string>
+            </property>
+           </widget>
+          </item>
           <item>
            <widget class="QCheckBox" name="enableBlinkingTextButton">
             <property name="sizePolicy">
diff --git a/src/Profile.h b/src/Profile.h
--- a/src/Profile.h
+++ b/src/Profile.h
@@ -288,7 +288,9 @@
         */
         AlternateScrolling,
         /** (int) Keyboard modifiers to show URL hints */
-        UrlHintsModifiers
+        UrlHintsModifiers,
+        /** (bool) Reverse the order of URL hints */
+        ReverseUrlHints
     };
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Profile.cpp b/src/Profile.cpp
--- a/src/Profile.cpp
+++ b/src/Profile.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
 
     // Terminal Features
     , { UrlHintsModifiers , "UrlHintsModifiers" , TERMINAL_GROUP , QVariant::Int }
+    , { ReverseUrlHints , "ReverseUrlHints" , TERMINAL_GROUP , QVariant::Bool }
     , { BlinkingTextEnabled , "BlinkingTextEnabled" , TERMINAL_GROUP , QVariant::Bool }
     , { FlowControlEnabled , "FlowControlEnabled" , TERMINAL_GROUP , QVariant::Bool }
     , { BidiRenderingEnabled , "BidiRenderingEnabled" , TERMINAL_GROUP , QVariant::Bool }
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@
 
     setProperty(FlowControlEnabled, true);
     setProperty(UrlHintsModifiers, 0);
+    setProperty(ReverseUrlHints, false);
     setProperty(BlinkingTextEnabled, true);
     setProperty(UnderlineLinksEnabled, true);
     setProperty(UnderlineFilesEnabled, false);
diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.h b/src/TerminalDisplay.h
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.h
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.h
@@ -528,6 +528,16 @@
         _urlHintsModifiers = Qt::KeyboardModifiers(modifiers);
     }
 
+    void setReverseUrlHintsEnabled(bool set)
+    {
+        _reverseUrlHints = set;
+    }
+
+    bool isReverseUrlHintsEnabled() const
+    {
+        return _reverseUrlHints;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the terminal screen section which is displayed in this widget.
      * When updateImage() is called, the display fetches the latest character image from the
@@ -982,6 +992,7 @@
 
     Qt::KeyboardModifiers _urlHintsModifiers;
     bool _showUrlHint;
+    bool _reverseUrlHints;
     bool _openLinksByDirectClick;     // Open URL and hosts by single mouse click
 
     bool _ctrlRequiredForDrag; // require Ctrl key for drag selected text
diff --git a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
--- a/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
+++ b/src/TerminalDisplay.cpp
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@
     , _hasTextBlinker(false)
     , _urlHintsModifiers(Qt::NoModifier)
     , _showUrlHint(false)
+    , _reverseUrlHints(false)
     , _openLinksByDirectClick(false)
     , _ctrlRequiredForDrag(true)
     , _dropUrlsAsText(false)
@@ -1543,10 +1544,17 @@
     // iterate over hotspots identified by the display's currently active filters
     // and draw appropriate visuals to indicate the presence of the hotspot
 
-    int urlNumber = 0;
     QList<Filter::HotSpot*> spots = _filterChain->hotSpots();
+    int urlNumber, urlNumInc;
+    if (_reverseUrlHints) {
+        urlNumber = spots.size() + 1;
+        urlNumInc = -1;
+    } else {
+        urlNumber = 0;
+        urlNumInc = 1;
+    }
     foreach(Filter::HotSpot* spot, spots) {
-        urlNumber++;
+        urlNumber += urlNumInc;
 
         QRegion region;
         if (spot->type() == Filter::HotSpot::Link) {
@@ -3564,8 +3572,12 @@
 void TerminalDisplay::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* event)
 {
     if ((_urlHintsModifiers != 0u) && event->modifiers() == _urlHintsModifiers) {
+        int nHotSpots = _filterChain->hotSpots().count();
         int hintSelected = event->key() - 0x31;
-        if (hintSelected >= 0 && hintSelected < 10 && hintSelected < _filterChain->hotSpots().count()) {
+        if (hintSelected >= 0 && hintSelected < 10 && hintSelected < nHotSpots) {
+            if (_reverseUrlHints) {
+                hintSelected = nHotSpots - hintSelected - 1;
+            }
             _filterChain->hotSpots().at(hintSelected)->activate();
             _showUrlHint = false;
             update();
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.cpp b/src/ViewManager.cpp
--- a/src/ViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewManager.cpp
@@ -820,6 +820,7 @@
     view->setTrimTrailingSpaces(profile->property<bool>(Profile::TrimTrailingSpacesInSelectedText));
     view->setOpenLinksByDirectClick(profile->property<bool>(Profile::OpenLinksByDirectClickEnabled));
     view->setUrlHintsModifiers(profile->property<int>(Profile::UrlHintsModifiers));
+    view->setReverseUrlHintsEnabled(profile->property<int>(Profile::ReverseUrlHints));
     view->setMiddleClickPasteMode(Enum::MiddleClickPasteModeEnum(profile->property<int>(Profile::MiddleClickPasteMode)));
     view->setCopyTextAsHTML(profile->property<bool>(Profile::CopyTextAsHTML));