diff --git a/kate/kateapp.cpp b/kate/kateapp.cpp
--- a/kate/kateapp.cpp
+++ b/kate/kateapp.cpp
@@ -175,8 +175,14 @@
     KTextEditor::Document *doc = nullptr;
     const QString codec_name = codec ? QString::fromLatin1(codec->name()) : QString();
 
-    Q_FOREACH(const QString positionalArgument, m_args.positionalArguments()) {
-        UrlInfo info(positionalArgument);
+    // Fix to bug 397913: Kate cli reverses order of files
+    QString positionalArgument;
+    for( int i = m_args.positionalArguments().count()-1 ; i >= 0 ; i-- )
+    {
+    positionalArgument = m_args.positionalArguments().at( i );
+    
+    
+    UrlInfo info(positionalArgument);
 
         // this file is no local dir, open it, else warn
         bool noDir = !info.url.isLocalFile() || !QFileInfo(info.url.toLocalFile()).isDir();