diff --git a/kate/kateapp.cpp b/kate/kateapp.cpp
--- a/kate/kateapp.cpp
+++ b/kate/kateapp.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,10 @@
     KTextEditor::Document *doc = nullptr;
     const QString codec_name = codec ? QString::fromLatin1(codec->name()) : QString();
 
-    Q_FOREACH(const QString positionalArgument, m_args.positionalArguments()) {
+    //  Bug 397913: Reverse the order here so the new tabs are opened in same order as the files were passed in on the command line
+    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
diff --git a/kate/main.cpp b/kate/main.cpp
--- a/kate/main.cpp
+++ b/kate/main.cpp
@@ -416,7 +416,9 @@
             QStringList tokens;
 
             // open given files...
-            foreach(const QString & url, urls) {
+            // Bug 397913: Reverse the order here so the new tabs are opened in same order as the files were passed in on the command line
+            for (int i = urls.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+                const QString &url = urls[i];
                 QDBusMessage m = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall(serviceName,
                                 QStringLiteral("/MainApplication"), QStringLiteral("org.kde.Kate.Application"), QStringLiteral("tokenOpenUrlAt"));