diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index 9c3782c3..51408d3c 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -2017,6 +2017,20 @@ Description
     page.
 
 
+extractor.gelbooru.favorite.order-posts
+---------------------------------------
+Type
+    ``string``
+Default
+    ``"desc"``
+Description
+    Controls the order in which favorited posts are returned.
+
+    * ``"asc"``: Ascending favorite date order (oldest first)
+    * ``"desc"``: Descending favorite date order (newest first)
+    * ``"reverse"``: Same as ``"asc"``
+
+
 extractor.generic.enabled
 -------------------------
 Type
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py
index e54a1fae..2459a61f 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/gelbooru.py
@@ -172,26 +172,31 @@ class GelbooruFavoriteExtractor(GelbooruBase,
             "id"   : self.favorite_id,
             "limit": "2",
         }
-
         data = self._api_request(params, None, True)
 
         count = data["@attributes"]["count"]
-        if count <= self.offset:
-            return ()
+        self.log.debug("API reports %s favorite entries", count)
 
         favs = data["favorite"]
         try:
             order = 1 if favs[0]["id"] < favs[1]["id"] else -1
-        except LookupError:
-            order = 0
+        except LookupError as exc:
+            self.log.debug(
+                "Error when determining API favorite order (%s: %s)",
+                exc.__class__.__name__, exc)
+            order = -1
+        else:
+            self.log.debug("API yields favorites in %sscending order",
+                           "a" if order > 0 else "de")
 
-        if order > 0:
-            self.log.debug("API yields favorites in ascending order")
+        order_favs = self.config("order-posts")
+        if order_favs and order_favs[0] in ("r", "a"):
             self.log.debug("Returning them in reverse")
-            return self._pagination_reverse(params, count)
+            order = -order
 
-        self.log.debug("API yields favorites in descending order")
-        return self._pagination(params, count)
+        if order < 0:
+            return self._pagination(params, count)
+        return self._pagination_reverse(params, count)
 
     def _pagination(self, params, count):
         if self.offset:
@@ -203,7 +208,7 @@ class GelbooruFavoriteExtractor(GelbooruBase,
         params["limit"] = self.per_page
 
         while True:
-            favs = self._api_request(params, "favorite", True)
+            favs = self._api_request(params, "favorite")
 
             if not favs:
                 return
@@ -232,7 +237,7 @@ class GelbooruFavoriteExtractor(GelbooruBase,
         params["limit"] = self.per_page
 
         while True:
-            favs = self._api_request(params, "favorite", True)
+            favs = self._api_request(params, "favorite")
             favs.reverse()
 
             if skip:
diff --git a/test/results/gelbooru.py b/test/results/gelbooru.py
index b2f99ed1..6302d56f 100644
--- a/test/results/gelbooru.py
+++ b/test/results/gelbooru.py
@@ -47,10 +47,30 @@ __tests__ = (
 },
 
 {
-    "#url"     : "https://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=favorites&s=view&id=279415",
+    "#url"     : "https://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=favorites&s=view&id=1435674",
     "#category": ("booru", "gelbooru", "favorite"),
     "#class"   : gelbooru.GelbooruFavoriteExtractor,
-    "#count"   : 3,
+    "#urls"    : (
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/5d/30/5d30fc056ed8668616b3c440df9bac89.jpg",
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/4c/2d/4c2da867ed643acdadd8105177dcdaf0.png",
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/c8/26/c826f3cb90d9aaca8d0632a96bf4abe8.jpg",
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/c1/fe/c1fe59c0bc8ce955dd353544b1015d0c.jpg",
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/e6/6d/e66d8883c184f5d3b2591dfcdf0d007c.jpg",
+    ),
+},
+
+{
+    "#url"     : "https://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=favorites&s=view&id=1435674",
+    "#category": ("booru", "gelbooru", "favorite"),
+    "#class"   : gelbooru.GelbooruFavoriteExtractor,
+    "#options" : {"order-posts": "reverse"},
+    "#urls"    : (
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/e6/6d/e66d8883c184f5d3b2591dfcdf0d007c.jpg",
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/c1/fe/c1fe59c0bc8ce955dd353544b1015d0c.jpg",
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/c8/26/c826f3cb90d9aaca8d0632a96bf4abe8.jpg",
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/4c/2d/4c2da867ed643acdadd8105177dcdaf0.png",
+        "https://img3.gelbooru.com/images/5d/30/5d30fc056ed8668616b3c440df9bac89.jpg",
+    ),
 },
 
 {