diff --git a/lib/elements/satin_column.py b/lib/elements/satin_column.py
index 8c39b4d20..1d856e10a 100644
--- a/lib/elements/satin_column.py
+++ b/lib/elements/satin_column.py
@@ -210,6 +210,17 @@ class SatinColumn(EmbroideryElement):
         # wider than we desire the column to end up.
         return self.get_split_mm_param_as_px("pull_compensation_mm", (0, 0))
 
+    @property
+    @param(
+        'reverse_one_rail',
+        _('Reverse one rail'),
+        tooltip=_('Enabling this may help if your satin renders very strangely.'),
+        type='boolean',
+        default='false',
+        sort_index=10)
+    def reverse_one_rail(self):
+        return self.get_boolean_param('reverse_one_rail', False)
+
     @property
     @param(
         'swap_satin_rails',
@@ -217,7 +228,8 @@ class SatinColumn(EmbroideryElement):
         tooltip=_('Swaps the first and second rails of the satin column, '
                   'affecting which side the thread finished on as well as any sided properties'),
         type='boolean',
-        default='false')
+        default='false',
+        sort_index=11)
     def swap_rails(self):
         return self.get_boolean_param('swap_satin_rails', False)
 
@@ -381,7 +393,12 @@ class SatinColumn(EmbroideryElement):
     @cache
     def flattened_rails(self):
         """The rails, as LineStrings."""
-        return tuple(shgeo.LineString(self.flatten_subpath(rail)) for rail in self.rails)
+        paths = [shgeo.LineString(self.flatten_subpath(rail)) for rail in self.rails]
+
+        if paths and self.reverse_one_rail:
+            paths[0] = shgeo.LineString(paths[0].coords[::-1])
+
+        return tuple(paths)
 
     @property
     @cache
diff --git a/lib/svg/tags.py b/lib/svg/tags.py
index 7b0da93d1..5f87bee4d 100644
--- a/lib/svg/tags.py
+++ b/lib/svg/tags.py
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ inkstitch_attribs = [
     'short_stitch_distance_mm',
     'short_stitch_inset',
     'running_stitch_length_mm',
+    'reverse_one_rail',
     'swap_satin_rails',
     'center_walk_underlay',
     'center_walk_underlay_stitch_length_mm',