diff --git a/crates/polars-core/src/chunked_array/ops/sort/arg_sort.rs b/crates/polars-core/src/chunked_array/ops/sort/arg_sort.rs
index b83fa3834aa4..bc425398ea89 100644
--- a/crates/polars-core/src/chunked_array/ops/sort/arg_sort.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-core/src/chunked_array/ops/sort/arg_sort.rs
@@ -142,9 +142,13 @@ where
         let out = if limit >= vals.len() {
             vals.as_mut_slice()
         } else {
-            let (lower, _el, _upper) = vals
-                .as_mut_slice()
-                .select_nth_unstable_by(limit, |a, b| a.1.tot_cmp(&b.1));
+            let (lower, _el, _upper) = if options.descending {
+                vals.as_mut_slice()
+                    .select_nth_unstable_by(limit, |a, b| b.1.tot_cmp(&a.1))
+            } else {
+                vals.as_mut_slice()
+                    .select_nth_unstable_by(limit, |a, b| a.1.tot_cmp(&b.1))
+            };
             lower
         };
 
@@ -235,9 +239,13 @@ where
         let out = if limit >= vals.len() {
             vals.as_mut_slice()
         } else {
-            let (lower, _el, _upper) = vals
-                .as_mut_slice()
-                .select_nth_unstable_by(limit, |a, b| a.1.tot_cmp(&b.1));
+            let (lower, _el, _upper) = if options.descending {
+                vals.as_mut_slice()
+                    .select_nth_unstable_by(limit, |a, b| b.1.tot_cmp(&a.1))
+            } else {
+                vals.as_mut_slice()
+                    .select_nth_unstable_by(limit, |a, b| a.1.tot_cmp(&b.1))
+            };
             lower
         };
         sort_impl(out, options);
@@ -326,4 +334,52 @@ mod test {
         let idx = reverse_stable_no_nulls(&a, 0);
         assert_eq!(idx.len(), 0);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_arg_sort_descending_with_limit() {
+        let a = Int32Chunked::new(PlSmallStr::from_static("a"), &[4, 2, 5, 1, 3]);
+        let o = SortOptions {
+            descending: true,
+            nulls_last: false,
+            multithreaded: false,
+            limit: Some(3),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let r = a.arg_sort(o);
+        let idx: Vec<IdxSize> = r.into_no_null_iter().collect();
+        assert_eq!(idx, vec![2, 0, 4]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_arg_sort_asc_with_limit() {
+        let a = Int32Chunked::new(PlSmallStr::from_static("a"), &[4, 2, 5, 1, 3]);
+        let o = SortOptions {
+            descending: false,
+            nulls_last: false,
+            multithreaded: false,
+            limit: Some(3),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let r = a.arg_sort(o);
+        let idx: Vec<IdxSize> = r.into_no_null_iter().collect();
+        assert_eq!(idx, vec![3, 1, 4]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_arg_sort_desc_limit_nulls() {
+        let a = Int32Chunked::new(
+            PlSmallStr::from_static("a"),
+            &[Some(4), None, Some(5), Some(1), None, Some(3)],
+        );
+        let o = SortOptions {
+            descending: true,
+            nulls_last: true,
+            multithreaded: false,
+            limit: Some(3),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        let r = a.arg_sort(o);
+        let idx: Vec<IdxSize> = r.into_no_null_iter().collect();
+        assert_eq!(idx, vec![2, 0, 5]);
+    }
 }