diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 14479ea9..35b6527e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 - The `hide` function now support an additional `bounds:` parameter to enable canvas bounds adjustment for hidden elements
 - The default transformation matrix changed
 
+## Charts
+- Default piechart rotation changed from counter-clockwise to clockwise
+- Default piechart start/stop angles changed so that the first item
+  starts at 90° (ccw)
+
 ## Libs
 ### Plot
 - The default style of plots changed
diff --git a/gallery/pie-chart.typ b/gallery/pie-chart.typ
index 6bc5e294..9986c57b 100644
--- a/gallery/pie-chart.typ
+++ b/gallery/pie-chart.typ
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@
 
   let colors = gradient.linear(red, blue, green, yellow)
 
+  set-style(piechart: (start: 90deg, stop: 180deg))
+
   chart.piechart(
     data,
+    clockwise: true,
     value-key: 1,
     label-key: 0,
     radius: 4,
diff --git a/src/lib/chart/piechart.typ b/src/lib/chart/piechart.typ
index e13e10d3..2ef63f19 100644
--- a/src/lib/chart/piechart.typ
+++ b/src/lib/chart/piechart.typ
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@
   ///   - "RADIUS": Offset slice radius by outset-offset (the slice gets scaled)
   outset-mode: "OFFSET",
   /// Pie start angle
-  start: 0deg,
+  start: 90deg,
   /// Pie stop angle
-  stop: 360deg,
+  stop: 360deg + 90deg,
+  /// Pie rotation direction (true = clockwise, false = anti-clockwise)
+  clockwise: true,
   outer-label: (
     /// Label kind
     /// If set to a function, that function gets called with (value, label) of each item
@@ -87,9 +89,11 @@
 ///   - "OFFSET": Offset slice position by `outset-offset`, increasing their gap to their siblings
 ///   - "RADIUS": Offset slice radius by `outset-offset`, which scales the slice and leaves the gap unchanged], default: "OFFSET")
 /// #show-parameter-block("start", ("angle"), [
-///   The pie-charts start angle. You can use this to draw charts not forming a full circle.], default: 0deg)
+///   The pie-charts start angle (ccw). You can use this to draw charts not forming a full circle.], default: 90deg)
 /// #show-parameter-block("stop", ("angle"), [
-///   The pie-charts stop angle.], default: 360deg)
+///   The pie-charts stop angle (ccw).], default: 360deg + 90deg)
+/// #show-parameter-block("clockwise", ("bool"), [
+///   The pie-charts rotation direction.], default: true)
 /// #show-parameter-block("outer-label.content", ("none","string","function"), [
 ///   Content to display outsides the charts slices.
 ///   There are the following predefined values:
@@ -207,6 +211,12 @@
     assert(style.outset-mode in ("OFFSET", "RADIUS"),
       message: "Outset mode must be 'OFFSET' or 'RADIUS', but is: " + str(style.outset-mode))
 
+    let data = if style.clockwise {
+      data.rev()
+    } else {
+      data
+    }
+
     let style-at = if type(slice-style) == function {
       slice-style
     } else if type(slice-style) == array {
@@ -346,7 +356,7 @@
           // If the chart is not a full circle, we have to merge two arc
           // at their ends to create closing lines
           if stroke != none {
-            if stop-angle - start-angle != 360deg {
+            if calc.abs(stop-angle - start-angle) != 360deg {
               merge-path({
                 arc(origin, start: start, stop: end, radius: inner-radius, anchor: "origin")
                 arc(origin, start: end, stop: start, radius: radius, anchor: "origin")
diff --git a/tests/chart/piechart/ref/1.png b/tests/chart/piechart/ref/1.png
index c6ecef9f..f7f79c0e 100644
Binary files a/tests/chart/piechart/ref/1.png and b/tests/chart/piechart/ref/1.png differ
diff --git a/tests/chart/piechart/test.typ b/tests/chart/piechart/test.typ
index b24f5490..912b1bdd 100644
--- a/tests/chart/piechart/test.typ
+++ b/tests/chart/piechart/test.typ
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
     value-key: "value", label-key: "label", outer-label: (content: "LABEL", radius: 150%), outset-key: "o")
 }))
 
-
 // Keys
 #box(stroke: 2pt + red, canvas({
   piechart(((value: 1, label: [One]),
@@ -95,3 +94,9 @@
             slice-style: colors,
     value-key: "value", label-key: "label", outer-label: (content: "LABEL", radius: 150%), outset-key: "o")
 }))
+
+// Counter clockwise rotation
+#box(stroke: 2pt + red, canvas({
+  import draw: *
+  piechart(range(1,11), clockwise: false, slice-style: colors)
+}))