diff --git a/app/models/repository/mercurial.rb b/app/models/repository/mercurial.rb
index 107223956..9ce3b63eb 100644
--- a/app/models/repository/mercurial.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository/mercurial.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 require 'redmine/scm/adapters/mercurial_adapter'
 
 class Repository::Mercurial < Repository
+  # sort changesets by revision number
+  has_many :changesets, :order => "#{Changeset.table_name}.id DESC", :foreign_key => 'repository_id'
+
   attr_protected :root_url
   validates_presence_of :url
 
@@ -52,6 +55,18 @@ class Repository::Mercurial < Repository
     entries
   end
 
+  # Returns the latest changesets for +path+; sorted by revision number
+  def latest_changesets(path, rev, limit=10)
+    if path.blank?
+      changesets.find(:all, :include => :user, :limit => limit)
+    else
+      changes.find(:all, :include => {:changeset => :user},
+                         :conditions => ["path = ?", path.with_leading_slash],
+                         :order => "#{Changeset.table_name}.id DESC",
+                         :limit => limit).collect(&:changeset)
+    end
+  end
+
   def fetch_changesets
     scm_info = scm.info
     if scm_info
diff --git a/test/fixtures/repositories/mercurial_repository.tar.gz b/test/fixtures/repositories/mercurial_repository.tar.gz
index 1d8ad3057..c2a1b5874 100644
Binary files a/test/fixtures/repositories/mercurial_repository.tar.gz and b/test/fixtures/repositories/mercurial_repository.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb b/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb
index 16e72c35d..17b72cf67 100644
--- a/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/repository_mercurial_test.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ class RepositoryMercurialTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         assert_equal @repository.changesets.find_by_revision('0').committed_on, rev0_committed_on
       end
     end
+
+    def test_changeset_order_by_revision
+      @repository.fetch_changesets
+      @repository.reload
+
+      c0 = @repository.latest_changeset
+      c1 = @repository.changesets.find_by_revision('0')
+      # sorted by revision (id), not by date
+      assert c0.revision.to_i > c1.revision.to_i
+      assert c0.committed_on  < c1.committed_on
+    end
   else
     puts "Mercurial test repository NOT FOUND. Skipping unit tests !!!"
     def test_fake; assert true end