diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/CalcEngine/Functions/DateAndTime.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/CalcEngine/Functions/DateAndTime.cs
index d1fe392..3fa8e30 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/CalcEngine/Functions/DateAndTime.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/CalcEngine/Functions/DateAndTime.cs
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
             firstDay = firstDay.Date;
             lastDay = lastDay.Date;
             if (firstDay > lastDay)
-                throw new ArgumentException("Incorrect last day " + lastDay);
+                return -BusinessDaysUntil(lastDay, firstDay, bankHolidays);
 
             TimeSpan span = lastDay - firstDay;
             int businessDays = span.Days + 1;
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@
             var daysRequired = (int)p[1];
 
             if (daysRequired == 0) return startDate;
-            if (daysRequired <  0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("DaysRequired must be >= 0.");
 
             var bankHolidays = new List<DateTime>();
             if (p.Count == 3)
@@ -274,13 +273,18 @@
 
                 bankHolidays.AddRange(t.Select(XLHelper.GetDate));
             }
-            var testDate = startDate.AddDays(((daysRequired / 7) + 2) * 7);
-            return Workday(startDate, testDate, daysRequired, bankHolidays).NextWorkday(bankHolidays);
+            var testDate = startDate.AddDays(((daysRequired / 7) + 2) * 7 * Math.Sign(daysRequired));
+            var return_date = Workday(startDate, testDate, daysRequired, bankHolidays);
+            if (Math.Sign(daysRequired) == 1)
+                return_date = return_date.NextWorkday(bankHolidays);
+            else
+                return_date = return_date.PreviousWorkDay(bankHolidays);
+
+            return return_date;
         }
 
         private static DateTime Workday(DateTime startDate, DateTime testDate, int daysRequired, IEnumerable<DateTime> bankHolidays)
         {
-            
             var businessDays = BusinessDaysUntil(startDate, testDate, bankHolidays);
             if (businessDays == daysRequired)
                 return testDate;
diff --git a/ClosedXML/Extensions.cs b/ClosedXML/Extensions.cs
index 1a33550..8845037 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Extensions.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Extensions.cs
@@ -149,17 +149,31 @@
             }
         }
 
-        public static DateTime NextWorkday(this DateTime date, List<DateTime> bankHolidays)
+        public static DateTime NextWorkday(this DateTime date, IEnumerable<DateTime> bankHolidays)
         {
             var nextDate = date.AddDays(1);
-            while (nextDate.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Saturday
-                || nextDate.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Sunday
-                || bankHolidays.Contains(nextDate)
-                )
+            while (!nextDate.IsWorkDay(bankHolidays))
                 nextDate = nextDate.AddDays(1);
 
             return nextDate;
         }
+
+        public static DateTime PreviousWorkDay(this DateTime date, IEnumerable<DateTime> bankHolidays)
+        {
+            var previousDate = date.AddDays(-1);
+            while (!previousDate.IsWorkDay(bankHolidays))
+                previousDate = previousDate.AddDays(-1);
+
+            return previousDate;
+        }
+
+        public static bool IsWorkDay(this DateTime date, IEnumerable<DateTime> bankHolidays)
+        {
+            return date.DayOfWeek != DayOfWeek.Saturday
+                && date.DayOfWeek != DayOfWeek.Sunday
+                && !bankHolidays.Contains(date);
+        }
+
     }
 
     public static class IntegerExtensions
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/CalcEngine/DateAndTimeTests.cs b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/CalcEngine/DateAndTimeTests.cs
index 6213f8c..05421cd 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/CalcEngine/DateAndTimeTests.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/CalcEngine/DateAndTimeTests.cs
@@ -170,6 +170,16 @@
         }
 
         [Test]
+        public void Networkdays_NegativeResult()
+        {
+            Object actual = XLWorkbook.EvaluateExpr("Networkdays(\"3/01/2009\", \"10/01/2008\")");
+            Assert.AreEqual(-108, actual);
+
+            actual = XLWorkbook.EvaluateExpr("Networkdays(\"2016-01-01\", \"2015-12-23\")");
+            Assert.AreEqual(-8, actual);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
         public void Networkdays_OneHolidaysGiven()
         {
             Object actual = XLWorkbook.EvaluateExpr("Networkdays(\"10/01/2008\", \"3/01/2009\", \"11/26/2008\")");
@@ -387,6 +397,9 @@
         {
             Object actual = XLWorkbook.EvaluateExpr("Workday(\"10/01/2008\", 151)");
             Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(2009, 4, 30), actual);
+
+            actual = XLWorkbook.EvaluateExpr("Workday(\"2016-01-01\", -10)");
+            Assert.AreEqual(new DateTime(2015, 12, 18), actual);
         }
 
         [Test]