diff --git a/lib/neo4j/relationships/relationship_traverser.rb b/lib/neo4j/relationships/relationship_traverser.rb
index de9b0b3cf..9fc23df5a 100644
--- a/lib/neo4j/relationships/relationship_traverser.rb
+++ b/lib/neo4j/relationships/relationship_traverser.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ def  both(type = nil)
       #
       # :api: public
       def <<(other_node)
-        @node._create_relationship(@type.to_s, other_node)
+        source,target = @node, other_node
+        source,target = target,source if @direction == org.neo4j.api.core.Direction::INCOMING
+        source._create_relationship(@type.to_s, target)
       end
 
       def empty?
diff --git a/test/neo4j/relation_traverser_spec.rb b/test/neo4j/relation_traverser_spec.rb
index 90b25a940..bf54a43f2 100644
--- a/test/neo4j/relation_traverser_spec.rb
+++ b/test/neo4j/relation_traverser_spec.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
   describe 'n1.relationships.incoming(:foo) << n2' do
 
     it "should append n2 as incoming node to n1" do
-      pending "see lighthouse ticket 80, http://neo4j.lighthouseapp.com/projects/15548-neo4j/tickets/80-n1relationshipsincomingfoo-n2-does-not-work-as-expected"
       n1 = Neo4j::Node.new
       n2 = Neo4j::Node.new