diff --git a/concrete_syntax/textual_od/parser.py b/concrete_syntax/textual_od/parser.py
index 8f55c15..054f1bf 100644
--- a/concrete_syntax/textual_od/parser.py
+++ b/concrete_syntax/textual_od/parser.py
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ INDENTED_CODE: /```[^`]*```/
 type_name: IDENTIFIER
 
 #        name (optional)      type        
-object: [IDENTIFIER]     ":"  type_name [link_spec] ["{" slot* "}"]
+object: [IDENTIFIER]     ":"  type_name [link_spec | rev_link_spec] ["{" slot* "}"]
 
-link_spec: "(" IDENTIFIER "->" IDENTIFIER ")"
+link_spec:     "(" IDENTIFIER "->" IDENTIFIER ")"
+rev_link_spec: "(" IDENTIFIER "<-" IDENTIFIER ")"
 
 slot: IDENTIFIER "=" literal ";"
 """
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ def parse_od(state, m_text, mm, type_transform=lambda type_name: type_name):
             [src, tgt] = el
             return (src, tgt)
 
+        def rev_link_spec(self, el):
+            [tgt, src] = el # <-- reversed :)
+            return (src, tgt)
+
         def type_name(self, el):
             type_name = el[0]
             if type_name in primitive_types: