diff --git a/isthmus/src/main/java/io/substrait/isthmus/expression/TrimFunctionMapper.java b/isthmus/src/main/java/io/substrait/isthmus/expression/TrimFunctionMapper.java
index 06adbc662..87350a6c8 100644
--- a/isthmus/src/main/java/io/substrait/isthmus/expression/TrimFunctionMapper.java
+++ b/isthmus/src/main/java/io/substrait/isthmus/expression/TrimFunctionMapper.java
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@
 /**
  * Custom mapping for the Calcite TRIM function to various Substrait functions. The first TRIM
  * operand indicates the Substrait function to which it should be mapped. The first operand is then
- * omitted from the arguments supplied to the Substrait function.
+ * omitted from the arguments supplied to the Substrait function. The second and third operands are
+ * swapped in order.
  *
  * <ul>
- *   <li>TRIM('BOTH', characters, string) -> trim(characters, string)
- *   <li>TRIM('LEADING', characters, string) -> ltrim(characters, string)
- *   <li>TRIM('TRAILING', .characters, string) -> rtrim(characters, string)
+ *   <li>TRIM('BOTH', characters, string) -> trim(string, characters)
+ *   <li>TRIM('LEADING', characters, string) -> ltrim(string, characters)
+ *   <li>TRIM('TRAILING', .characters, string) -> rtrim(string, characters)
  * </ul>
  */
 final class TrimFunctionMapper implements ScalarFunctionMapper {
@@ -99,8 +100,11 @@ public Optional<SubstraitFunctionMapping> toSubstrait(final RexCall call) {
           }
 
           String name = trim.substraitName();
-          List<RexNode> operands =
-              call.getOperands().stream().skip(1).collect(Collectors.toUnmodifiableList());
+          List<RexNode> operands = call.getOperands().stream().skip(1).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+          // Substrait expects (string, characters) while Calcite has (characters, string)
+          Collections.swap(operands, 0, 1);
+
           return new SubstraitFunctionMapping(name, operands, functions);
         });
   }
@@ -129,7 +133,9 @@ public Optional<List<FunctionArg>> getExpressionArguments(
         .map(EnumArg::of)
         .map(
             trimTypeArg -> {
-              LinkedList args = new LinkedList<>(expression.arguments());
+              LinkedList<FunctionArg> args = new LinkedList<>(expression.arguments());
+              // Substrait expects (string, characters) while Calcite has (characters, string)
+              Collections.swap(args, 0, 1);
               args.addFirst(trimTypeArg);
               return args;
             });
diff --git a/isthmus/src/test/java/io/substrait/isthmus/expression/TrimFunctionMapperTest.java b/isthmus/src/test/java/io/substrait/isthmus/expression/TrimFunctionMapperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a71a2ca85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isthmus/src/test/java/io/substrait/isthmus/expression/TrimFunctionMapperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package io.substrait.isthmus.expression;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import io.substrait.expression.EnumArg;
+import io.substrait.expression.Expression.ScalarFunctionInvocation;
+import io.substrait.expression.Expression.StrLiteral;
+import io.substrait.expression.FunctionArg;
+import io.substrait.extension.DefaultExtensionCatalog;
+import io.substrait.isthmus.PlanTestBase;
+import io.substrait.type.TypeCreator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import org.apache.calcite.rex.RexBuilder;
+import org.apache.calcite.rex.RexCall;
+import org.apache.calcite.rex.RexNode;
+import org.apache.calcite.sql.fun.SqlStdOperatorTable;
+import org.apache.calcite.sql.fun.SqlTrimFunction;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class TrimFunctionMapperTest extends PlanTestBase {
+  final TrimFunctionMapper trimFunctionMapper =
+      new TrimFunctionMapper(DefaultExtensionCatalog.DEFAULT_COLLECTION.scalarFunctions());
+
+  final RexBuilder rexBuilder = builder.getRexBuilder();
+
+  @Test
+  void calciteTrimBothArgumentOrder() {
+    final RexNode characters = rexBuilder.makeLiteral(" ");
+    final RexNode input = rexBuilder.makeLiteral("  whitespace  ");
+    final RexNode trimBothRexCall =
+        rexBuilder.makeCall(
+            SqlStdOperatorTable.TRIM,
+            List.of(rexBuilder.makeFlag(SqlTrimFunction.Flag.BOTH), characters, input));
+
+    Optional<SubstraitFunctionMapping> substraitCall =
+        trimFunctionMapper.toSubstrait((RexCall) trimBothRexCall);
+
+    assertEquals("trim", substraitCall.get().substraitName());
+    // operands should be swapped now
+    assertEquals(input, substraitCall.get().operands().get(0));
+    assertEquals(characters, substraitCall.get().operands().get(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void calciteTrimLeadingArgumentOrder() {
+    final RexNode characters = rexBuilder.makeLiteral(" ");
+    final RexNode input = rexBuilder.makeLiteral("  whitespace  ");
+    final RexNode trimBothRexCall =
+        rexBuilder.makeCall(
+            SqlStdOperatorTable.TRIM,
+            List.of(rexBuilder.makeFlag(SqlTrimFunction.Flag.LEADING), characters, input));
+
+    Optional<SubstraitFunctionMapping> substraitCall =
+        trimFunctionMapper.toSubstrait((RexCall) trimBothRexCall);
+
+    assertEquals("ltrim", substraitCall.get().substraitName());
+    // operands should be swapped now
+    assertEquals(input, substraitCall.get().operands().get(0));
+    assertEquals(characters, substraitCall.get().operands().get(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void calciteTrimTrailingArgumentOrder() {
+    final RexNode characters = rexBuilder.makeLiteral(" ");
+    final RexNode input = rexBuilder.makeLiteral("  whitespace  ");
+    final RexNode trimBothRexCall =
+        rexBuilder.makeCall(
+            SqlStdOperatorTable.TRIM,
+            List.of(rexBuilder.makeFlag(SqlTrimFunction.Flag.TRAILING), characters, input));
+
+    Optional<SubstraitFunctionMapping> substraitCall =
+        trimFunctionMapper.toSubstrait((RexCall) trimBothRexCall);
+
+    assertEquals("rtrim", substraitCall.get().substraitName());
+    // operands should be swapped now
+    assertEquals(input, substraitCall.get().operands().get(0));
+    assertEquals(characters, substraitCall.get().operands().get(1));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void substraitTrimArgumentOrder() {
+    final StrLiteral characters = sb.str(" ");
+    final StrLiteral input = sb.str("  whitespace  ");
+    ScalarFunctionInvocation trimFn =
+        sb.scalarFn(
+            DefaultExtensionCatalog.FUNCTIONS_STRING,
+            "trim:str_str",
+            TypeCreator.REQUIRED.STRING,
+            input,
+            characters);
+
+    Optional<List<FunctionArg>> arguments = trimFunctionMapper.getExpressionArguments(trimFn);
+
+    assertEquals(EnumArg.of(SqlTrimFunction.Flag.BOTH.name()), arguments.get().get(0));
+    // arguments should be swapped now
+    assertEquals(characters, arguments.get().get(1));
+    assertEquals(input, arguments.get().get(2));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void substraitLtrimArgumentOrder() {
+    final StrLiteral characters = sb.str(" ");
+    final StrLiteral input = sb.str("  whitespace  ");
+    ScalarFunctionInvocation trimFn =
+        sb.scalarFn(
+            DefaultExtensionCatalog.FUNCTIONS_STRING,
+            "ltrim:str_str",
+            TypeCreator.REQUIRED.STRING,
+            input,
+            characters);
+
+    Optional<List<FunctionArg>> arguments = trimFunctionMapper.getExpressionArguments(trimFn);
+
+    assertEquals(EnumArg.of(SqlTrimFunction.Flag.LEADING.name()), arguments.get().get(0));
+    // arguments should be swapped now
+    assertEquals(characters, arguments.get().get(1));
+    assertEquals(input, arguments.get().get(2));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void substraitRtrimArgumentOrder() {
+    final StrLiteral characters = sb.str(" ");
+    final StrLiteral input = sb.str("  whitespace  ");
+    ScalarFunctionInvocation trimFn =
+        sb.scalarFn(
+            DefaultExtensionCatalog.FUNCTIONS_STRING,
+            "rtrim:str_str",
+            TypeCreator.REQUIRED.STRING,
+            input,
+            characters);
+
+    Optional<List<FunctionArg>> arguments = trimFunctionMapper.getExpressionArguments(trimFn);
+
+    assertEquals(EnumArg.of(SqlTrimFunction.Flag.TRAILING.name()), arguments.get().get(0));
+    // arguments should be swapped now
+    assertEquals(characters, arguments.get().get(1));
+    assertEquals(input, arguments.get().get(2));
+  }
+}