Abstract: This invention relates to an automatic hydraulic reversing valve for a double-action working cylinder. The purpose of the invention is to employ valves of this type without the requirement of an expensive servo-control mechanism, but nevertheless having a high operating reliability. The present invention, in avoiding the use of servo-control devices, utilizes a separate thrust piston which urges a control piston into a startup position, at which position the hydraulic medium is directed to the thrust piston end of the control piston, a blocking slide valve also being employed in the system and being mounted in the control piston for connecting the thrust piston end of the control piston to a tank or for blocking the connection to the tank.