The invention relates to a positioning drive (15) and to a method for positioning an output element (16). The positioning drive (15) has a first stepping drive unit (21), which has a first stepping drive open-loop controller (22) and a first stepping motor (23), and a second stepping drive unit (24), which has a second stepping drive open-loop controller (25) and a second stepping drive (26). Thetwo stepping drives (23, 26) and the output element (16) are coupled, in respect of force and driving, by means of a mechanical coupling unit (18). A central unit (31) controls the two stepping driveopen-loop controllers (22, 25) in an open-loop manner by means of respective control signals (A1, A2). Each of the control signals (A1, A2) specifies the target stator field angle and the target rotorfield angle, which is set by means of the associated stepping drive open-loop controller (22) or (25). The central unit (31) has a superordinate closed-loop controller for the position of the outputelement (16). The central unit also has a subordinate open-loop or closed-loop controller in order to set a bracing torque (M23, M26) for each stepping motor (23, 26). The bracing torques (M23, M26) result from the setting of an actual load angle (lambda 23,ist, lambda 26,ist) at the stepping drive (23, 26) in question.