diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5dde8372..9db87c36 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,24 @@ Display icons. Defaults to `false`.
 
 Optional path to a CSS stylesheet. Defaults to a built-in stylesheet.
 
+##### sort
+
+Apply this sort function to files. Optional. The `sort` function is 
+called for each file tuple with the signature `sort(file1, file2)`.
+An example for sorting files by date of modification (descending) is:
+```js
+function(file1, file2) {
+  // sort ".." to the top
+  if (file1.name === '..' || file2.name === '..') {
+    return file1.name === file2.name ? 0
+      : file1.name === '..' ? -1 : 1;
+  }
+  // sort directories first then files by date of modification
+  return Number(file2.stat && file2.stat.isDirectory()) - Number(file1.stat && file1.stat.isDirectory()) ||
+    new Date(file2.stat.mtime) - new Date(file1.stat.mtime);
+}
+```
+
 ##### template
 
 Optional path to an HTML template or a function that will render a HTML
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7b9d856c..4e3c1400 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function serveIndex(root, options) {
   var stylesheet = opts.stylesheet || defaultStylesheet;
   var template = opts.template || defaultTemplate;
   var view = opts.view || 'tiles';
-
+  var sort = opts.sort || fileSort;
   return function (req, res, next) {
     if (req.method !== 'GET' && req.method !== 'HEAD') {
       res.statusCode = 'OPTIONS' === req.method ? 200 : 405;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ function serveIndex(root, options) {
 
         // not acceptable
         if (!type) return next(createError(406));
-        serveIndex[mediaType[type]](req, res, files, next, originalDir, showUp, icons, path, view, template, stylesheet);
+        serveIndex[mediaType[type]](req, res, files, next, originalDir, showUp, icons, path, view, template, stylesheet, sort);
       });
     });
   };
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ function serveIndex(root, options) {
  * Respond with text/html.
  */
 
-serveIndex.html = function _html(req, res, files, next, dir, showUp, icons, path, view, template, stylesheet) {
+serveIndex.html = function _html(req, res, files, next, dir, showUp, icons, path, view, template, stylesheet, sort) {
   var render = typeof template !== 'function'
     ? createHtmlRender(template)
     : template
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ serveIndex.html = function _html(req, res, files, next, dir, showUp, icons, path
     });
 
     // sort file list
-    fileList.sort(fileSort);
+    fileList.sort(sort);
 
     // read stylesheet
     fs.readFile(stylesheet, 'utf8', function (err, style) {
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 408ba92d..d6d818aa 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -304,6 +304,36 @@ describe('serveIndex(root)', function () {
     });
   });
 
+   describe('with "sort" option', function () {
+    it('should include icons for html', function (done) {
+      var server = createServer(fixtures, {'sort': function (a, b) {
+           return String(b.name).toLocaleLowerCase().localeCompare(String(a.name).toLocaleLowerCase());
+      }});
+
+      request(server)
+      .get('/')
+      .expect(200)
+      .end(function (err, res) {
+        if (err) done(err);
+        var body = res.text.split('</h1>')[1];
+        var urls = body.split(/<a href="([^"]*)"/).filter(function(s, i){ return i%2; });
+        console.log(urls)
+        assert.deepEqual(urls, [
+          '/%E3%81%95%E3%81%8F%E3%82%89.txt',
+          '/users',
+          '/todo.txt',
+          '/nums',
+          '/g%23%20%253%20o%20%26%20%252525%20%2537%20dir',
+          '/foo%20%26%20bar',
+          '/file%20%231.txt',
+          '/collect',
+          '/%23directory'
+        ]);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('with "template" option', function () {
     describe('when setting a custom template file', function () {
       var server;