diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljsoutline.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljsoutline.cpp
index 0fcac6e60a4..29352c39f7c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljsoutline.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljsoutline.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ QmlJSOutlineFilterModel::QmlJSOutlineFilterModel(QObject *parent) :
     setDynamicSortFilter(true);
 }
 
+Qt::ItemFlags QmlJSOutlineFilterModel::flags(const QModelIndex &index) const
+{
+    Qt::ItemFlags f = sourceModel()->flags(index);
+    if (m_sorted)
+        f.setFlag(Qt::ItemIsDropEnabled, false);
+    return f;
+}
+
 bool QmlJSOutlineFilterModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow,
                                                const QModelIndex &sourceParent) const
 {
@@ -65,6 +73,15 @@ bool QmlJSOutlineFilterModel::filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow,
     return QSortFilterProxyModel::filterAcceptsRow(sourceRow, sourceParent);
 }
 
+bool QmlJSOutlineFilterModel::lessThan(const QModelIndex &sourceLeft,
+                                       const QModelIndex &sourceRight) const
+{
+    if (!m_sorted)
+        return sourceLeft.row() > sourceRight.row();
+
+    return sourceLeft.data().toString() > sourceRight.data().toString();
+}
+
 QVariant QmlJSOutlineFilterModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 {
     if (role == QmlOutlineModel::AnnotationRole) {
@@ -93,6 +110,12 @@ void QmlJSOutlineFilterModel::setFilterBindings(bool filterBindings)
     invalidateFilter();
 }
 
+void QmlJSOutlineFilterModel::setSorted(bool sorted)
+{
+    m_sorted = sorted;
+    invalidate();
+}
+
 QmlJSOutlineWidget::QmlJSOutlineWidget(QWidget *parent)
     : TextEditor::IOutlineWidget(parent)
     , m_treeView(new QmlJSOutlineTreeView(this))
@@ -101,6 +124,8 @@ QmlJSOutlineWidget::QmlJSOutlineWidget(QWidget *parent)
     m_filterModel->setFilterBindings(false);
 
     m_treeView->setModel(m_filterModel);
+    m_treeView->setSortingEnabled(true);
+
     setFocusProxy(m_treeView);
 
     auto layout = new QVBoxLayout;
@@ -158,15 +183,25 @@ void QmlJSOutlineWidget::setCursorSynchronization(bool syncWithCursor)
     m_editor->updateOutlineIndexNow();
 }
 
+void QmlJSOutlineWidget::setSorted(bool sorted)
+{
+    m_sorted = sorted;
+    m_filterModel->setSorted(m_sorted);
+}
+
 void QmlJSOutlineWidget::restoreSettings(const QVariantMap &map)
 {
     bool showBindings = map.value(QString::fromLatin1("QmlJSOutline.ShowBindings"), true).toBool();
     m_showBindingsAction->setChecked(showBindings);
+    setSorted(map.value(QString("QmlJSOutline.Sort"), false).toBool());
 }
 
 QVariantMap QmlJSOutlineWidget::settings() const
 {
-    return {{QLatin1String("QmlJSOutline.ShowBindings"), m_showBindingsAction->isChecked()}};
+    return {
+        {QString("QmlJSOutline.ShowBindings"), m_showBindingsAction->isChecked()},
+        {QString("QmlJSOutline.Sort"), m_sorted}
+    };
 }
 
 void QmlJSOutlineWidget::updateSelectionInTree(const QModelIndex &index)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljsoutline.h b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljsoutline.h
index b81e9f39ce0..4e083530023 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljsoutline.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljseditor/qmljsoutline.h
@@ -51,15 +51,19 @@ class QmlJSOutlineFilterModel : public QSortFilterProxyModel
 public:
     QmlJSOutlineFilterModel(QObject *parent);
     // QSortFilterProxyModel
+    Qt::ItemFlags flags(const QModelIndex &index) const override;
     bool filterAcceptsRow(int sourceRow,
                           const QModelIndex &sourceParent) const override;
+    bool lessThan(const QModelIndex &sourceLeft, const QModelIndex &sourceRight) const override;
     QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const override;
     Qt::DropActions supportedDragActions() const override;
 
     bool filterBindings() const;
     void setFilterBindings(bool filterBindings);
+    void setSorted(bool sorted);
 private:
     bool m_filterBindings = false;
+    bool m_sorted = false;
 };
 
 class QmlJSOutlineWidget : public TextEditor::IOutlineWidget
@@ -73,6 +77,8 @@ public:
     // IOutlineWidget
     QList<QAction*> filterMenuActions() const override;
     void setCursorSynchronization(bool syncWithCursor) override;
+    bool isSorted() const override { return m_sorted; };
+    void setSorted(bool sorted) override;
     void restoreSettings(const QVariantMap &map) override;
     QVariantMap settings() const override;
 
@@ -93,6 +99,7 @@ private:
 
     bool m_enableCursorSync = true;
     bool m_blockCursorSync = false;
+    bool m_sorted = false;
 };
 
 class QmlJSOutlineWidgetFactory : public TextEditor::IOutlineWidgetFactory
@@ -100,6 +107,7 @@ class QmlJSOutlineWidgetFactory : public TextEditor::IOutlineWidgetFactory
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     bool supportsEditor(Core::IEditor *editor) const override;
+    bool supportsSorting() const override { return true; }
     TextEditor::IOutlineWidget *createWidget(Core::IEditor *editor) override;
 };