diff --git a/examples/walkdir.rs b/examples/walkdir.rs
index eff0d26..774214c 100644
--- a/examples/walkdir.rs
+++ b/examples/walkdir.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Options:
     --max-depth NUM      Maximum depth.
     -n, --fd-max NUM     Maximum open file descriptors. [default: 32]
     --tree               Show output as a tree.
+    --sort               Sort the output.
     -q, --ignore-errors  Ignore errors.
 ";
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ struct Args {
     flag_fd_max: usize,
     flag_tree: bool,
     flag_ignore_errors: bool,
+    flag_sort: bool,
 }
 
 macro_rules! wout { ($($tt:tt)*) => { {writeln!($($tt)*)}.unwrap() } }
@@ -40,12 +42,16 @@ fn main() {
                                        .unwrap_or_else(|e| e.exit());
     let mind = args.flag_min_depth.unwrap_or(0);
     let maxd = args.flag_max_depth.unwrap_or(::std::usize::MAX);
-    let it = WalkDir::new(args.arg_dir.clone().unwrap_or(".".to_owned()))
+    let dir = args.arg_dir.clone().unwrap_or(".".to_owned());
+    let mut walkdir = WalkDir::new(dir)
                      .max_open(args.flag_fd_max)
                      .follow_links(args.flag_follow_links)
                      .min_depth(mind)
-                     .max_depth(maxd)
-                     .into_iter();
+                     .max_depth(maxd);
+    if args.flag_sort {
+        walkdir = walkdir.sort_by(|a,b| a.cmp(b));
+    }
+    let it = walkdir.into_iter();
     let mut out = io::BufWriter::new(io::stdout());
     let mut eout = io::stderr();
     if args.flag_tree {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 20e3f94..012cac6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::fs::{self, FileType, ReadDir};
 use std::io;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
+use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::result;
 use std::vec;
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ struct WalkDirOptions {
     max_open: usize,
     min_depth: usize,
     max_depth: usize,
+    sorter: Option<Box<FnMut(&OsString,&OsString) -> std::cmp::Ordering>>,
 }
 
 impl WalkDir {
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ impl WalkDir {
                 max_open: 10,
                 min_depth: 0,
                 max_depth: ::std::usize::MAX,
+                sorter: None,
             },
             root: root.as_ref().to_path_buf(),
         }
@@ -285,6 +288,25 @@ impl WalkDir {
         self.opts.max_open = n;
         self
     }
+
+    /// Set a function for sorting directory entries.
+    /// If a compare function is set, WalkDir will return all paths in sorted
+    /// order. The compare function will be called to compare names from entries
+    /// from the same directory. Just the file_name() part of the paths is
+    /// passed to the compare function.
+    /// If no function is set, the entries will not be sorted.
+    ///
+    /// ```rust,no-run
+    /// use std::cmp;
+    /// use std::ffi::OsString;
+    /// use walkdir::WalkDir;
+    ///
+    /// WalkDir::new("foo").sort_by(|a,b| a.cmp(b));
+    /// ```
+    pub fn sort_by<F: FnMut(&OsString,&OsString) -> std::cmp::Ordering + 'static>(mut self, cmp: F) -> Self {
+        self.opts.sorter = Some(Box::new(cmp));
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl IntoIterator for WalkDir {
@@ -545,7 +567,21 @@ impl Iter {
         let rd = fs::read_dir(dent.path()).map_err(|err| {
             Some(Error::from_path(self.depth, dent.path().to_path_buf(), err))
         });
-        self.stack_list.push(DirList::Opened { depth: self.depth, it: rd });
+        let mut list = DirList::Opened { depth: self.depth, it: rd };
+        if let Some(ref mut cmp) = self.opts.sorter {
+            let mut entries = list.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            entries.sort_by(|a, b| {
+                match (a, b) {
+                    (&Ok(ref a), &Ok(ref b))
+                        => cmp(&a.file_name(), &b.file_name()),
+                    (&Err(_), &Err(_)) => std::cmp::Ordering::Equal,
+                    (&Ok(_), &Err(_)) => std::cmp::Ordering::Greater,
+                    (&Err(_), &Ok(_)) => std::cmp::Ordering::Less,
+                }
+            });
+            list = DirList::Closed ( entries.into_iter() );
+        }
+        self.stack_list.push(list);
         if self.opts.follow_links {
             self.stack_path.push(dent.path().to_path_buf());
         }
diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index a853728..03955f4 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -638,3 +638,24 @@ fn qc_roundtrip_no_symlinks_with_follow() {
                .max_tests(10_000)
                .quickcheck(p as fn(Tree) -> bool);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn walk_dir_sort() {
+    let exp = td("foo", vec![
+        tf("bar"),
+        td("abc", vec![tf("fit")]),
+        tf("faz"),
+    ]);
+    let tmp = tmpdir();
+    let tmp_path = tmp.path();
+    let tmp_len = tmp_path.to_str().unwrap().len();
+    exp.create_in(tmp_path).unwrap();
+    let it = WalkDir::new(tmp_path).sort_by(|a,b| a.cmp(b)).into_iter();
+    let got = it.map(|d| {
+        let path = d.unwrap();
+        let path = &path.path().to_str().unwrap()[tmp_len..];
+        path.replace("\\", "/")
+    }).collect::<Vec<String>>();
+    assert_eq!(got,
+        ["", "/foo", "/foo/abc", "/foo/abc/fit", "/foo/bar", "/foo/faz"]);
+}