diff --git a/awesomplete.js b/awesomplete.js
index f8866f73..fc9d803c 100644
--- a/awesomplete.js
+++ b/awesomplete.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var _ = function (input, o) {
 		autoFirst: false,
 		data: _.DATA,
 		filter: _.FILTER_CONTAINS,
-		sort: _.SORT_BYLENGTH,
+		sort: o.sort === false ? false : _.SORT_BYLENGTH,
 		item: _.ITEM,
 		replace: _.REPLACE
 	}, o);
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ _.prototype = {
 			lis[i].setAttribute("aria-selected", "true");
 			this.status.textContent = lis[i].textContent;
 
-			// scroll to highlighted element in case parent's height is fixed 
+			// scroll to highlighted element in case parent's height is fixed
 			this.ul.scrollTop = lis[i].offsetTop - this.ul.clientHeight + lis[i].clientHeight;
 
 			$.fire(this.input, "awesomplete-highlight", {
@@ -246,9 +246,13 @@ _.prototype = {
 				})
 				.filter(function(item) {
 					return me.filter(item, value);
-				})
-				.sort(this.sort)
-				.slice(0, this.maxItems);
+				});
+
+			if (this.sort !== false) {
+				this.suggestions = this.suggestions.sort(this.sort);
+			}
+
+			this.suggestions = this.suggestions.slice(0, this.maxItems);
 
 			this.suggestions.forEach(function(text) {
 					me.ul.appendChild(me.item(text, value));
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index ec963e1b..85320fd9 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ <h1>Extend</h1>
 			<tr>
 				<td><code>sort</code></td>
 				<td>Controls how list items are ordered.</td>
-				<td>Sort function (will be passed directly to <code>Array.prototype.sort()</code>) to sort the items after they have been filtered and before they are truncated and converted to HTML elements.</td>
+				<td>Sort function (will be passed directly to <code>Array.prototype.sort()</code>) to sort the items after they have been filtered and before they are truncated and converted to HTML elements. If value is <code>false</code>, sorting will be disabled.</td>
 				<td>Sorted by length first, order second.</td>
 			</tr>
 			<tr>