diff --git a/doc/lsd.md b/doc/lsd.md
index 78a120465..053e33a8b 100644
--- a/doc/lsd.md
+++ b/doc/lsd.md
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ lsd is a ls command with a lot of pretty colours and some other stuff to enrich
 `-r`, `--reverse`
 : Reverse the order of the sort
 
+`--namesort`
+: Sort by name
+
 `-S`, `--sizesort`
 : Sort by size
 
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ lsd is a ls command with a lot of pretty colours and some other stuff to enrich
 : How to display size [default: default]  [possible values: default, short, bytes]
 
 `--sort <WORD>...`
-: Sort by WORD instead of name [possible values: size, time, version, extension, git]
+: Sort by WORD instead of the configured default (name, unless configured otherwise) [possible values: name, size, time, version, extension, git]
 
 `-U`, `--no-sort`
 : Do not sort. List entries in directory order
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index fa329592e..839125aaf 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ pub struct Cli {
     #[arg(long, value_parser = validate_date_argument)]
     pub date: Option<String>,
 
+    /// Sort by name
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub namesort: bool,
+
     /// Sort by time modified
     #[arg(short = 't', long)]
     pub timesort: bool,
@@ -104,17 +108,17 @@ pub struct Cli {
     #[arg(short = 'v', long)]
     pub versionsort: bool,
 
-    /// Sort by TYPE instead of name
+    /// Sort by TYPE instead of the configured default (name, unless configured otherwise)
     #[arg(
         long,
         value_name = "TYPE",
-        value_parser = ["size", "time", "version", "extension", "git", "none"],
-        overrides_with_all = ["timesort", "sizesort", "extensionsort", "versionsort", "gitsort", "no_sort"]
+        value_parser = ["name", "size", "time", "version", "extension", "git", "none"],
+        overrides_with_all = ["namesort", "timesort", "sizesort", "extensionsort", "versionsort", "gitsort", "no_sort"]
     )]
     pub sort: Option<String>,
 
     /// Do not sort. List entries in directory order
-    #[arg(short = 'U', long, overrides_with_all = ["timesort", "sizesort", "extensionsort", "versionsort", "gitsort", "sort"])]
+    #[arg(short = 'U', long, overrides_with_all = ["namesort", "timesort", "sizesort", "extensionsort", "versionsort", "gitsort", "sort"])]
     pub no_sort: bool,
 
     /// Reverse the order of the sort
diff --git a/src/flags/sorting.rs b/src/flags/sorting.rs
index 3e895933d..f9e80248e 100644
--- a/src/flags/sorting.rs
+++ b/src/flags/sorting.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ impl Configurable<Self> for SortColumn {
     fn from_cli(cli: &Cli) -> Option<Self> {
         let sort = cli.sort.as_deref();
 
-        if cli.timesort || sort == Some("time") {
+        if cli.namesort || sort == Some("name") {
+            Some(Self::Name)
+        } else if cli.timesort || sort == Some("time") {
             Some(Self::Time)
         } else if cli.sizesort || sort == Some("size") {
             Some(Self::Size)
@@ -229,6 +231,13 @@ mod test_sort_column {
         assert_eq!(Some(SortColumn::Version), SortColumn::from_cli(&cli));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_from_cli_name() {
+        let argv = ["lsd", "--namesort"];
+        let cli = Cli::try_parse_from(argv).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Some(SortColumn::Name), SortColumn::from_cli(&cli));
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_from_cli_no_sort() {
         let argv = ["lsd", "--no-sort"];
@@ -238,6 +247,10 @@ mod test_sort_column {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_from_cli_sort() {
+        let argv = ["lsd", "--sort", "name"];
+        let cli = Cli::try_parse_from(argv).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(Some(SortColumn::Name), SortColumn::from_cli(&cli));
+
         let argv = ["lsd", "--sort", "time"];
         let cli = Cli::try_parse_from(argv).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(Some(SortColumn::Time), SortColumn::from_cli(&cli));