diff --git a/config/menus_settings.cfg b/config/menus_settings.cfg
index 03c247ec..6c34f9cb 100644
--- a/config/menus_settings.cfg
+++ b/config/menus_settings.cfg
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ menuitem [Bot settings...]                                     [ showmenu [Bot s
 tempalias __screenshottype 0
 alias askquit 1
 alias showmenuonstartup 1
+alias menufilesort_cgz 0
+alias menufilesort_dmo 0
 
 newmenu Misc
 menuitemcheckbox [Auto map download: ] "$autogetmap"                 [ autogetmap $arg1 ]
@@ -448,6 +450,8 @@ menuitemslider [Mini-map background style: ] 0 2 "$showmapbackdrop" 1 ["Fully Tr
 menuitemcheckbox [Enable compatibility with older cubescripts: ] "$compatibilitymode" [ compatibilitymode $arg1; echo (c 3) This setting requires a restart to take effect. ]
 menuitemcheckbox [Enable per-official map dynamic gamma: ] "$dyngamma" [ dyngamma = $arg1 ]
 menuitemtextinput [Set default gamma for this map: ] "(at $ofc_gamma_list (findlist $defaultmaps (curmap 1)))" [ setgamma $arg1 ]
+menuitemslider [Menu map file sort order: ] 0 (- (listlen (listoptions menufilesortorders)) 1) "$menufilesort_cgz" 1 (listoptions menufilesortorders) [menufilesort_cgz = $arg1]
+menuitemslider [Menu demo file sort order: ] 0 (- (listlen (listoptions menufilesortorders)) 1) "$menufilesort_dmo" 1 (listoptions menufilesortorders) [menufilesort_dmo = $arg1]
 
 // Reduced game violence mode...
 const reducedviolencemode [
diff --git a/source/src/command.cpp b/source/src/command.cpp
index 902e3609..63b53271 100644
--- a/source/src/command.cpp
+++ b/source/src/command.cpp
@@ -1343,7 +1343,9 @@ char *strreplace(char *dest, const char *source, const char *search, const char
 }
 
 int stringsort(const char **a, const char **b) { return strcmp(*a, *b); }
+int stringsortrev(const char **a, const char **b) { return strcmp(*b, *a); }
 int stringsortignorecase(const char **a, const char **b) { return strcasecmp(*a, *b); }
+int stringsortignorecaserev(const char **a, const char **b) { return strcasecmp(*b, *a); }
 
 void sortlist(char *list)
 {
@@ -1750,8 +1752,9 @@ COMMAND(getscrext, "");
 
 void listoptions(char *s)
 {
-    const char *optionnames[] = { "entities", "ents", "weapons", "teamnames", "teamnames-abbrv", "punctuations", "crosshairnames", "" };
-    const char **optionlists[] = { optionnames, entnames + 1, entnames + 1, gunnames, teamnames, teamnames_s, punctnames, crosshairnames };
+    extern const char *menufilesortorders[];
+    const char *optionnames[] = { "entities", "ents", "weapons", "teamnames", "teamnames-abbrv", "punctuations", "crosshairnames", "menufilesortorders", "" };
+    const char **optionlists[] = { optionnames, entnames + 1, entnames + 1, gunnames, teamnames, teamnames_s, punctnames, crosshairnames, menufilesortorders };
     const char **listp = optionlists[getlistindex(s, optionnames, true, -1) + 1];
     commandret = conc(listp, -1, true);
 }
diff --git a/source/src/menus.cpp b/source/src/menus.cpp
index 193a797b..ee50aa6b 100644
--- a/source/src/menus.cpp
+++ b/source/src/menus.cpp
@@ -1257,14 +1257,21 @@ void gmenu::conprintmenu()
     loopv(items) { conoutf("%03d: %s%s%s", 1+i, items[i]->gettext(), items[i]->getaction()?"|\t|":"", items[i]->getaction()?items[i]->getaction():""); }
 }
 
+const char *menufilesortorders[] = { "normal", "reverse", "ignorecase", "ignorecase_reverse", "" };
+int (*menufilesortcmp[])(const char **, const char **) = { stringsort, stringsortrev, stringsortignorecase, stringsortignorecaserev };
+
 void gmenu::init()
 {
-    if(dirlist && ((dirlist->dir != NULL) && (dirlist->ext != NULL)))
+    if(dirlist && dirlist->dir && dirlist->ext)
     {
         items.deletecontents();
         vector<char *> files;
         listfiles(dirlist->dir, dirlist->ext, files);
-        files.sort(stringsort);
+        defformatstring(sortorderalias)("menufilesort_%s", dirlist->ext);
+        int sortorderindex = 0;
+        const char *customsortorder = getalias(sortorderalias);
+        if(customsortorder) sortorderindex = getlistindex(customsortorder, menufilesortorders, true, 0);
+        files.sort(menufilesortcmp[sortorderindex]);
         loopv(files)
         {
             char *f = files[i];
diff --git a/source/src/protos.h b/source/src/protos.h
index 9164e37c..19639512 100644
--- a/source/src/protos.h
+++ b/source/src/protos.h
@@ -791,7 +791,9 @@ extern void renderdocmenu(void *menu, bool init);
 extern void toggledoc();
 extern void scrolldoc(int i);
 extern int stringsort(const char **a, const char **b);
+extern int stringsortrev(const char **a, const char **b);
 extern int stringsortignorecase(const char **a, const char **b);
+extern int stringsortignorecaserev(const char **a, const char **b);
 extern const char *docgetdesc(const char *name);
 #endif