diff --git a/src/sort/Cargo.toml b/src/sort/Cargo.toml
index f9d265d49..545206f57 100644
--- a/src/sort/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/sort/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ path = "sort.rs"
 [dependencies]
 getopts = "*"
 libc = "*"
+semver = "*"
 uucore = { path="../uucore" }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/sort/sort.rs b/src/sort/sort.rs
index 6fd61a7f3..1abb854b5 100644
--- a/src/sort/sort.rs
+++ b/src/sort/sort.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 extern crate getopts;
 extern crate libc;
+extern crate semver;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, BufWriter, Read, stdin, stdout, Write};
 use std::path::Path;
 use uucore::fs::is_stdin_interactive;
+use semver::Version;
 
 static NAME: &'static str = "sort";
 static VERSION: &'static str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ enum SortMode {
     Numeric,
     HumanNumeric,
     Month,
+    Version,
     Default,
 }
 
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> i32 {
     opts.optflag("", "version", "output version information and exit");
     opts.optopt("o", "output", "write output to FILENAME instead of stdout", "FILENAME");
     opts.optflag("u", "unique", "output only the first of an equal run");
+    opts.optflag("V", "version-sort", "Sort by SemVer version number, eg 1.12.2 > 1.1.2");
 
     let matches = match opts.parse(&args[1..]) {
         Ok(m) => m,
@@ -97,6 +101,8 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.", NAME, VERSION);
         SortMode::HumanNumeric
     } else if matches.opt_present("month-sort") {
         SortMode::Month
+    } else if matches.opt_present("version-sort") {
+        SortMode::Version
     } else {
         SortMode::Default
     };
@@ -139,6 +145,7 @@ fn exec(files: Vec<String>, settings: &Settings) {
             SortMode::Numeric => lines.sort_by(numeric_compare),
             SortMode::HumanNumeric => lines.sort_by(human_numeric_size_compare),
             SortMode::Month => lines.sort_by(month_compare),
+            SortMode::Version => lines.sort_by(version_compare),
             SortMode::Default => lines.sort()
         }
 
@@ -263,6 +270,20 @@ fn month_compare(a: &String, b: &String) -> Ordering {
     month_parse(a).cmp(&month_parse(b))
 }
 
+fn version_compare(a: &String, b: &String) -> Ordering {
+    let ver_a = Version::parse(a);
+    let ver_b = Version::parse(b);
+    if ver_a > ver_b {
+        Ordering::Greater
+    }
+    else if ver_a < ver_b {
+        Ordering::Less
+    }
+    else {
+        Ordering::Equal
+    }
+}
+
 fn print_sorted<S, T: Iterator<Item=S>>(iter: T, outfile: &Option<String>) where S: std::fmt::Display {
     let mut file: Box<Write> = match *outfile {
         Some(ref filename) => {
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/sort/version.expected b/tests/fixtures/sort/version.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d6ece21b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/sort/version.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+1.2.3-alpha
+1.2.3-alpha2
+1.12.4
+11.2.3
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/sort/version.txt b/tests/fixtures/sort/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbfdb2ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/sort/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+11.2.3
+1.2.3-alpha2
+1.2.3-alpha
+1.12.4
diff --git a/tests/test_sort.rs b/tests/test_sort.rs
index f4f85f0ad..50e22d80f 100644
--- a/tests/test_sort.rs
+++ b/tests/test_sort.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ fn test_numeric_unique_ints() {
     test_helper("numeric_unsorted_ints_unique", "-nu");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_version() {
+    test_helper("version", "-V");
+}
+
 fn test_helper(file_name: &str, args: &str) {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = testing(UTIL_NAME);
     ucmd.arg(args);