diff --git a/docs/docs.md b/docs/docs.md
index a9c786e..d3e2c66 100644
--- a/docs/docs.md
+++ b/docs/docs.md
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ On top of this, you can specify arguments to change the behavior of spmenu. See
 - spmenu -nmt text      - Set normal mode text to text
 - spmenu -imt text      - Set insert mode text to text
 - spmenu -bw            - Width of the border. 0 will disable the border
+- spmenu -so            - Sort matches
+- spmenu -nso           - Don't sort matches
 - spmenu -s             - Use case-sensitive matching
 - spmenu -i             - Use case-insensitive matching
 - spmenu -nm            - Start spmenu in normal mode
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ On top of this, you can specify arguments to change the behavior of spmenu. See
 
 There are also extra arguments recognized for dmenu compatibility. These are:
 
+- spmenu -S             - Don't sort matches
 - spmenu -nb color      - Set the normal background color
 - spmenu -nf color      - Set the normal foreground color
 - spmenu -sb color      - Set the selected background color
diff --git a/libs/argv.c b/libs/argv.c
index 6347fad..f96399c 100644
--- a/libs/argv.c
+++ b/libs/argv.c
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ readargs(int argc, char *argv[])
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-s")) { /* case-sensitive item matching */
 			fstrncmp = strncmp;
 			fstrstr = strstr;
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-S")) { /* don't sort */
+            sortmatches = 0;
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-nso")) { /* don't sort */
+            sortmatches = 0;
+        } else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-so")) { /* don't sort */
+            sortmatches = 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-i")) { /* case-sensitive item matching, for compatibility reasons */
 		    fstrncmp = strncasecmp;
 		    fstrstr = cistrstr;
@@ -293,6 +299,8 @@ usage(void)
           "spmenu -nmt <text>    Set normal mode text to <text>\n"
           "spmenu -imt <text>    Set insert mode text to <text>\n"
 		  "spmenu -bw            Width of the border. 0 will disable the border\n"
+          "spmenu -so            Sort matches\n"
+          "spmenu -nso           Don't sort matches\n"
 		  "spmenu -s             Use case-sensitive matching\n"
 		  "spmenu -i             Use case-insensitive matching\n"
           "spmenu -nm            Start spmenu in normal mode\n"
@@ -378,6 +386,7 @@ usage(void)
 		  "spmenu -sgr15         Set the SGR 15 color\n"
           "\n", stdout);
           fputs("- dmenu compatibility -\n"
+          "spmenu -S             Don't sort matches\n"
 	      "spmenu -nb <color>    Set the normal background color\n"
 		  "spmenu -nf <color>    Set the normal foreground color\n"
 		  "spmenu -sb <color>    Set the selected background color\n"
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index e47e8f0..d065d00 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static char *password                  = "."; /* Password character, when the -P
 
 /* Match options */
 static int type                        = 1; /* Allow typing into spmenu or only allow keybinds. */
+static int sortmatches                 = 1; /* Sort matches (0/1) */
 static int casesensitive               = 0; /* Case-sensitive by default? (0/1) */
 static int preselected                 = 0; /* Which line should spmenu preselect? */
 static int accuratewidth               = 1; /* Enable accurate width. May have a performance hit if you are matching a lot of items at once */
diff --git a/spmenu.1 b/spmenu.1
index dd2a33d..4ae5fb1 100644
--- a/spmenu.1
+++ b/spmenu.1
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ spmenu -imt text - Set insert mode text to text
 spmenu -bw - Width of the border.
 0 will disable the border
 .IP \[bu] 2
+spmenu -so - Sort matches
+.IP \[bu] 2
+spmenu -nso - Don\[cq]t sort matches
+.IP \[bu] 2
 spmenu -s - Use case-sensitive matching
 .IP \[bu] 2
 spmenu -i - Use case-insensitive matching
@@ -256,6 +260,8 @@ spmenu -sgr15 - Set the SGR 15 color
 There are also extra arguments recognized for dmenu compatibility.
 These are:
 .IP \[bu] 2
+spmenu -S - Don\[cq]t sort matches
+.IP \[bu] 2
 spmenu -nb color - Set the normal background color
 .IP \[bu] 2
 spmenu -nf color - Set the normal foreground color
diff --git a/spmenu.c b/spmenu.c
index 37fa871..19e000b 100644
--- a/spmenu.c
+++ b/spmenu.c
@@ -603,13 +603,17 @@ match(void)
 				break;
 		if (i != tokc) /* not all tokens match */
 			continue;
-		/* exact matches go first, then prefixes, then substrings */
-		if (!tokc || !fstrncmp(text, item->text, textsize))
+        if (!sortmatches)
 			appenditem(item, &matches, &matchend);
-		else if (!fstrncmp(tokv[0], item->text, len))
-			appenditem(item, &lprefix, &prefixend);
-		else
-			appenditem(item, &lsubstr, &substrend);
+        else {
+			/* exact matches go first, then prefixes, then substrings */
+			if (!tokc || !fstrncmp(text, item->text, textsize))
+				appenditem(item, &matches, &matchend);
+			else if (!fstrncmp(tokv[0], item->text, len))
+				appenditem(item, &lprefix, &prefixend);
+			else
+				appenditem(item, &lsubstr, &substrend);
+		}
 	}
 	if (lprefix) {
 		if (matches) {