diff --git a/dashboard/plugin.jelly b/dashboard/plugin.jelly
index 46f6894f..72d00899 100644
--- a/dashboard/plugin.jelly
+++ b/dashboard/plugin.jelly
@@ -130,10 +130,17 @@
       </j:if>
     </j:forEach>
 
+    <j:set var="projectList" value="${reactorProjects}"/>
+    <j:if test="${maven.dashboard.sort == 'true'}">
+      <!-- NOTE: this only works with Maven 1.1 -->
+      <u:sort var="sortedReactorProjects" items="${reactorProjects}" property="${maven.dashboard.sort.property}"/>
+      <j:set var="projectList" value="${sortedReactorProjects}"/>
+    </j:if>
+
     <j:file name="${maven.dashboard.report.xml}" prettyPrint="true" 
         xmlns="dashboard">
       <dashboard>
-        <j:forEach var="reactorProject" items="${reactorProjects}">
+        <j:forEach var="reactorProject" items="${projectList}">
           <u:available 
               file="${reactorProject.context.getVariable('maven.build.dir')}/dashboard-single.xml">
               <!-- FIXME: this should be maven.dashboard.report.single -->
diff --git a/dashboard/plugin.properties b/dashboard/plugin.properties
index bc57c15e..c05a43f2 100644
--- a/dashboard/plugin.properties
+++ b/dashboard/plugin.properties
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ maven.dashboard.runreactor = true
 # aggregators.
 maven.dashboard.report.showempty = true
 
+# If true, projects will be sorted by the given property
+# NOTE: this only works with Maven 1.1
+maven.dashboard.sort = false
+maven.dashboard.sort.property = name
+
 # Images used when generating the progress bar for the dashboard HTML color
 # for left bar
 maven.dashboard.report.bar.left = green
diff --git a/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml b/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
index 70c55bbf..ab614566 100644
--- a/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.9-SNAPSHOT" date="in svn">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPDASHBOARD-28">Allow sorting of dashboard items (requires Maven 1.1).</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPDASHBOARD-30" due-to="Jeff Jensen">Add message on status of finding dashboard-single.xml.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPDASHBOARD-35" due-to="Christoph Jerolimov">Fix count of changelog-entries with maven-changelog-plugin-1.9.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add">Add new aggregators <code>jiraopen</code> and <code>jirascheduled</code>.</action>
diff --git a/dashboard/xdocs/properties.xml b/dashboard/xdocs/properties.xml
index bc3b9159..2cf79bb4 100644
--- a/dashboard/xdocs/properties.xml
+++ b/dashboard/xdocs/properties.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ maven.dashboard.runreactor = true
 # aggregators.
 maven.dashboard.report.showempty = true
 
+# If true, projects will be sorted by the given property
+# NOTE: this only works with Maven 1.1
+maven.dashboard.sort = false
+maven.dashboard.sort.property = name
+
 # Images used when generating the progress bar for the dashboard HTML color
 # for left bar
 maven.dashboard.report.bar.left = green
