diff --git a/src/gui/ObjectListView.cpp b/src/gui/ObjectListView.cpp
index 620e2c475..700e2dc27 100644
--- a/src/gui/ObjectListView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/ObjectListView.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ ObjectListView::ObjectListView(QWidget* parent, const char*,
     setFocus();
     header()->setClickable(true);
     header()->setMovable(false);
+    setSortingEnabled(true);
+    sortByColumn ( 0, Qt::AscendingOrder );
     connect (header (),SIGNAL(sectionClicked (int)),this,SLOT(sectionClicked (int)));
 }