diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/print.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/print.tt
index e32d424496..969d203bba 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/print.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/patroncards/print.tt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
                 <div id="export_patron_list">
                     <h3>Click on the link to download the patron cards from the patron list.</h3>
                     <p>
-                        <a class="document pdf" href="/cgi-bin/koha/patroncards/create-pdf.pl?patronlist_id=[% patronlist_id | html %]&amp;template_id=[% template_id | html %]&amp;layout_id=[% layout_id | html %]&amp;layout_back_id=[% layout_back_id | html %]&amp;start_card=[% start_card | html %]">label_patronlist_[% patronlist_id | html %].pdf</a>
+                        <a class="document pdf" href="/cgi-bin/koha/patroncards/create-pdf.pl?patronlist_id=[% patronlist_id | html %]&amp;template_id=[% template_id | html %]&amp;layout_id=[% layout_id | html %]&amp;layout_back_id=[% layout_back_id | html %]&amp;start_card=[% start_card | html %]&amp;order_by=[% order_by | html %]">label_patronlist_[% patronlist_id | html %].pdf</a>
                     </p>
                 </div>
             [% ELSE %]
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@
                 [% IF (patronlist_id) %] <input type="hidden" name="patronlist_id" value="[% patronlist_id | html %]" /> [% END %]
                 <fieldset class="rows">
                     <ol>
+                    [% IF (patronlist_id) %]
+                        <li>
+                            <label style="width:9em" for="order_by">Order by: </label>
+                            <select name="order_by" id="order_by">
+                                <option value=""></option>
+                                <option value="cardnumber">Card number</option>
+                                <option value="firstname">First name</option>
+                                <option value="surname">Surname</option>
+                            </select>
+                        </li>
+                    [% END %]
                         <li>
                             <label style="width:9em" for="template_id">Select a template to be applied: </label>
                             <select name="template_id" id="template_id">
diff --git a/patroncards/create-pdf.pl b/patroncards/create-pdf.pl
index e994ddbbb2..5e86deac45 100755
--- a/patroncards/create-pdf.pl
+++ b/patroncards/create-pdf.pl
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ my $start_card = $cgi->param('start_card') || 1;
 my @label_ids   = $cgi->multi_param('label_id');
 my @borrower_numbers  = $cgi->multi_param('borrower_number');
 my $patronlist_id = $cgi->param('patronlist_id');
+my $order_by = $cgi->param('order_by') || undef;
 
 my $items = undef; # items = cards
 my $new_page = 0;
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ elsif ( $patronlist_id  ) {
     my ($list) = GetPatronLists( { patron_list_id => $patronlist_id } );
     my @borrowerlist = $list->patron_list_patrons()->search_related('borrowernumber')
     ->get_column('borrowernumber')->all();
+    @borrowerlist =  map { $_->borrowernumber } Koha::Patrons->search( {borrowernumber => { -in => \@borrowerlist }}, { order_by => [$order_by]} )->as_list if($order_by);
     grep {
         push(@{$items}, {borrower_number => $_});
     } @borrowerlist;
diff --git a/patroncards/print.pl b/patroncards/print.pl
index c45e91a945..efee812233 100755
--- a/patroncards/print.pl
+++ b/patroncards/print.pl
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ my $start_card = $cgi->param('start_card') || 1;
 my @borrower_numbers = $cgi->multi_param('borrower_number');
 my $output_format = $cgi->param('output_format') || 'pdf';
 my $referer = $cgi->param('referer') || undef;
+my $order_by = $cgi->param('order_by') || undef;
 
 my $layouts = undef;
 my $templates = undef;
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ if ($op eq 'export') {
                          layout_back_id  => $layout_back_id,
                          start_card      => $start_card,
                          referer         => $referer,
+                         order_by        => $order_by,
                         );
     }
 }