diff --git a/C4/VirtualShelves.pm b/C4/VirtualShelves.pm
index 5682a1557e..9702ad9c00 100644
--- a/C4/VirtualShelves.pm
+++ b/C4/VirtualShelves.pm
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ from C4::Circulation.
 =cut
 
 sub GetShelfContents {
-    my ($shelfnumber, $row_count, $offset, $sortfield) = @_;
+    my ($shelfnumber, $row_count, $offset, $sortfield, $sort_direction ) = @_;
     my $dbh=C4::Context->dbh();
     my $sth1 = $dbh->prepare("SELECT count(*) FROM virtualshelfcontents WHERE shelfnumber = ?");
     $sth1->execute($shelfnumber);
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ sub GetShelfContents {
     my @params = ($shelfnumber);
     if($sortfield) {
         $query .= " ORDER BY " . $sortfield;
-        $query .= " DESC " if ($sortfield eq 'copyrightdate');
+        $query .= " DESC " if ( ( $sortfield eq 'copyrightdate' ) || ( $sort_direction eq 'desc' ) );
     }
     if($row_count){
        $query .= " LIMIT ?, ? ";
diff --git a/C4/VirtualShelves/Page.pm b/C4/VirtualShelves/Page.pm
index 190c585802..61a4565d28 100644
--- a/C4/VirtualShelves/Page.pm
+++ b/C4/VirtualShelves/Page.pm
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@ sub shelfpage {
                 if ( $sortfield eq 'year' ) {
                     $yearsort = 'year';
                 }
-                ( $items, $totitems ) = GetShelfContents( $shelfnumber, $shelflimit, $shelfoffset, $sortfield eq 'year' ? 'copyrightdate' : $sortfield );
+                $sortfield = $query->param('sort') || $sortfield; ## Passed in sorting overrides default sorting
+                my $direction = $query->param('direction');
+                ( $items, $totitems ) = GetShelfContents( $shelfnumber, $shelflimit, $shelfoffset, $sortfield, $direction );
                 for my $this_item (@$items) {
                     my $biblionumber = $this_item->{'biblionumber'};
                     my $record = GetMarcBiblio($biblionumber);
@@ -438,7 +440,7 @@ sub shelfpage {
 
     my $url = $type eq 'opac' ? "/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl" : "/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl";
     my %qhash = ();
-    foreach (qw(display viewshelf sortfield)) {
+    foreach (qw(display viewshelf sortfield sort direction)) {
         $qhash{$_} = $query->param($_) if $query->param($_);
     }
     ( scalar keys %qhash ) and $url .= '?' . join '&', map { "$_=$qhash{$_}" } keys %qhash;
@@ -478,6 +480,8 @@ sub shelfpage {
             barshelvesloop => $barshelves,
             pubshelves     => $total->{pubtotal},
             pubshelvesloop => $pubshelves,
+            sort           => $query->param('sort'),
+            direction      => $query->param('direction'),
     );
 
     output_html_with_http_headers $query, $cookie, $template->output;
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/virtualshelves/shelves.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/virtualshelves/shelves.tt
index fde2b1f949..8fad486e88 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/virtualshelves/shelves.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/virtualshelves/shelves.tt
@@ -204,13 +204,33 @@ function placeHold () {
      <span class="clearall"></span></p>
  [% END %]
 	
+ [% IF direction == 'asc' %][% direction = 'desc' %][% ELSE %][% direction = 'asc' %][% END %]
  <div class="pages">[% pagination_bar %]</div>
     <table>
             <tr>
                 [% IF ( itemsloop ) %]<th class="checkall">&nbsp;</th>[% END %]
+
                 [% UNLESS ( item_level_itypes ) %]<th>Item type</th>[% END %]
-                <th>Title</th>
-                <th>Author</th>
+                <th>
+                    <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=[% shelfnumber %]&sort=title&direction=[% direction %]">Title</a>
+                    [% IF sort == 'title' %]
+                        [% IF direction == 'asc' %]
+                            <img src="/intranet-tmpl/prog/img/asc.gif" />
+                        [% ELSIF direction == 'desc' %]
+                            <img src="/intranet-tmpl/prog/img/desc.gif" />
+                        [% END %]
+                    [% END %]
+                </th>
+                <th>
+                    <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/virtualshelves/shelves.pl?viewshelf=[% shelfnumber %]&sort=author&direction=[% direction %]">Author</a>
+                   [% IF sort == 'author' %]
+                        [% IF direction == 'asc' %]
+                            <img src="/intranet-tmpl/prog/img/asc.gif" />
+                        [% ELSIF direction == 'desc' %]
+                            <img src="/intranet-tmpl/prog/img/desc.gif" />
+                        [% END %]
+                    [% END %]
+                 </th>
                 <th>Date added</th>
                 <th>&nbsp;</th>
             </tr>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/modules/opac-shelves.tt b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/modules/opac-shelves.tt
index be61dbaa8c..5a700a9c7d 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/modules/opac-shelves.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/modules/opac-shelves.tt
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ $(function() {
 			alert(alertString2);
 		}
 	}
+
+$(document).ready(function() {
+  $('#sort-submit').hide();
+});
+
 //]]>
 </script>
 </head>
@@ -287,6 +292,35 @@ $(function() {
 
 <a class="print" href="opac-shelves.pl" onclick="print(); return false;">Print list</a>
 
+<form action="/cgi-bin/koha/opac-shelves.pl" id="sorting-form">
+    <input type="hidden" name="viewshelf" value="[% shelfnumber %]" />
+
+    <label for="sort">Sort by: </label>
+    <select name="sort" onchange="$('#sorting-form').submit()">
+        <option value="">Default sorting</option>
+
+        [% IF sort == 'author' %]
+            <option value="author" selected="selected">Author</option>
+        [% ELSE %]
+            <option value="author">Author</option>
+        [% END %]
+
+        [% IF sort == 'title' %]
+            <option value="title" selected="selected">Title</option>
+        [% ELSE %]
+            <option value="title">Title</option>
+        [% END %]
+
+        [% IF sort == 'itemcallnumber' %]
+            <option value="itemcallnumber" selected="selected">Call number</option>
+        [% ELSE %]
+            <option value="itemcallnumber">Call number</option>
+        [% END %]
+
+        <input type="submit" id="sort-submit" value="Resort list" />
+    </select>
+</form>
+
                 [% IF ( manageshelf ) %] <span class="sep">|</span> <form method="get" action="opac-shelves.pl"><input type="hidden" name="op" value="modif" />
                 <input type="hidden" name="display" value="viewshelf" />
                 <input type="hidden" name="shelfnumber" value="[% shelfnumber %]" /> <input type="submit" class="editshelf" value="Edit list" /></form>