diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp
index 0066123ae..0ee689a79 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ PeersDialog::PeersDialog(QWidget *parent)
   ui.menupushButton->setMenu(menu);
   
   QMenu *lookmenu = new QMenu();
+  lookmenu->addAction(ui.actionSort_Status_Descending_Order); 
+  lookmenu->addAction(ui.actionSort_Status_Ascending_Order);
+  lookmenu->addSeparator();
   lookmenu->addAction(ui.actionSet_Tabs_Right); 
   lookmenu->addAction(ui.actionSet_Tabs_Left);
   lookmenu->addAction(ui.actionSet_Tabs_North);
@@ -1538,3 +1541,13 @@ void PeersDialog::loadtabsettings()
 
   _settings->endGroup();
   }
+
+void PeersDialog::on_actionSort_Status_Descending_Order_activated()
+{
+  ui.peertreeWidget->sortItems ( 1, Qt::DescendingOrder );
+}
+
+void PeersDialog::on_actionSort_Status_Ascending_Order_activated()
+{
+  ui.peertreeWidget->sortItems ( 1, Qt::AscendingOrder );
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.h
index 8a46561a1..96df3f6f3 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.h
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ class PeersDialog : public RsAutoUpdatePage
 
     void on_actionSet_Tabs_Triangular_activated();
     void on_actionSet_Tabs_Rounded_activated();
+    
+    void on_actionSort_Status_Descending_Order_activated();
+    void on_actionSort_Status_Ascending_Order_activated();
 
 signals:
 		void friendsUpdated() ;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.ui
index 74feeb931..53d11fac7 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/PeersDialog.ui
@@ -600,6 +600,9 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
           </item>
           <item row="0" column="2">
            <widget class="QPushButton" name="lookpushButton">
+            <property name="toolTip">
+             <string>Display</string>
+            </property>
             <property name="styleSheet">
              <string notr="true">QPushButton::menu-indicator { 
 subcontrol-origin: padding;
@@ -1255,6 +1258,16 @@ background: white;}</string>
     <string>Set Tabs Rounded</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionSort_Status_Descending_Order">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Sort Status Descending Order</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionSort_Status_Ascending_Order">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Sort Status Ascending Order</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <resources>
   <include location="images.qrc"/>