diff --git a/cmd/snapshot_list.go b/cmd/snapshot_list.go
index 6a350d62..6b979bba 100644
--- a/cmd/snapshot_list.go
+++ b/cmd/snapshot_list.go
@@ -7,6 +7,49 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 )
 
+// Snapshot sorting methods
+const (
+	SortName = iota
+	SortTime
+)
+
+type snapshotListToSort struct {
+	list       []*deb.Snapshot
+	sortMethod int
+}
+
+func ParseSortMethod(sortMethod_string string) int {
+
+	switch sortMethod_string {
+	case "time", "Time":
+		return SortTime
+	case "name", "Name":
+		return SortName
+	}
+
+	fmt.Errorf("Sorting method \"%s\" unknown. Defaulting to '-sort=name'", sortMethod_string)
+	return SortName
+}
+
+func (s snapshotListToSort) Swap(i, j int) {
+	s.list[i], s.list[j] = s.list[j], s.list[i]
+}
+
+func (s snapshotListToSort) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	switch s.sortMethod {
+	case SortName:
+		sL := []string{s.list[i].Name, s.list[j].Name}
+		return sort.StringsAreSorted(sL)
+	case SortTime:
+		return s.list[i].CreatedAt.Before(s.list[j].CreatedAt)
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func (s snapshotListToSort) Len() int {
+	return len(s.list)
+}
+
 func aptlySnapshotList(cmd *commander.Command, args []string) error {
 	var err error
 	if len(args) != 0 {
@@ -15,32 +58,32 @@ func aptlySnapshotList(cmd *commander.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	raw := cmd.Flag.Lookup("raw").Value.Get().(bool)
+	sortMethod_string := cmd.Flag.Lookup("sort").Value.Get().(string)
 
-	snapshots := make([]string, context.CollectionFactory().SnapshotCollection().Len())
+	snapshotsToSort := &snapshotListToSort{}
+	snapshotsToSort.list = make([]*deb.Snapshot, context.CollectionFactory().SnapshotCollection().Len())
+	snapshotsToSort.sortMethod = ParseSortMethod(sortMethod_string)
 
 	i := 0
 	context.CollectionFactory().SnapshotCollection().ForEach(func(snapshot *deb.Snapshot) error {
-		if raw {
-			snapshots[i] = snapshot.Name
-		} else {
-			snapshots[i] = snapshot.String()
-		}
+		snapshotsToSort.list[i] = snapshot
 		i++
+
 		return nil
 	})
 
-	sort.Strings(snapshots)
+	sort.Sort(snapshotsToSort)
 
 	if raw {
-		for _, snapshot := range snapshots {
-			fmt.Printf("%s\n", snapshot)
+		for _, snapshot := range snapshotsToSort.list {
+			fmt.Printf("%s\n", snapshot.Name)
 		}
 	} else {
-		if len(snapshots) > 0 {
+		if len(snapshotsToSort.list) > 0 {
 			fmt.Printf("List of snapshots:\n")
 
-			for _, snapshot := range snapshots {
-				fmt.Printf(" * %s\n", snapshot)
+			for _, snapshot := range snapshotsToSort.list {
+				fmt.Printf(" * %s\n", snapshot.String())
 			}
 
 			fmt.Printf("\nTo get more information about snapshot, run `aptly snapshot show <name>`.\n")
@@ -67,6 +110,7 @@ Example:
 	}
 
 	cmd.Flag.Bool("raw", false, "display list in machine-readable format")
+	cmd.Flag.String("sort", "name", "display list in 'name' or creation 'time' order")
 
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/system/t05_snapshot/ListSnapshot5Test_gold b/system/t05_snapshot/ListSnapshot5Test_gold
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2768314a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/t05_snapshot/ListSnapshot5Test_gold
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+snap2
+snap1
+snap3
+snap4
+snap5
diff --git a/system/t05_snapshot/ListSnapshot6Test_gold b/system/t05_snapshot/ListSnapshot6Test_gold
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76336822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/t05_snapshot/ListSnapshot6Test_gold
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+List of snapshots:
+ * [snap2]: Snapshot from mirror [wheezy-contrib]: http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ wheezy
+ * [snap1]: Snapshot from mirror [wheezy-main]: http://mirror.yandex.ru/debian/ wheezy
+ * [snap3]: Merged from sources: 'snap1', 'snap2'
+ * [snap4]: Pulled into 'snap1' with 'snap2' as source, pull request was: 'mame unrar'
+ * [snap5]: Snapshot from local repo [local-repo]
+
+To get more information about snapshot, run `aptly snapshot show <name>`.
diff --git a/system/t05_snapshot/list.py b/system/t05_snapshot/list.py
index 8d135d15..ee7b313d 100644
--- a/system/t05_snapshot/list.py
+++ b/system/t05_snapshot/list.py
@@ -47,3 +47,36 @@ class ListSnapshot4Test(BaseTest):
     list snapshots: raw empty list
     """
     runCmd = "aptly snapshot -raw list"
+
+
+class ListSnapshot5Test(BaseTest):
+    """
+    list snapshots: raw regular list sorted by time
+    """
+    fixtureDB = True
+    fixtureCmds = [
+        "aptly snapshot create snap2 from mirror wheezy-main",
+        "aptly snapshot create snap1 from mirror wheezy-contrib",
+        "aptly snapshot merge snap3 snap1 snap2",
+        "aptly snapshot pull snap1 snap2 snap4 mame unrar",
+        "aptly repo create local-repo",
+        "aptly repo add local-repo ${files}",
+        "aptly snapshot create snap5 from repo local-repo",
+    ]
+    runCmd = "aptly -raw -sort=time snapshot list"
+
+class ListSnapshot6Test(BaseTest):
+    """
+    list snapshots: regular list sorted by time
+    """
+    fixtureDB = True
+    fixtureCmds = [
+        "aptly snapshot create snap2 from mirror wheezy-contrib",
+        "aptly snapshot create snap1 from mirror wheezy-main",
+        "aptly snapshot merge snap3 snap1 snap2",
+        "aptly snapshot pull snap1 snap2 snap4 mame unrar",
+        "aptly repo create local-repo",
+        "aptly repo add local-repo ${files}",
+        "aptly snapshot create snap5 from repo local-repo",
+    ]
+    runCmd = "aptly -sort=time snapshot list"