diff --git a/integrations/org_test.go b/integrations/org_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b17d229d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integrations/org_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package integrations
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestOrgRepos(t *testing.T) {
+	prepareTestEnv(t)
+
+	var (
+		users = []string{"user1", "user2"}
+		cases = map[string][]string{
+			"alphabetically":        {"repo21", "repo3", "repo5"},
+			"reversealphabetically": {"repo5", "repo3", "repo21"},
+		}
+	)
+
+	for _, user := range users {
+		t.Run(user, func(t *testing.T) {
+			session := loginUser(t, user)
+			for sortBy, repos := range cases {
+				req := NewRequest(t, "GET", "/user3?sort="+sortBy)
+				resp := session.MakeRequest(t, req, http.StatusOK)
+
+				htmlDoc := NewHTMLParser(t, resp.Body)
+
+				sel := htmlDoc.doc.Find("a.name")
+				assert.EqualValues(t, len(repos), len(sel.Nodes))
+				for i := 0; i < len(repos); i++ {
+					assert.EqualValues(t, repos[i], strings.TrimSpace(sel.Eq(i).Text()))
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/models/org.go b/models/org.go
index 5235dad7a7..149d6f7aa7 100644
--- a/models/org.go
+++ b/models/org.go
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ type AccessibleReposEnvironment interface {
 	Repos(page, pageSize int) ([]*Repository, error)
 	MirrorRepos() ([]*Repository, error)
 	AddKeyword(keyword string)
+	SetSort(SearchOrderBy)
 }
 
 type accessibleReposEnv struct {
@@ -665,6 +666,7 @@ type accessibleReposEnv struct {
 	teamIDs []int64
 	e       Engine
 	keyword string
+	orderBy SearchOrderBy
 }
 
 // AccessibleReposEnv an AccessibleReposEnvironment for the repositories in `org`
@@ -683,6 +685,7 @@ func (org *User) accessibleReposEnv(e Engine, userID int64) (AccessibleReposEnvi
 		userID:  userID,
 		teamIDs: teamIDs,
 		e:       e,
+		orderBy: SearchOrderByRecentUpdated,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -722,8 +725,8 @@ func (env *accessibleReposEnv) RepoIDs(page, pageSize int) ([]int64, error) {
 		Table("repository").
 		Join("INNER", "team_repo", "`team_repo`.repo_id=`repository`.id").
 		Where(env.cond()).
-		GroupBy("`repository`.id,`repository`.updated_unix").
-		OrderBy("updated_unix DESC").
+		GroupBy("`repository`.id,`repository`."+strings.Fields(string(env.orderBy))[0]).
+		OrderBy(string(env.orderBy)).
 		Limit(pageSize, (page-1)*pageSize).
 		Cols("`repository`.id").
 		Find(&repoIDs)
@@ -742,6 +745,7 @@ func (env *accessibleReposEnv) Repos(page, pageSize int) ([]*Repository, error)
 
 	return repos, env.e.
 		In("`repository`.id", repoIDs).
+		OrderBy(string(env.orderBy)).
 		Find(&repos)
 }
 
@@ -752,7 +756,7 @@ func (env *accessibleReposEnv) MirrorRepoIDs() ([]int64, error) {
 		Join("INNER", "team_repo", "`team_repo`.repo_id=`repository`.id AND `repository`.is_mirror=?", true).
 		Where(env.cond()).
 		GroupBy("`repository`.id, `repository`.updated_unix").
-		OrderBy("updated_unix DESC").
+		OrderBy(string(env.orderBy)).
 		Cols("`repository`.id").
 		Find(&repoIDs)
 }
@@ -776,3 +780,7 @@ func (env *accessibleReposEnv) MirrorRepos() ([]*Repository, error) {
 func (env *accessibleReposEnv) AddKeyword(keyword string) {
 	env.keyword = keyword
 }
+
+func (env *accessibleReposEnv) SetSort(orderBy SearchOrderBy) {
+	env.orderBy = orderBy
+}
diff --git a/routers/user/home.go b/routers/user/home.go
index 2293461f08..b53a47db94 100644
--- a/routers/user/home.go
+++ b/routers/user/home.go
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ func showOrgProfile(ctx *context.Context) {
 			ctx.ServerError("AccessibleReposEnv", err)
 			return
 		}
+		env.SetSort(orderBy)
 		if len(keyword) != 0 {
 			env.AddKeyword(keyword)
 		}