diff --git a/lib/Controller/FolderController.php b/lib/Controller/FolderController.php
index 97147ba17..83e12915e 100644
--- a/lib/Controller/FolderController.php
+++ b/lib/Controller/FolderController.php
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
 class FolderController extends OCSController {
 	private readonly ?IUser $user;
 
+	protected const ALLOWED_ORDER_BY = [
+		'mount_point',
+		'quota',
+		'groups',
+		'acl',
+	];
+
 	public function __construct(
 		string $AppName,
 		IRequest $request,
@@ -95,6 +102,7 @@ private function formatFolder(array $folder): array {
 	 * @param bool $applicable Filter by applicable groups
 	 * @param non-negative-int $offset Number of items to skip.
 	 * @param ?positive-int $limit Number of items to return.
+	 * @param null|'mount_point'|'quota'|'groups'|'acl' $orderBy The key to order by
 	 * @return DataResponse<Http::STATUS_OK, array<string, GroupFoldersFolder>, array{}>
 	 * @throws OCSNotFoundException Storage not found
 	 * @throws OCSBadRequestException Wrong limit used
@@ -103,7 +111,7 @@ private function formatFolder(array $folder): array {
 	 */
 	#[NoAdminRequired]
 	#[FrontpageRoute(verb: 'GET', url: '/folders')]
-	public function getFolders(bool $applicable = false, int $offset = 0, ?int $limit = null): DataResponse {
+	public function getFolders(bool $applicable = false, int $offset = 0, ?int $limit = null, ?string $orderBy = 'mount_point'): DataResponse {
 		if ($limit !== null && $limit <= 0) {
 			throw new OCSBadRequestException('The limit must be greater than 0.');
 		}
@@ -119,8 +127,34 @@ public function getFolders(bool $applicable = false, int $offset = 0, ?int $limi
 			$folders[(string)$id] = $this->formatFolder($folder);
 		}
 
-		// Make sure the order is always the same, otherwise pagination could break.
-		ksort($folders);
+		$orderBy = in_array($orderBy, self::ALLOWED_ORDER_BY, true)
+			? $orderBy
+			: 'mount_point';
+
+		// in case of equal orderBy value always fall back to the mount_point - same as on the frontend
+		/**
+		 * @var GroupFoldersFolder $a
+		 * @var GroupFoldersFolder $b
+		 */
+		uasort($folders, function (array $a, array $b) use ($orderBy) {
+			if ($orderBy === 'groups') {
+				if (($value = count($a['groups']) - count($b['groups'])) !== 0) {
+					return $value;
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (($value = strcmp((string)($a[$orderBy] ?? ''), (string)($b[$orderBy] ?? ''))) !== 0) {
+					return $value;
+				}
+			}
+
+			// fallback to mount_point
+			if (($value = strcmp($a['mount_point'] ?? '', $b['mount_point'])) !== 0) {
+				return $value;
+			}
+
+			// fallback to id
+			return $a['id'] - $b['id'];
+		});
 
 		$isAdmin = $this->delegationService->isAdminNextcloud() || $this->delegationService->isDelegatedAdmin();
 		if ($isAdmin && !$applicable) {
@@ -242,7 +276,7 @@ public function addFolder(string $mountpoint): DataResponse {
 
 		$id = $this->manager->createFolder(trim($mountpoint));
 		$this->checkFolderExists($id);
-		
+
 		/** @var InternalFolderOut */
 		$folder = $this->manager->getFolder($id, $storageId);
 
diff --git a/openapi.json b/openapi.json
index 437271632..6cc30696b 100644
--- a/openapi.json
+++ b/openapi.json
@@ -495,6 +495,22 @@
                             "minimum": 1
                         }
                     },
+                    {
+                        "name": "orderBy",
+                        "in": "query",
+                        "description": "The key to order by",
+                        "schema": {
+                            "type": "string",
+                            "nullable": true,
+                            "default": "mount_point",
+                            "enum": [
+                                "mount_point",
+                                "quota",
+                                "groups",
+                                "acl"
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "OCS-APIRequest",
                         "in": "header",
diff --git a/src/settings/Api.ts b/src/settings/Api.ts
index 2d5ac382b..c62881471 100644
--- a/src/settings/Api.ts
+++ b/src/settings/Api.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ export class Api {
 		return generateUrl(`apps/groupfolders/${endpoint}`)
 	}
 
-	async listFolders(offset = 0, limit?: number): Promise<Folder[]> {
+	async listFolders(offset = 0, limit?: number, orderBy?: string): Promise<Folder[]> {
 		const response = await axios.get<OCSResponse<Folder[]>>(this.getUrl('folders'), {
 			params: {
 				offset,
 				limit,
+				orderBy,
 			},
 		})
-		return Object.keys(response.data.ocs.data).map(id => response.data.ocs.data[id])
+		return Object.values(response.data.ocs.data)
 	}
 
 	// Returns all NC groups
diff --git a/src/settings/App.tsx b/src/settings/App.tsx
index 9d489eab7..5c8cffda3 100644
--- a/src/settings/App.tsx
+++ b/src/settings/App.tsx
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class App extends Component<unknown, AppState> implements OC.Plugin<OC.Se
 
 	componentDidMount() {
 		// list first pageSize + 1 folders so we know if there are more pages
-		this.api.listFolders(0, pageSize + 1).then((folders) => {
+		this.api.listFolders(0, pageSize + 1, this.state.sort).then((folders) => {
 			this.setState({ folders })
 		})
 		this.api.listGroups().then((groups) => {
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export class App extends Component<unknown, AppState> implements OC.Plugin<OC.Se
 	async goToPage(page: number) {
 		const loadedPage = Math.floor(this.state.folders.length / pageSize)
 		if (loadedPage <= page) {
-			const folders = await this.api.listFolders(this.state.folders.length, (page + 1) * pageSize - this.state.folders.length + 1)
+			const folders = await this.api.listFolders(this.state.folders.length, (page + 1) * pageSize - this.state.folders.length + 1, this.state.sort)
 			this.setState({
 				folders: [...this.state.folders, ...folders],
 				currentPage: page,
diff --git a/src/types/openapi/openapi.ts b/src/types/openapi/openapi.ts
index 282f64bce..b10d27ea1 100644
--- a/src/types/openapi/openapi.ts
+++ b/src/types/openapi/openapi.ts
@@ -414,6 +414,8 @@ export interface operations {
                 offset?: number;
                 /** @description Number of items to return. */
                 limit?: number | null;
+                /** @description The key to order by */
+                orderBy?: "mount_point" | "quota" | "groups" | "acl" | null;
             };
             header: {
                 /** @description Required to be true for the API request to pass */