diff --git a/lib/GoogleSpreadsheetWorksheet.js b/lib/GoogleSpreadsheetWorksheet.js
index 9e277d69..9d83f696 100644
--- a/lib/GoogleSpreadsheetWorksheet.js
+++ b/lib/GoogleSpreadsheetWorksheet.js
@@ -673,9 +673,35 @@ class GoogleSpreadsheetWorksheet {
     // https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets/request#DeleteConditionalFormatRuleRequest
   }
 
-  async sortRange() {
-    // Request type = `sortRange`
-    // https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets/request#SortRangeRequest
+  // sortSpec is of the format
+  // [[rowIndex, order], [rowIndex, order]...] where order is 'desc' or 'asc'
+  // https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets/request#SortRangeRequest
+  async sortRange(sortSpecs, range) {
+    if (!sortSpecs.length) return null;
+    if (!_.isArray(sortSpecs[0])) { sortSpecs = [sortSpecs]; }
+
+    if (!this.headerValues) await this.loadHeaderRow();
+
+    // Allow a few values for order
+    const dirmap = {
+      desc: 'DESCENDING',
+      asc: 'ASCENDING',
+      DESCENDING: 'DESCENDING',
+      ASCENDING: 'ASCENDING',
+    };
+
+    sortSpecs = sortSpecs.map(([idx, dir]) => ({
+      sortOrder: dirmap[dir],
+      dimensionIndex: typeof idx === 'number' ? idx : this.headerValues.indexOf(idx),
+    }));
+
+    if (!range) { range = {}; }
+    range.sheetId = this.sheetId;
+
+    return this._makeSingleUpdateRequest('sortRange', {
+      range,
+      sortSpecs,
+    });
   }
 
   async setDataValidation() {
diff --git a/test/cells.test.js b/test/cells.test.js
index 7793c257..6c4394f2 100644
--- a/test/cells.test.js
+++ b/test/cells.test.js
@@ -236,5 +236,35 @@ describe('Cell-based operations', () => {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    describe('sorting a sheet', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        await sheet.loadCells('A1:C4');
+        const sheetData = [
+          ['a', 'b', 'c'],
+          [1, 1, 2],
+          [2, 3, 1],
+          [3, 2, 3],
+        ];
+        for (let row = 0; row < sheetData.length; row++) {
+          for (let col = 0; col < sheetData[row].length; col++) {
+            sheet.getCell(row, col).value = sheetData[row][col];
+          }
+        }
+        await sheet.saveUpdatedCells();
+      });
+
+      it('sorts by index', async () => {
+        await sheet.sortRange([[0, 'desc']]);
+        await sheet.loadCells('A1:C4');
+        expect(sheet.getCell(1, 0).value).toBe(3);
+      });
+
+      it('sorts by header name', async () => {
+        await sheet.sortRange([['b', 'DESCENDING']]);
+        await sheet.loadCells('A1:C4');
+        expect(sheet.getCell(1, 0).value).toBe(2);
+      });
+    });
   });
 });