diff --git a/jupyterhub/handlers/pages.py b/jupyterhub/handlers/pages.py
index b1cc258a..6ef98b71 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/handlers/pages.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/handlers/pages.py
@@ -45,10 +45,47 @@ class AdminHandler(BaseHandler):
 
     @admin_only
     def get(self):
+        available = {'name', 'admin', 'running', 'last_activity'}
+        default_sort = ['admin', 'name']
+        mapping = {
+            'running': '_server_id'
+        }
+        default_order = {
+            'name': 'asc',
+            'last_activity': 'desc',
+            'admin': 'desc',
+            'running': 'desc',
+        }
+        sorts = self.get_arguments('sort') or default_sort
+        orders = self.get_arguments('order')
+        
+        for bad in set(sorts).difference(available):
+            self.log.warn("ignoring invalid sort: %r", bad)
+            sorts.remove(bad)
+        for bad in set(orders).difference({'asc', 'desc'}):
+            self.log.warn("ignoring invalid order: %r", bad)
+            orders.remove(bad)
+        
+        # add default sort as secondary
+        for s in default_sort:
+            if s not in sorts:
+                sorts.append(s)
+        if len(orders) < len(sorts):
+            for col in sorts[len(orders):]:
+                orders.append(default_order[col])
+        else:
+            orders = orders[:len(sorts)]
+        
+        # this could be one incomprehensible nested list comprehension
+        # get User columns
+        cols = [ getattr(orm.User, mapping.get(c, c)) for c in sorts ]
+        # get User.col.desc() order objects
+        ordered = [ getattr(c, o)() for c, o in zip(cols, orders) ]
         html = self.render_template('admin.html',
             user=self.get_current_user(),
-            users=self.db.query(orm.User),
+            users=self.db.query(orm.User).order_by(*ordered),
             admin_access=self.settings.get('admin_access', False),
+            sort={s:o for s,o in zip(sorts, orders)},
         )
         self.finish(html)
 
diff --git a/share/jupyter/hub/static/js/admin.js b/share/jupyter/hub/static/js/admin.js
index 22390345..d50edb08 100644
--- a/share/jupyter/hub/static/js/admin.js
+++ b/share/jupyter/hub/static/js/admin.js
@@ -9,12 +9,46 @@ require(["jquery", "bootstrap", "moment", "jhapi", "utils"], function ($, bs, mo
     
     var api = new JHAPI(base_url);
     
-    var get_row = function (element) {
+    function get_row (element) {
         while (!element.hasClass("user-row")) {
             element = element.parent();
         }
         return element;
-    };
+    }
+    
+    function resort (col, order) {
+        var query = window.location.search.slice(1).split('&');
+        // if col already present in args, remove it
+        var i = 0;
+        while (i < query.length) {
+            if (query[i] === 'sort=' + col) {
+                query.splice(i,1);
+                if (query[i] && query[i].substr(0, 6) === 'order=') {
+                    query.splice(i,1);
+                }
+            } else {
+                i += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        // add new order to the front
+        if (order) {
+            query.unshift('order=' + order);
+        }
+        query.unshift('sort=' + col);
+        // reload page with new order
+        window.location = window.location.pathname + '?' + query.join('&');
+    }
+    
+    $("th").map(function (i, th) {
+        th = $(th);
+        var col = th.data('sort');
+        var order = th.find('i').hasClass('fa-sort-desc') ? 'asc':'desc';
+        th.find('a').click(
+            function () {
+                resort(col, order);
+            }
+        )
+    });
     
     $(".time-col").map(function (i, el) {
         // convert ISO datestamps to nice momentjs ones
diff --git a/share/jupyter/hub/static/less/admin.less b/share/jupyter/hub/static/less/admin.less
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7283d91f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/share/jupyter/hub/static/less/admin.less
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+i.sort-icon {
+  margin-left: 4px;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/share/jupyter/hub/static/less/style.less b/share/jupyter/hub/static/less/style.less
index 9611fc0c..ce866e94 100644
--- a/share/jupyter/hub/static/less/style.less
+++ b/share/jupyter/hub/static/less/style.less
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 @import "./variables.less";
 @import "./page.less";
+@import "./admin.less";
 @import "./error.less";
 @import "./logout.less";
 @import "./login.less";
diff --git a/share/jupyter/hub/templates/admin.html b/share/jupyter/hub/templates/admin.html
index 655a962b..c917ce5a 100644
--- a/share/jupyter/hub/templates/admin.html
+++ b/share/jupyter/hub/templates/admin.html
@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
 {% extends "page.html" %}
 
+{% macro th(key, label, order, colspan) %}
+<th data-sort="{{key}}" colspan="{{colspan}}">{{label}}
+  <a href="#"><i class="fa {% if order == 'asc' -%}
+                               fa-sort-asc
+                           {%- elif order == 'desc' -%}
+                               fa-sort-desc
+                           {%- else -%}
+                               fa-sort
+                           {%- endif %} sort-icon">
+  </i></a>
+</th>
+{% endmacro %}
+
 {% block main %}
 
 <div class="container">
   <table class="table table-striped">
     <thead>
       <tr>
-        <th colspan="2">User</th>
-        <th colspan="3">Last Seen</th>
+        {{ th('name', "User", sort.get('name'), 1) }}
+        {{ th('admin', "Admin", sort.get('admin'), 1) }}
+        {{ th('last_activity', "Last Seen", sort.get('last_activity'), 1) }}
+        {{ th('running', "Running", sort.get('running'), 2) }}
       </tr>
     </thead>
     <tbody>