diff --git a/borg/archiver.py b/borg/archiver.py
index 29c39a2a6..146adc316 100644
--- a/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/borg/archiver.py
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ def compare_mode(item1, item2):
             if item1[b'mode'] != item2[b'mode']:
                 return '[{} -> {}]'.format(get_mode(item1), get_mode(item2))
 
-        def compare_items(path, item1, item2, hardlink_masters, deleted=False):
+        def compare_items(output, path, item1, item2, hardlink_masters, deleted=False):
             """
             Compare two items with identical paths.
             :param deleted: Whether one of the items has been deleted
@@ -545,43 +545,56 @@ def compare_items(path, item1, item2, hardlink_masters, deleted=False):
 
             changes = [x for x in changes if x]
             if changes:
-                print("{:<19} {}".format(' '.join(changes), remove_surrogates(path)))
+                output_line = (remove_surrogates(path), ' '.join(changes))
+
+                if args.sort:
+                    output.append(output_line)
+                else:
+                    print_output(output_line)
+
+        def print_output(line):
+            print("{:<19} {}".format(line[1], line[0]))
 
         def compare_archives(archive1, archive2, matcher):
             orphans_archive1 = collections.OrderedDict()
             orphans_archive2 = collections.OrderedDict()
             hardlink_masters = {}
+            output = []
+
             for item1, item2 in zip_longest(
                     archive1.iter_items(lambda item: matcher.match(item[b'path'])),
                     archive2.iter_items(lambda item: matcher.match(item[b'path'])),
             ):
                 if item1 and item2 and item1[b'path'] == item2[b'path']:
-                    compare_items(item1[b'path'], item1, item2, hardlink_masters)
+                    compare_items(output, item1[b'path'], item1, item2, hardlink_masters)
                     continue
                 if item1:
                     matching_orphan = orphans_archive2.pop(item1[b'path'], None)
                     if matching_orphan:
-                        compare_items(item1[b'path'], item1, matching_orphan, hardlink_masters)
+                        compare_items(output, item1[b'path'], item1, matching_orphan, hardlink_masters)
                     else:
                         orphans_archive1[item1[b'path']] = item1
                 if item2:
                     matching_orphan = orphans_archive1.pop(item2[b'path'], None)
                     if matching_orphan:
-                        compare_items(item2[b'path'], matching_orphan, item2, hardlink_masters)
+                        compare_items(output, item2[b'path'], matching_orphan, item2, hardlink_masters)
                     else:
                         orphans_archive2[item2[b'path']] = item2
             # At this point orphans_* contain items that had no matching partner in the other archive
             for added in orphans_archive2.values():
-                compare_items(added[b'path'], {
+                compare_items(output, added[b'path'], {
                     b'deleted': True,
                     b'chunks': [],
                 }, added, hardlink_masters, deleted=True)
             for deleted in orphans_archive1.values():
-                compare_items(deleted[b'path'], deleted, {
+                compare_items(output, deleted[b'path'], deleted, {
                     b'deleted': True,
                     b'chunks': [],
                 }, hardlink_masters, deleted=True)
 
+            for line in sorted(output):
+                print_output(line)
+
         archive1 = archive
         archive2 = Archive(repository, key, manifest, args.archive2)
 
@@ -1308,6 +1321,9 @@ def build_parser(self, args=None, prog=None):
         subparser.add_argument('--same-chunker-params', dest='same_chunker_params',
                                action='store_true', default=False,
                                help='Override check of chunker parameters.')
+        subparser.add_argument('--sort', dest='sort',
+                               action='store_true', default=False,
+                               help='Sort the output lines by file path.')
         subparser.add_argument('location', metavar='ARCHIVE1',
                                type=location_validator(archive=True),
                                help='archive')
diff --git a/borg/testsuite/archiver.py b/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
index 0b71d96e4..ed8ecf1c0 100644
--- a/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
+++ b/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -1351,6 +1351,37 @@ def do_asserts(output, archive):
         # We expect exit_code=1 due to the chunker params warning
         do_asserts(self.cmd('diff', self.repository_location + '::test0', 'test1b', exit_code=1), '1b')
 
+    def test_sort_option(self):
+        self.cmd('init', self.repository_location)
+
+        self.create_regular_file('a_file_removed', size=8)
+        self.create_regular_file('f_file_removed', size=16)
+        self.create_regular_file('c_file_changed', size=32)
+        self.create_regular_file('e_file_changed', size=64)
+        self.cmd('create', self.repository_location + '::test0', 'input')
+
+        os.unlink('input/a_file_removed')
+        os.unlink('input/f_file_removed')
+        os.unlink('input/c_file_changed')
+        os.unlink('input/e_file_changed')
+        self.create_regular_file('c_file_changed', size=512)
+        self.create_regular_file('e_file_changed', size=1024)
+        self.create_regular_file('b_file_added', size=128)
+        self.create_regular_file('d_file_added', size=256)
+        self.cmd('create', self.repository_location + '::test1', 'input')
+
+        output = self.cmd('diff', '--sort', self.repository_location + '::test0', 'test1')
+        expected = [
+            'a_file_removed',
+            'b_file_added',
+            'c_file_changed',
+            'd_file_added',
+            'e_file_changed',
+            'f_file_removed',
+        ]
+
+        assert all(x in line for x, line in zip(expected, output.splitlines()))
+
 
 def test_get_args():
     archiver = Archiver()
diff --git a/docs/usage/diff.rst.inc b/docs/usage/diff.rst.inc
index ba07b8203..becb144ad 100644
--- a/docs/usage/diff.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/usage/diff.rst.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ borg diff
                      [--show-rc] [--no-files-cache] [--umask M]
                      [--remote-path PATH] [-e PATTERN]
                      [--exclude-from EXCLUDEFILE] [--numeric-owner]
-                     [--same-chunker-params]
+                     [--same-chunker-params] [--sort]
                      ARCHIVE1 ARCHIVE2 [PATH [PATH ...]]
     
     Diff contents of two archives
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ borg diff
       --numeric-owner       only consider numeric user and group identifiers
       --same-chunker-params
                             Override check of chunker parameters.
+      --sort                Sort the output lines by file path.
     
 Description
 ~~~~~~~~~~~