diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 9c53b3886..4370bcaf1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Wolfgang Popp (woefe) <mail at wolfgang-popp dot de>
 Ankur Sinha (sanjayankur31) <ankursinha at fedoraproject dot org>
 Jean-Claude Graf (jcjgraf) <jeanggi90 at gmail dot com>
 Mateus Etto (Yutsuten) <mateus dot etto at gmail dot com>
+buzzingwires (buzzingwires) <buzzingwires at outlook dot com>
 
 All contributors of non-trivial code are listed here. Please send an email to
 <karlch at protonmail dot com> or open an issue / pull request if you feel like your
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 3f98e4f8f..8c6717a97 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ Added:
   the changes with ``<return>`` and reject them with ``<escape>``. The
   ``{transformation-info}`` status module displays the currently selected geometry of
   the original image. Thanks `@Yutsuten`_ for reviving this!
+* Add the ``none`` sorting type for the ``sort.image_order`` and ``sort.directory_order``
+  options, implemented by `@buzzingwires`_
 
 Changed:
 ^^^^^^^^
@@ -535,3 +537,4 @@ Initial release of the Qt version.
 .. _@timsofteng: https://github.com/timsofteng
 .. _@kAldown: https://github.com/kaldown
 .. _@Yutsuten: https://github.com/Yutsuten
+.. _@buzzingwires: https://github.com/buzzingwires
diff --git a/docs/documentation/configuration/settings.rst b/docs/documentation/configuration/settings.rst
index a00eb5a1b..1412b0f91 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/configuration/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/documentation/configuration/settings.rst
@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ directories. The ordering principle is defined by the ``sort.image_order`` and
    natural                   Natural ordering by basename, i.e. image2.jpg comes before image11.jpg
    recently-modified         Ordering by modification time (``mtime``)
    size                      Ordering by filesize, in bytes for images, in number of files for directories
+   none                      Do not sort or reverse. Use the existing order of the images (including that of a previous sort type). This is mostly for keeping the order from the command line or stdin.
    ========================= ===========
 
 In addition, the ordering can be reversed using ``sort.reverse`` and the string-like
 orderings (``alphabetical`` and ``natural``) can be made case-insensitive using
-``sort.ignore_case``. When ``sort.shuffle`` is set, the image filelist is shuffled
-regardless of the other orderings, but the library remains ordered.
+``sort.ignore_case`` except for when the ``none`` ordering type is used.
+When ``sort.shuffle`` is set, the image filelist is shuffled regardless of the other
+orderings, but the library remains ordered.
diff --git a/tests/end2end/features/image/imageorder.feature b/tests/end2end/features/image/imageorder.feature
index b06a758e8..1bb15b0a3 100644
--- a/tests/end2end/features/image/imageorder.feature
+++ b/tests/end2end/features/image/imageorder.feature
@@ -8,6 +8,26 @@ Feature: Ordering the image filelist.
         And the image number 2 should be image_2.jpg
         And the image number 11 should be image_11.jpg
 
+	Scenario: Set none sorting after another sort
+        Given I open 12 images without leading zeros in their name
+        When I run set sort.image_order natural
+        Then the image should have the index 1
+        And the image number 1 should be image_1.jpg
+        And the image number 2 should be image_2.jpg
+        And the image number 11 should be image_11.jpg
+        When I run set sort.image_order none
+        Then the image should have the index 1
+        And the image number 1 should be image_1.jpg
+        And the image number 2 should be image_2.jpg
+        And the image number 11 should be image_11.jpg
+
+    Scenario: Reverse none sorting
+        Given I open 5 images
+        When I run set sort.image_order none
+        Then the image should have the index 1
+        When I run set sort.reverse
+        Then the image should have the index 1
+
     Scenario: Reverse current filelist
         Given I open 5 images
         When I run set sort.reverse!
diff --git a/tests/unit/api/test_settings.py b/tests/unit/api/test_settings.py
index 75c7e7d1c..eb13b8074 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api/test_settings.py
+++ b/tests/unit/api/test_settings.py
@@ -189,6 +189,17 @@ def test_order_setting_sort(
     assert sorted_values == expected_values
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("reverse", [True, False])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("ignore_case", [True, False])
+def test_order_setting_sort_none(monkeypatch, reverse, ignore_case):
+    values = ["a5.j", "A6.j", "a11.j", "a3.j"]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings.sort.reverse, "value", reverse)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings.sort.ignore_case, "value", ignore_case)
+    o = settings.OrderSetting("order", "none")
+    sorted_values = o.sort(values)
+    assert sorted_values == values
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("ignore_case", [True, False])
 def test_order_setting_sort_ignore_case(monkeypatch, ignore_case):
     monkeypatch.setattr(settings.sort.ignore_case, "value", ignore_case)
diff --git a/vimiv/api/settings.py b/vimiv/api/settings.py
index 9f77d7409..4d1d9c4c1 100644
--- a/vimiv/api/settings.py
+++ b/vimiv/api/settings.py
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ class OrderSetting(Setting):
         "alphabetical": str,
         "natural": natural_sort,
         "recently-modified": os.path.getmtime,
+        "none": lambda x: 0
     }
 
     STR_ORDER_TYPES = "alphabetical", "natural"