diff --git a/__tests__/utils/vfs.js b/__tests__/utils/vfs.js
index f37ade9..4cd63ef 100644
--- a/__tests__/utils/vfs.js
+++ b/__tests__/utils/vfs.js
@@ -88,7 +88,17 @@ describe('utils.vfs#transformReaddir', () => {
   test('Should remove dotfiles', () => {
     expect(checkMap({
       showHiddenFiles: false
-    })).toEqual(['..', 'directory', 'xdirectory', 'file', 'xfile']);
+    })).toEqual(['..', 'directory', 'file', 'xdirectory', 'xfile']);
+  });
+
+  test('Should not sort due to server sorting', () => {
+    const result = checkMap({
+      showHiddenFiles: false,
+      serverSorting: true
+    });
+
+    return expect(result)
+      .toEqual(['..', 'directory', 'xdirectory', 'file', 'xfile']);
   });
 
   test('Should sort by descending order', () => {
@@ -98,7 +108,7 @@ describe('utils.vfs#transformReaddir', () => {
     });
 
     return expect(result)
-      .toEqual(['..', 'xdirectory', 'directory', 'xfile', 'file']);
+      .toEqual(['..', 'xfile', 'xdirectory', 'file', 'directory']);
   });
 
   test('Should sort by ascending order', () => {
@@ -108,7 +118,7 @@ describe('utils.vfs#transformReaddir', () => {
     });
 
     return expect(result)
-      .toEqual(['..', 'directory', 'xdirectory', 'file', 'xfile']);
+      .toEqual(['..', 'directory', 'file', 'xdirectory', 'xfile']);
   });
 
   test('Should sort by specified column', () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/vfs.js b/src/utils/vfs.js
index 2bd11e2..7f73372 100644
--- a/src/utils/vfs.js
+++ b/src/utils/vfs.js
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ const sortDefault = (k, d) => (a, b) =>
       ? (d === 'asc' ? 1 : 0)
       : (d === 'asc' ? 0 : 1));
 
+/*
+ * Sort by ascii codes
+ */
+const sortAscii = (k, d) => (a, b) => d === 'asc'
+  ? (a[k] < b[k]) ? -1 : 1
+  : (a[k] < b[k]) ? 1 : -1;
+
 /*
  * Sorts an array of files
  */
@@ -86,6 +93,8 @@ const sortFn = t => {
     return sortString;
   } else if (t === 'date') {
     return sortDate;
+  } else if (t === 'ascii') {
+    return sortAscii;
   }
 
   return sortDefault;
@@ -187,52 +196,50 @@ export const transformReaddir = ({path}, files, options = {}) => {
     showHiddenFiles: false,
     sortBy: 'filename',
     sortDir: 'asc',
+    serverSorting: false,
     ...options
   };
 
-  let {sortDir, sortBy, filter} = options;
+  let {sortDir, sortBy, filter, serverSorting} = options;
   if (typeof filter !== 'function') {
     filter = () => true;
   }
 
-  if (['asc', 'desc'].indexOf(sortDir) === -1) {
-    sortDir = 'asc';
-  }
-
   const filterHidden = options.showHiddenFiles
     ? () => true
     : file => file.filename.substr(0, 1) !== '.';
 
-  const sorter = sortMap[sortBy]
-    ? sortMap[sortBy]
-    : sortFn('string');
-
   const modify = (file) => ({
     ...file,
     humanSize: humanFileSize(file.size)
   });
 
-  // FIXME: Optimize this to one chain!
+  let sortedSpecial = [];
+  let sortedFiles = [];
 
-  const sortedSpecial = createSpecials(path)
-    .sort(sorter(sortBy, sortDir))
+  // FIXME: Optimize this to one chain!
+  sortedSpecial = createSpecials(path)
     .map(modify);
 
-  const sortedDirectories = files.filter(file => file.isDirectory)
-    .sort(sorter(sortBy, sortDir))
-    .filter(filterHidden)
+  sortedFiles = files.filter(filterHidden)
     .filter(filter)
     .map(modify);
 
-  const sortedFiles = files.filter(file => !file.isDirectory)
-    .sort(sorter(sortBy, sortDir))
-    .filter(filterHidden)
-    .filter(filter)
-    .map(modify);
+  if(!serverSorting) {
+    if (['asc', 'desc'].indexOf(sortDir) === -1) {
+      sortDir = 'asc';
+    }
+    const sorter = sortMap[sortBy]
+      ? sortMap[sortBy]
+      : sortFn('ascii');
+    sortedSpecial = sortedSpecial
+      .sort(sorter(sortBy, sortDir));
+    sortedFiles = sortedFiles
+      .sort(sorter(sortBy, sortDir));
+  }
 
   return [
     ...sortedSpecial,
-    ...sortedDirectories,
     ...sortedFiles
   ];
 };
diff --git a/src/vfs.js b/src/vfs.js
index 79f8782..7ec6824 100644
--- a/src/vfs.js
+++ b/src/vfs.js
@@ -69,13 +69,20 @@ const pathToObject = path => ({
   ...typeof path === 'string' ? {path} : path
 });
 
+// Extract the mountpoint of a path
+const mountPoint = ({path}) => path.split(':/')[0];
+
 // Handles directory listing result(s)
 const handleDirectoryList = (path, options) => result =>
   Promise.resolve(result.map(stat => createFileIter(stat)))
-    .then(result => transformReaddir(pathToObject(path), result, {
-      showHiddenFiles: options.showHiddenFiles !== false,
-      filter: options.filter
-    }));
+    .then(result => {
+      const capability = capabilityCache[mountPoint(pathToObject(path))];
+      return transformReaddir(pathToObject(path), result, {
+        showHiddenFiles: options.showHiddenFiles !== false,
+        filter: options.filter,
+        serverSorting: capability.sort || false
+      });
+    });
 
 /**
  * Get vfs capabilities