diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projects.strings.js b/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projects.strings.js
index c09f3104d9..7512f0f339 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projects.strings.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projects.strings.js
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ function ProjectsStrings (BaseString) {
         HEADER: this.error.HEADER,
         CALL: this.error.CALL,
     };
+
+    ns.sort = {
+        NAME_ASCENDING: t.s('Name (Ascending)'),
+        NAME_DESCENDING: t.s('Name (Descending)')
+    };
 }
 
 ProjectsStrings.$inject = ['BaseStringService'];
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projectsList.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projectsList.controller.js
index 59fffee931..690018f3fe 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projectsList.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projectsList.controller.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ function projectsListController (
     };
     vm.dataset = Dataset.data;
     vm.projects = Dataset.data.results;
+    vm.querySet = $state.params.project_search;
+
     $scope.$watch('vm.dataset.count', () => {
         $scope.$emit('updateCount', vm.dataset.count, 'projects');
     });
@@ -48,6 +50,36 @@ function projectsListController (
         }
     }, true);
 
+    const toolbarSortDefault = {
+        label: `${strings.get('sort.NAME_ASCENDING')}`,
+        value: 'name'
+    };
+
+    vm.toolbarSortOptions = [
+        toolbarSortDefault,
+        {
+            label: `${strings.get('sort.NAME_DESCENDING')}`,
+            value: '-name'
+        }
+    ];
+
+    vm.toolbarSortValue = toolbarSortDefault;
+
+    vm.onToolbarSort = (sort) => {
+        vm.toolbarSortValue = sort;
+
+        const queryParams = Object.assign(
+            vm.querySet,
+            { order_by: sort.value }
+        );
+
+        qs.search(GetBasePath(vm.list.basePath), queryParams)
+            .then(({ data }) => {
+                vm.dataset = data;
+                vm.projects = vm.dataset.results;
+            });
+    };
+
     $scope.$on('ws-jobs', (e, data) => {
         $log.debug(data);
         if (vm.projects) {
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projectsList.view.html b/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projectsList.view.html
index 7949234ddc..d3693e2234 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projectsList.view.html
+++ b/awx/ui/client/features/projects/projectsList.view.html
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
     </div>
     <at-list-toolbar
         ng-if="vm.projects.length > 0"
-        sort-only="false"
-        on-collapse="vm.onCollapse"
         on-expand="vm.onExpand"
-        is-collapsed="vm.isCollapsed">
+        on-collapse="vm.onCollapse"
+        is-collapsed="vm.isCollapsed"
+        sort-only="false"
+        sort-value="vm.toolbarSortValue"
+        sort-options="vm.toolbarSortOptions"
+        on-sort="vm.onToolbarSort">
     </at-list-toolbar>
     <at-list results="vm.projects">
         <at-row ng-repeat="project in vm.projects"
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@
                         <div aw-tool-tip="{{ project.scm_update_tooltip }}"
                         data-tip-watch="project.scm_update_tooltip"
                         data-placement="top">
-                            <div class="at-RowAction" 
+                            <div class="at-RowAction"
                                 ng-class="{'at-RowAction--disabled': project.scm_update_disabled }"
                                 ng-click="vm.SCMUpdate(project.id, $event)"
                                 ng-show="project.summary_fields.user_capabilities.start">
@@ -56,16 +59,16 @@
                         </at-row-action>
                         <at-row-action icon="fa-trash" ng-click="vm.deleteProject(project.id, project.name)"
                             ng-show="(project.status !== 'updating'
-                            && project.status !== 'running' 
-                            && project.status !== 'pending' 
-                            && project.status !== 'waiting')  
+                            && project.status !== 'running'
+                            && project.status !== 'pending'
+                            && project.status !== 'waiting')
                             && project.summary_fields.user_capabilities.delete">
                         </at-row-action>
                         <at-row-action icon="fa-minus-circle" ng-click="vm.cancelUpdate(project)"
-                            ng-show="(project.status == 'updating' 
-                            || project.status == 'running' 
-                            || project.status == 'pending' 
-                            || project.status == 'waiting') 
+                            ng-show="(project.status == 'updating'
+                            || project.status == 'running'
+                            || project.status == 'pending'
+                            || project.status == 'waiting')
                             && project.summary_fields.user_capabilities.start">
                         </at-row-action>
                     </div>
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@
                         </div>
                         <at-truncate string="{{ project.scm_revision }}" maxLength="7"></at-truncate>
                     </div>
-                    <at-row-item 
+                    <at-row-item
                         label-value="{{:: vm.strings.get('list.ROW_ITEM_LABEL_ORGANIZATION')}}"
                         value="{{ project.summary_fields.organization.name }}"
                         value-link="/#/organizations/{{ project.organization }}">
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@
         collection="vm.projects"
         dataset="vm.dataset"
         iterator="project"
-        base-path="projects">
+        base-path="projects"
+        query-set="vm.querySet">
     </paginate>
 </at-panel-body>
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