diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_table.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_table.coffee
index d32477773..6240cca77 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_table.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_application_controller_table.coffee
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ class App.ControllerTable extends App.Controller
   radio:              false
   renderState:        undefined
   groupBy:            undefined
+  groupDirection:     undefined
 
   shownPerPage: 150
   shownPage: 0
@@ -771,6 +772,9 @@ class App.ControllerTable extends App.Controller
       for key of groupObjects
         groupsSorted.push key
       groupsSorted = groupsSorted.sort()
+      # Reverse the sorted groups depending on the groupDirection
+      if @groupDirection == 'DESC'
+        groupsSorted.reverse()
 
       # get new order
       localObjects = []
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_overview.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_overview.coffee
index 369fea4d5..7a70edd5d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_overview.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/ticket_overview.coffee
@@ -969,6 +969,7 @@ class Table extends App.Controller
       overviewAttributes: @overview.view.s
       objects:            ticketListShow
       groupBy:            @overview.group_by
+      groupDirection:     @overview.group_direction
       orderBy:            @overview.order.by
       orderDirection:     @overview.order.direction
     )
@@ -1134,6 +1135,7 @@ class Table extends App.Controller
         objects:        ticketListShow
         checkbox:       checkbox
         groupBy:        @overview.group_by
+        groupDirection: @overview.group_direction
         orderBy:        @overview.order.by
         orderDirection: @overview.order.direction
         class: 'table--light'
@@ -1529,7 +1531,7 @@ class App.OverviewSettings extends App.ControllerModal
     },
     {
       name:      'order::direction'
-      display:   'Direction'
+      display:   'Order by Direction'
       tag:       'select'
       default:   @overview.order.direction
       null:      false
@@ -1547,7 +1549,18 @@ class App.OverviewSettings extends App.ControllerModal
       nulloption: true
       translate:  true
       options:    App.Overview.groupByAttributes()
-    })
+    },
+    {
+      name:    'group_direction'
+      display: 'Group by Direction'
+      tag:     'select'
+      default: @overview.group_direction
+      null:    false
+      translate: true
+      options:
+        ASC:   'up'
+        DESC:  'down'
+    },)
 
     controller = new App.ControllerForm(
       model:     { configure_attributes: @configure_attributes_article }
@@ -1572,6 +1585,10 @@ class App.OverviewSettings extends App.ControllerModal
       @overview.order.direction = params.order.direction
       @reload_needed = true
 
+    if @overview.group_direction isnt params.group_direction
+      @overview.group_direction = params.group_direction
+      @reload_needed = true
+
     for key, value of params.view
       @overview.view[key] = value
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/overview.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/overview.coffee
index f5126170a..4834b94bf 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/overview.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/models/overview.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class App.Overview extends App.Model
-  @configure 'Overview', 'name', 'prio', 'condition', 'order', 'group_by', 'view', 'user_ids', 'organization_shared', 'role_ids', 'active'
+  @configure 'Overview', 'name', 'prio', 'condition', 'order', 'group_by', 'group_direction', 'view', 'user_ids', 'organization_shared', 'role_ids', 'active'
   @extend Spine.Model.Ajax
   @url: @apiPath + '/overviews'
   @configure_attributes = [
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class App.Overview extends App.Model
     },
     {
       name:    'order::direction'
-      display: 'Direction'
+      display: 'Order by Direction'
       tag:     'select'
       default: 'down'
       null:    false
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ class App.Overview extends App.Model
         group:                  'Group'
         owner:                  'Owner'
     },
+    {
+      name:    'group_direction'
+      display: 'Group by Direction'
+      tag:     'select'
+      default: 'down'
+      null:    false
+      translate: true
+      options:
+        ASC:   'up'
+        DESC:  'down'
+    },
     { name: 'active',         display: 'Active',      tag: 'active', default: true },
     { name: 'created_by_id',  display: 'Created by',  relation: 'User', readonly: 1 },
     { name: 'created_at',     display: 'Created',     tag: 'datetime', readonly: 1 },
diff --git a/db/migrate/20120101000010_create_ticket.rb b/db/migrate/20120101000010_create_ticket.rb
index 9c16bf3d7..07ee6371d 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20120101000010_create_ticket.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20120101000010_create_ticket.rb
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ class CreateTicket < ActiveRecord::Migration[4.2]
       t.column :condition,            :text, limit: 500.kilobytes + 1, null: false
       t.column :order,                :string,  limit: 2500,   null: false
       t.column :group_by,             :string,  limit: 250,    null: true
+      t.column :group_direction,      :string,  limit: 250,    null: true
       t.column :organization_shared,  :boolean,                null: false, default: false
       t.column :out_of_office,        :boolean,                null: false, default: false
       t.column :view,                 :string,  limit: 1000,   null: false
diff --git a/db/migrate/20180709020509_add_group_direction_to_overviews.rb b/db/migrate/20180709020509_add_group_direction_to_overviews.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fba072601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180709020509_add_group_direction_to_overviews.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class AddGroupDirectionToOverviews < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.1]
+  def change
+    # return if it's a new setup
+    return if !Setting.find_by(name: 'system_init_done')
+
+    add_column :overviews, :group_direction, :string, limit: 250, null: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/public/assets/tests/table.js b/public/assets/tests/table.js
index 8754aaa8d..4e3164e17 100644
--- a/public/assets/tests/table.js
+++ b/public/assets/tests/table.js
@@ -355,6 +355,39 @@ test('table test', function() {
   el.find('tbody > tr:nth-child(5) > td:nth-child(1) label').click()
   equal(el.find('tbody > tr:nth-child(5) > td:nth-child(1) input').prop('checked'), true, 'check row 5')
   equal(el.find('tbody > tr:nth-child(5) > td:nth-child(1) input').val(), '1', 'check row 5')
+
+
+  $('#table').append('<hr><h1>table Group By Direction DESC</h1><div id="table6"></div>')
+  el = $('#table6')
+  var clickCheckbox = function (id, checked, e) {
+    console.log('clickCheckbox', id, checked, e.target)
+  };
+  new App.ControllerTable({
+    el:             el,
+    overview:       ['number', 'title', 'owner', 'customer', 'priority', 'group', 'state', 'created_at'],
+    model:          App.Ticket,
+    objects:        App.Ticket.search({sortBy:'created_at', order: 'DESC'}),
+    groupBy:        'priority',
+    groupDirection: 'DESC',
+  })
+  equal(el.find('tbody > tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(1)').text().trim(), '2 normal', 'check row 1')
+  equal(el.find('tbody > tr:nth-child(3) > td:nth-child(1)').text().trim(), '1 niedrig', 'check row 3')
+
+  $('#table').append('<hr><h1>table Group By Direction ASC</h1><div id="table7"></div>')
+  el = $('#table7')
+  var clickCheckbox = function (id, checked, e) {
+    console.log('clickCheckbox', id, checked, e.target)
+  };
+  new App.ControllerTable({
+    el:             el,
+    overview:       ['number', 'title', 'owner', 'customer', 'priority', 'group', 'state', 'created_at'],
+    model:          App.Ticket,
+    objects:        App.Ticket.search({sortBy:'created_at', order: 'DESC'}),
+    groupBy:        'priority',
+    groupDirection: 'ASC',
+  })
+  equal(el.find('tbody > tr:nth-child(1) > td:nth-child(1)').text().trim(), '1 niedrig', 'check row 1')
+  equal(el.find('tbody > tr:nth-child(4) > td:nth-child(1)').text().trim(), '2 normal', 'check row 4')
 });
 
 test('table test 2.1', function() {
diff --git a/test/browser/admin_overview_test.rb b/test/browser/admin_overview_test.rb
index 87b6791f5..e9cfe0b9c 100644
--- a/test/browser/admin_overview_test.rb
+++ b/test/browser/admin_overview_test.rb
@@ -38,4 +38,106 @@ class AdminOverviewTest < TestCase
     )
   end
 
+  def test_overview_group_by_direction
+    name = "overview_#{rand(99_999_999)}"
+    ticket_titles = (1..3).map { |i| "Priority #{i} ticket" }
+
+    @browser = instance = browser_instance
+    login(
+      username: 'master@example.com',
+      password: 'test',
+      url: browser_url,
+    )
+    tasks_close_all()
+
+    ticket_create(
+      data: {
+        customer: 'nico',
+        group: 'Users',
+        title: 'Priority 1 ticket',
+        body: 'some body 123äöü',
+        priority: '1 low',
+      },
+    )
+
+    ticket_create(
+      data: {
+        customer: 'nico',
+        group: 'Users',
+        title: 'Priority 2 ticket',
+        body: 'some body 123äöü',
+        priority: '2 normal',
+      },
+    )
+
+    ticket_create(
+      data: {
+        customer: 'nico',
+        group: 'Users',
+        title: 'Priority 3 ticket',
+        body: 'some body 123äöü',
+        priority: '3 high',
+      },
+    )
+
+    # Add new overview to sort groups from high to low
+    overview_create(
+      data: {
+        name: name,
+        roles: ['Agent'],
+        selector: {
+          'State' => 'open',
+        },
+        'order::direction' => 'down',
+        group_by: 'Priority',
+        group_direction: 'down',
+      }
+    )
+
+    click(
+      browser: instance,
+      css:  'a[href="#ticket/view"]',
+      mute_log: true,
+    )
+    click(
+      browser: instance,
+      css:  "div.overview-header a[href='#ticket/view/#{name}']",
+      mute_log: true,
+    )
+
+    # Sort the tickets according to their onscreen Y location
+    tickets_low_to_high = ticket_titles.map do |title|
+      [title,
+       get_location( css: "td[title='#{title}']").y]
+    end
+    tickets_low_to_high = tickets_low_to_high.sort_by { |x| -x[1] }.map { |x| x[0] }
+    assert_equal(ticket_titles, tickets_low_to_high)
+
+    # Update overview to sort groups from low to high
+    overview_update(
+      data: {
+        name: name,
+        group_direction: 'up',
+      }
+    )
+
+    click(
+      browser: instance,
+      css:  'a[href="#ticket/view"]',
+      mute_log: true,
+    )
+    click(
+      browser: instance,
+      css:  "div.overview-header a[href='#ticket/view/#{name}']",
+      mute_log: true,
+    )
+
+    # Sort the tickets according to their onscreen Y location
+    tickets_high_to_low = ticket_titles.map do |title|
+      [title,
+       get_location( css: "td[title='#{title}']").y]
+    end
+    tickets_high_to_low = tickets_high_to_low.sort_by { |x| x[1] }.map { |x| x[0] }
+    assert_equal(ticket_titles, tickets_high_to_low)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/browser_test_helper.rb b/test/browser_test_helper.rb
index 75b22fafe..12705ddc6 100644
--- a/test/browser_test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/browser_test_helper.rb
@@ -1018,6 +1018,40 @@ class TestCase < Test::Unit::TestCase
 
 =begin
 
+Get the on-screen pixel coordinates of a given DOM element. Can be used to compare
+the relative location of table rows before and after sort, for example.
+
+Returns a Selenium::WebDriver::Point object. Use result.x and result.y to access
+its X and Y coordinates respectively.
+
+      get_location(
+        browser: browser1,
+        css: '.some_class',
+      )
+
+=end
+
+  def get_location(params)
+    switch_window_focus(params)
+    log('exists', params)
+
+    instance = params[:browser] || @browser
+    if params[:css]
+      query = { css: params[:css] }
+    end
+    if params[:xpath]
+      query = { xpath: params[:xpath] }
+    end
+    if !instance.find_elements(query)[0]
+      screenshot(browser: instance, comment: 'exists_failed')
+      raise "#{query} dosn't exist, but should"
+    end
+
+    instance.find_elements(query)[0].location
+  end
+
+=begin
+
 set type of task (closeTab, closeNextInOverview, stayOnTab)
 
   task_type(
@@ -1735,6 +1769,15 @@ wait untill text in selector disabppears
       )
     end
 
+    if data[:group_direction]
+      select(
+        browser:  instance,
+        css:      '.modal select[name="group_direction"]',
+        value:    data[:group_direction],
+        mute_log: true,
+      )
+    end
+
     instance.find_elements(css: '.modal button.js-submit')[0].click
     modal_disappear(browser: instance)
     11.times do
@@ -1839,6 +1882,15 @@ wait untill text in selector disabppears
       )
     end
 
+    if data[:group_direction]
+      select(
+        browser:  instance,
+        css:      '.modal select[name="group_direction"]',
+        value:    data[:group_direction],
+        mute_log: true,
+      )
+    end
+
     instance.find_elements(css: '.modal button.js-submit')[0].click
     modal_disappear(browser: instance)
     11.times do
diff --git a/test/controllers/overviews_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/overviews_controller_test.rb
index d2bcb36c0..639a04ec8 100644
--- a/test/controllers/overviews_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/overviews_controller_test.rb
@@ -181,4 +181,41 @@ class OverviewsControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     assert_equal(1, overview2.prio)
   end
 
+  test 'create an overview with group_by direction' do
+    credentials = ActionController::HttpAuthentication::Basic.encode_credentials('tickets-admin', 'adminpw')
+
+    params = {
+      name: 'Overview2',
+      link: 'my_overview',
+      roles: Role.where(name: 'Agent').pluck(:name),
+      condition: {
+        'ticket.state_id' => {
+          operator: 'is',
+          value: [1, 2, 3],
+        },
+      },
+      order: {
+        by: 'created_at',
+        direction: 'DESC',
+      },
+      group_by: 'priority',
+      group_direction: 'ASC',
+      view: {
+        d: %w[title customer state created_at],
+        s: %w[number title customer state created_at],
+        m: %w[number title customer state created_at],
+        view_mode_default: 's',
+      },
+    }
+
+    post '/api/v1/overviews', params: params.to_json, headers: @headers.merge('Authorization' => credentials)
+    assert_response(201)
+    result = JSON.parse(@response.body)
+    assert_equal(Hash, result.class)
+    assert_equal('Overview2', result['name'])
+    assert_equal('my_overview', result['link'])
+    assert_equal('priority', result['group_by'])
+    assert_equal('ASC', result['group_direction'])
+  end
+
 end