diff --git a/jay-config/src/_private/client.rs b/jay-config/src/_private/client.rs
index fbed99a5..24642b4c 100644
--- a/jay-config/src/_private/client.rs
+++ b/jay-config/src/_private/client.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use {
             ContentType, MatchedWindow, TileState, Window, WindowCriterion, WindowMatcher,
             WindowType,
         },
+        workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
         xwayland::XScalingMode,
     },
     bincode::Options,
@@ -987,6 +988,10 @@ impl ConfigClient {
         self.send(&ClientMessage::SetMiddleClickPasteEnabled { enabled });
     }
 
+    pub fn set_workspace_display_order(&self, order: WorkspaceDisplayOrder) {
+        self.send(&ClientMessage::SetWorkspaceDisplayOrder { order });
+    }
+
     pub fn seat_create_mark(&self, seat: Seat, kc: Option<u32>) {
         self.send(&ClientMessage::SeatCreateMark { seat, kc });
     }
diff --git a/jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs b/jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs
index bde2aacb..bb2d56d3 100644
--- a/jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs
+++ b/jay-config/src/_private/ipc.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use {
             Transform, VrrMode, connector_type::ConnectorType,
         },
         window::{ContentType, TileState, Window, WindowMatcher, WindowType},
+        workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
         xwayland::XScalingMode,
     },
     serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
@@ -760,6 +761,9 @@ pub enum ClientMessage<'a> {
         src: u32,
         dst: u32,
     },
+    SetWorkspaceDisplayOrder {
+        order: WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
+    },
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
diff --git a/jay-config/src/lib.rs b/jay-config/src/lib.rs
index e7e9a586..854e9455 100644
--- a/jay-config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/jay-config/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #[expect(unused_imports)]
 use crate::input::Seat;
+
 use {
     crate::{
         _private::ipc::WorkspaceSource, keyboard::ModifiedKeySym, video::Connector, window::Window,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ pub mod theme;
 pub mod timer;
 pub mod video;
 pub mod window;
+pub mod workspace;
 pub mod xwayland;
 
 /// A planar direction.
diff --git a/jay-config/src/workspace.rs b/jay-config/src/workspace.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a63fc98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jay-config/src/workspace.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//! Tools for configuring workspaces.
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// How workspaces should be ordered in the UI.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum WorkspaceDisplayOrder {
+    /// Workspaces are not sorted and can be manually dragged.
+    Manual,
+    /// Workspaces are sorted alphabetically and cannot be manually dragged.
+    Sorted,
+}
+
+/// Sets how workspaces should be ordered in the UI.
+///
+/// The default is `WorkspaceDisplayOrder::Manual`.
+pub fn set_workspace_display_order(order: WorkspaceDisplayOrder) {
+    get!().set_workspace_display_order(order);
+}
diff --git a/src/compositor.rs b/src/compositor.rs
index a337c9c2..39df57bd 100644
--- a/src/compositor.rs
+++ b/src/compositor.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ use {
     jay_config::{
         _private::DEFAULT_SEAT_NAME,
         video::{GfxApi, Transform},
+        workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
     },
     std::{cell::Cell, env, future::Future, ops::Deref, rc::Rc, sync::Arc, time::Duration},
     thiserror::Error,
@@ -357,6 +358,7 @@ fn start_compositor2(
         show_bar: Cell::new(true),
         enable_primary_selection: Cell::new(true),
         xdg_surface_configure_events: Default::default(),
+        workspace_display_order: Cell::new(WorkspaceDisplayOrder::Manual),
     });
     state.tracker.register(ClientId::from_raw(0));
     create_dummy_output(&state);
diff --git a/src/config/handler.rs b/src/config/handler.rs
index 2a6c0511..ba7e624e 100644
--- a/src/config/handler.rs
+++ b/src/config/handler.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ use {
             Transform, VrrMode as ConfigVrrMode,
         },
         window::{TileState, Window, WindowMatcher},
+        workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
         xwayland::XScalingMode,
     },
     kbvm::Keycode,
@@ -1353,6 +1354,13 @@ impl ConfigProxyHandler {
         }
     }
 
+    fn handle_set_workspace_display_order(&self, order: WorkspaceDisplayOrder) {
+        self.state.workspace_display_order.set(order);
+        for output in self.state.root.outputs.lock().values() {
+            output.handle_workspace_display_order_update();
+        }
+    }
+
     fn handle_get_seat_float_pinned(&self, seat: Seat) -> Result<(), CphError> {
         let seat = self.get_seat(seat)?;
         self.respond(Response::GetFloatPinned {
@@ -3098,6 +3106,9 @@ impl ConfigProxyHandler {
             ClientMessage::SetMiddleClickPasteEnabled { enabled } => {
                 self.handle_set_middle_click_paste_enabled(enabled)
             }
+            ClientMessage::SetWorkspaceDisplayOrder { order } => {
+                self.handle_set_workspace_display_order(order)
+            }
             ClientMessage::SeatCreateMark { seat, kc } => self
                 .handle_seat_create_mark(seat, kc)
                 .wrn("seat_create_mark")?,
diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index a05fd28d..e1e37dc7 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ use {
         PciId,
         video::{GfxApi, Transform},
         window::TileState,
+        workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
     },
     std::{
         cell::{Cell, RefCell},
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ pub struct State {
     pub show_bar: Cell<bool>,
     pub enable_primary_selection: Cell<bool>,
     pub xdg_surface_configure_events: AsyncQueue<XdgSurfaceConfigureEvent>,
+    pub workspace_display_order: Cell<WorkspaceDisplayOrder>,
 }
 
 // impl Drop for State {
diff --git a/src/tree/output.rs b/src/tree/output.rs
index 4f1dee00..c7842d64 100644
--- a/src/tree/output.rs
+++ b/src/tree/output.rs
@@ -48,17 +48,27 @@ use {
             WorkspaceDragDestination, WorkspaceNode, WorkspaceNodeId, walker::NodeVisitor,
         },
         utils::{
-            asyncevent::AsyncEvent, bitflags::BitflagsExt, clonecell::CloneCell,
-            copyhashmap::CopyHashMap, errorfmt::ErrorFmt, event_listener::EventSource,
-            hash_map_ext::HashMapExt, linkedlist::LinkedList, on_drop_event::OnDropEvent,
-            scroller::Scroller, transform_ext::TransformExt,
+            asyncevent::AsyncEvent,
+            bitflags::BitflagsExt,
+            clonecell::CloneCell,
+            copyhashmap::CopyHashMap,
+            errorfmt::ErrorFmt,
+            event_listener::EventSource,
+            hash_map_ext::HashMapExt,
+            linkedlist::{LinkedList, NodeRef},
+            on_drop_event::OnDropEvent,
+            scroller::Scroller,
+            transform_ext::TransformExt,
         },
         wire::{
             ExtImageCopyCaptureSessionV1Id, JayOutputId, JayScreencastId, ZwlrScreencopyFrameV1Id,
         },
     },
     ahash::AHashMap,
-    jay_config::video::{TearingMode as ConfigTearingMode, Transform, VrrMode as ConfigVrrMode},
+    jay_config::{
+        video::{TearingMode as ConfigTearingMode, Transform, VrrMode as ConfigVrrMode},
+        workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
+    },
     smallvec::SmallVec,
     std::{
         cell::{Cell, RefCell},
@@ -712,6 +722,17 @@ impl OutputNode {
         true
     }
 
+    pub fn find_workspace_insertion_point(&self, name: &str) -> Option<NodeRef<Rc<WorkspaceNode>>> {
+        if self.state.workspace_display_order.get() == WorkspaceDisplayOrder::Sorted {
+            for existing_ws in self.workspaces.iter() {
+                if name < existing_ws.name.as_str() {
+                    return Some(existing_ws);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
+
     pub fn create_workspace(self: &Rc<Self>, name: &str) -> Rc<WorkspaceNode> {
         let ws = Rc::new(WorkspaceNode {
             id: self.state.node_ids.next(),
@@ -740,7 +761,12 @@ impl OutputNode {
         });
         ws.opt.set(Some(ws.clone()));
         ws.update_has_captures();
-        *ws.output_link.borrow_mut() = Some(self.workspaces.add_last(ws.clone()));
+        let link = if let Some(before) = self.find_workspace_insertion_point(name) {
+            before.prepend(ws.clone())
+        } else {
+            self.workspaces.add_last(ws.clone())
+        };
+        *ws.output_link.borrow_mut() = Some(link);
         self.state.workspaces.set(name.to_string(), ws.clone());
         if self.workspace.is_none() {
             self.show_workspace(&ws);
@@ -1048,6 +1074,18 @@ impl OutputNode {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn handle_workspace_display_order_update(self: &Rc<Self>) {
+        if self.state.workspace_display_order.get() == WorkspaceDisplayOrder::Sorted {
+            let mut workspaces: Vec<_> = self.workspaces.iter().collect();
+            workspaces.sort_by(|a, b| a.name.cmp(&b.name));
+            for ws_ref in workspaces {
+                ws_ref.detach();
+                self.workspaces.add_last_existing(&ws_ref);
+            }
+        }
+        self.schedule_update_render_data();
+    }
+
     pub fn update_visible(&self) {
         let mut visible = self.state.root_visible();
         if self.state.lock.locked.get() {
@@ -1285,6 +1323,16 @@ impl OutputNode {
         if y_abs - rect.y1() > th + 1 {
             return None;
         }
+        if self.state.workspace_display_order.get() == WorkspaceDisplayOrder::Sorted {
+            if self.workspaces.iter().any(|ws| ws.id == source) {
+                return None;
+            }
+            return Some(WorkspaceDragDestination {
+                highlight: Rect::new_sized(rect.x1(), rect.y1(), rect.width(), th)?,
+                output: self.clone(),
+                before: None,
+            });
+        }
         let rd = &*self.render_data.borrow();
         let (x, _) = rect.translate(x_abs, y_abs);
         let mut prev_is_source = false;
diff --git a/src/tree/workspace.rs b/src/tree/workspace.rs
index bcc99517..df6180db 100644
--- a/src/tree/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/tree/workspace.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ use {
         },
         wire::JayWorkspaceId,
     },
+    jay_config::workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
     std::{
         cell::{Cell, RefCell},
         fmt::Debug,
@@ -491,8 +492,15 @@ pub fn move_ws_to_output(
         }
     }
     ws.set_output(&target);
+    let before = if target.state.workspace_display_order.get() == WorkspaceDisplayOrder::Sorted {
+        target
+            .find_workspace_insertion_point(&ws.name)
+            .map(|nr| nr.deref().clone())
+    } else {
+        config.before
+    };
     'link: {
-        if let Some(before) = config.before
+        if let Some(before) = before
             && let Some(link) = &*before.output_link.borrow()
         {
             link.prepend_existing(ws);
diff --git a/toml-config/src/config.rs b/toml-config/src/config.rs
index 4d08b3c2..bbdc25e0 100644
--- a/toml-config/src/config.rs
+++ b/toml-config/src/config.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ use {
         theme::Color,
         video::{ColorSpace, Format, GfxApi, TearingMode, TransferFunction, Transform, VrrMode},
         window::{ContentType, TileState, WindowType},
+        workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
         xwayland::XScalingMode,
     },
     std::{
@@ -509,6 +510,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub focus_history: Option<FocusHistory>,
     pub middle_click_paste: Option<bool>,
     pub input_modes: AHashMap<String, InputMode>,
+    pub workspace_display_order: Option<WorkspaceDisplayOrder>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
diff --git a/toml-config/src/config/parsers.rs b/toml-config/src/config/parsers.rs
index a56a8bea..466e4652 100644
--- a/toml-config/src/config/parsers.rs
+++ b/toml-config/src/config/parsers.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ mod vrr;
 mod window_match;
 mod window_rule;
 mod window_type;
+mod workspace_display_order;
 mod xwayland;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
diff --git a/toml-config/src/config/parsers/config.rs b/toml-config/src/config/parsers/config.rs
index f748838c..125730b4 100644
--- a/toml-config/src/config/parsers/config.rs
+++ b/toml-config/src/config/parsers/config.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use {
                 ui_drag::UiDragParser,
                 vrr::VrrParser,
                 window_rule::WindowRulesParser,
+                workspace_display_order::WorkspaceDisplayOrderParser,
                 xwayland::XwaylandParser,
             },
             spanned::SpannedErrorExt,
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ impl Parser for ConfigParser<'_> {
                 show_bar,
                 focus_history_val,
             ),
-            (middle_click_paste, input_modes_val),
+            (middle_click_paste, input_modes_val, workspace_display_order_val),
         ) = ext.extract((
             (
                 opt(val("keymap")),
@@ -188,7 +189,11 @@ impl Parser for ConfigParser<'_> {
                 recover(opt(bol("show-bar"))),
                 opt(val("focus-history")),
             ),
-            (recover(opt(bol("middle-click-paste"))), opt(val("modes"))),
+            (
+                recover(opt(bol("middle-click-paste"))),
+                opt(val("modes")),
+                opt(val("workspace-display-order")),
+            ),
         ))?;
         let mut keymap = None;
         if let Some(value) = keymap_val {
@@ -486,6 +491,18 @@ impl Parser for ConfigParser<'_> {
                 }
             }
         }
+        let mut workspace_display_order = None;
+        if let Some(value) = workspace_display_order_val {
+            match value.parse(&mut WorkspaceDisplayOrderParser) {
+                Ok(v) => workspace_display_order = Some(v),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    log::warn!(
+                        "Could not parse the workspace display order: {}",
+                        self.0.error(e)
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        }
         Ok(Config {
             keymap,
             repeat_rate,
@@ -528,6 +545,7 @@ impl Parser for ConfigParser<'_> {
             focus_history,
             middle_click_paste: middle_click_paste.despan(),
             input_modes,
+            workspace_display_order,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/toml-config/src/config/parsers/workspace_display_order.rs b/toml-config/src/config/parsers/workspace_display_order.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..749cff2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toml-config/src/config/parsers/workspace_display_order.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use {
+    crate::{
+        config::parser::{DataType, ParseResult, Parser, UnexpectedDataType},
+        toml::toml_span::{Span, SpannedExt},
+    },
+    jay_config::workspace::WorkspaceDisplayOrder,
+    thiserror::Error,
+};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum WorkspaceDisplayOrderParserError {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Expected(#[from] UnexpectedDataType),
+    #[error("Unknown workspace display order {0}")]
+    Unknown(String),
+}
+
+pub struct WorkspaceDisplayOrderParser;
+
+impl Parser for WorkspaceDisplayOrderParser {
+    type Value = WorkspaceDisplayOrder;
+    type Error = WorkspaceDisplayOrderParserError;
+    const EXPECTED: &'static [DataType] = &[DataType::String];
+
+    fn parse_string(&mut self, span: Span, string: &str) -> ParseResult<Self> {
+        match string {
+            "manual" => Ok(WorkspaceDisplayOrder::Manual),
+            "sorted" => Ok(WorkspaceDisplayOrder::Sorted),
+            _ => Err(WorkspaceDisplayOrderParserError::Unknown(string.to_string()).spanned(span)),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/toml-config/src/lib.rs b/toml-config/src/lib.rs
index d9395777..8c4b6413 100644
--- a/toml-config/src/lib.rs
+++ b/toml-config/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ use {
             set_tearing_mode, set_vrr_cursor_hz, set_vrr_mode,
         },
         window::Window,
+        workspace::set_workspace_display_order,
         xwayland::set_x_scaling_mode,
     },
     run_on_drop::on_drop,
@@ -1306,6 +1307,9 @@ fn load_config(initial_load: bool, persistent: &Rc<PersistentState>) {
     if let Some(v) = config.middle_click_paste {
         set_middle_click_paste_enabled(v);
     }
+    if let Some(v) = config.workspace_display_order {
+        set_workspace_display_order(v);
+    }
 }
 
 fn create_command(exec: &Exec) -> Command {
diff --git a/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.json b/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.json
index 215ce1c9..10f6704a 100644
--- a/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.json
+++ b/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.json
@@ -991,6 +991,10 @@
             "description": "",
             "$ref": "#/$defs/InputMode"
           }
+        },
+        "workspace-display-order": {
+          "description": "Configures the order of workspaces displayed.\n\nThe default is `manual`.\n\n- Example:\n\n  ```toml\n  workspace-display-order = \"sorted\"\n  ```\n",
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/WorkspaceDisplayOrder"
         }
       },
       "required": []
@@ -2179,6 +2183,14 @@
         }
       ]
     },
+    "WorkspaceDisplayOrder": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "description": "The order of workspaces displayed.\n",
+      "enum": [
+        "manual",
+        "sorted"
+      ]
+    },
     "XScalingMode": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "The scaling mode of X windows.\n\n- Example:\n\n  ```toml\n  xwayland = { scaling-mode = \"downscaled\" }\n  ```\n",
diff --git a/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.md b/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.md
index e16b71a0..92b162bf 100644
--- a/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.md
+++ b/toml-spec/spec/spec.generated.md
@@ -1976,6 +1976,20 @@ The table has the following fields:
 
   The value of this field should be a table whose values are [InputModes](#types-InputMode).
 
+- `workspace-display-order` (optional):
+
+  Configures the order of workspaces displayed.
+  
+  The default is `manual`.
+  
+  - Example:
+  
+    ```toml
+    workspace-display-order = "sorted"
+    ```
+
+  The value of this field should be a [WorkspaceDisplayOrder](#types-WorkspaceDisplayOrder).
+
 
 <a name="types-Connector"></a>
 ### `Connector`
@@ -4761,6 +4775,25 @@ An array of masks that are OR'd.
 Each element of this array should be a [WindowTypeMask](#types-WindowTypeMask).
 
 
+<a name="types-WorkspaceDisplayOrder"></a>
+### `WorkspaceDisplayOrder`
+
+The order of workspaces displayed.
+
+Values of this type should be strings.
+
+The string should have one of the following values:
+
+- `manual`:
+
+  Workspaces are not sorted and can be manually dragged.
+
+- `sorted`:
+
+  Workspaces are sorted alphabetically and cannot be manually dragged.
+
+
+
 <a name="types-XScalingMode"></a>
 ### `XScalingMode`
 
diff --git a/toml-spec/spec/spec.yaml b/toml-spec/spec/spec.yaml
index d8bba591..558badb9 100644
--- a/toml-spec/spec/spec.yaml
+++ b/toml-spec/spec/spec.yaml
@@ -2122,7 +2122,6 @@ Theme:
       description: The name of the font to use.
 
 
-
 Config:
   kind: table
   description: |
@@ -2802,8 +2801,21 @@ Config:
           q = "focus-prev"
           e = "focus-next"
           ```
-        
+
         Modes can be activated with the `push-mode` and `latch-mode` actions.
+    workspace-display-order:
+      ref: WorkspaceDisplayOrder
+      required: false
+      description: |
+        Configures the order of workspaces displayed.
+
+        The default is `manual`.
+
+        - Example:
+
+          ```toml
+          workspace-display-order = "sorted"
+          ```
 
 
 Idle:
@@ -4006,3 +4018,14 @@ InputMode:
         The complex shortcuts of this mode.
         
         See the same field in the top-level `Config` object for a description.
+
+
+WorkspaceDisplayOrder:
+  kind: string
+  description: |
+    The order of workspaces displayed.
+  values:
+    - value: manual
+      description: Workspaces are not sorted and can be manually dragged.
+    - value: sorted
+      description: Workspaces are sorted alphabetically and cannot be manually dragged.