diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index b80938ae..191e8255 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -587,6 +587,18 @@ Description Extract images from reblogged posts.
 =========== =====
 
 
+extractor.tumblr.sort
+---------------------
+=========== =====
+Type        ``bool``
+Default     ``false``
+Description Sort photos of a Photoset according to their original upload order.
+
+            Otherwise these photos will be returned in the order the blog owner
+            arranged them in.
+=========== =====
+
+
 extractor.tumblr.posts
 ----------------------
 =========== =====
diff --git a/docs/gallery-dl.conf b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
index baf40388..d48087cb 100644
--- a/docs/gallery-dl.conf
+++ b/docs/gallery-dl.conf
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@
             "external": false,
             "inline": false,
             "posts": "photo",
-            "reblogs": true
+            "reblogs": true,
+            "sort": false
         }
     },
 
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
index 0168c889..f435b738 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/tumblr.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class TumblrExtractor(Extractor):
         self.inline = self.config("inline", False)
         self.reblogs = self.config("reblogs", True)
         self.external = self.config("external", False)
+        self.sort_photos = self.config("sort", False)
 
         if len(self.types) == 1:
             self.api.posts_type = next(iter(self.types))
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@ class TumblrExtractor(Extractor):
                 photos = post["photos"]
                 del post["photos"]
 
+                if self.sort_photos and len(photos) > 1:
+                    photos.sort(key=self._get_tumblr_offset)
+
                 for photo in photos:
                     post["photo"] = photo
                     photo.update(photo["original_size"])
@@ -161,6 +165,15 @@ class TumblrExtractor(Extractor):
 
         return Message.Urllist, _original_image(url), post
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_tumblr_offset(photo):
+        """Return the offset embedded in a photo's URL"""
+        return util.safe_int(
+            photo["original_size"]["url"]
+            .rpartition("_")[0]
+            .rpartition("o")[2]
+        )
+
 
 class TumblrUserExtractor(TumblrExtractor):
     """Extractor for all images from a tumblr-user"""