diff --git a/library/Icinga/Data/SimpleQuery.php b/library/Icinga/Data/SimpleQuery.php
index 9751a2756..b20cb02ab 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Data/SimpleQuery.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Data/SimpleQuery.php
@@ -341,11 +341,25 @@ class SimpleQuery implements QueryInterface, Queryable, Iterator
     /**
      * Whether an order is set
      *
+     * @param   string  $column
+     *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public function hasOrder()
+    public function hasOrder($column = null)
     {
-        return !empty($this->order);
+        if (empty($this->order)) {
+            return false;
+        } elseif ($column === null) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->order as $rule) {
+            if ($rule[0] === $column) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Data/Sortable.php b/library/Icinga/Data/Sortable.php
index 9c837e3d3..9f4898d8e 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Data/Sortable.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Data/Sortable.php
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ interface Sortable
     /**
      * Whether an order is set
      *
+     * @param   string  $column
+     *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public function hasOrder();
+    public function hasOrder($column = null);
 
     /**
      * Get the order if any
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Repository/RepositoryQuery.php b/library/Icinga/Repository/RepositoryQuery.php
index 79e85ff92..e1294e50f 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Repository/RepositoryQuery.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Repository/RepositoryQuery.php
@@ -315,11 +315,13 @@ class RepositoryQuery implements QueryInterface, Iterator
     /**
      * Return whether any sort rules were applied to this query
      *
+     * @param   string  $column
+     *
      * @return  bool
      */
-    public function hasOrder()
+    public function hasOrder($column = null)
     {
-        return $this->query->hasOrder();
+        return $this->query->hasOrder($column);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/DataView/DataView.php b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/DataView/DataView.php
index 0f892f42c..b472fec65 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/DataView/DataView.php
+++ b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/DataView/DataView.php
@@ -294,11 +294,13 @@ abstract class DataView implements QueryInterface, IteratorAggregate
     /**
      * Whether an order is set
      *
+     * @param   string  $column
+     *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public function hasOrder()
+    public function hasOrder($column = null)
     {
-        return $this->query->hasOrder();
+        return $this->query->hasOrder($column);
     }
 
     /**