diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
index 1a6747a085..018283c8c5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ export const exportRows = async (
 
   const format = ctx.query.format
 
-  const { rows, columns, query } = ctx.request.body
+  const { rows, columns, query, sort, sortOrder } = ctx.request.body
   if (typeof format !== "string" || !exporters.isFormat(format)) {
     ctx.throw(
       400,
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ export const exportRows = async (
         rowIds: rows,
         columns,
         query,
+        sort,
+        sortOrder,
       })
       ctx.attachment(fileName)
       return apiFileReturn(content)
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
index 31f7c74601..36ef538d8b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { Row, SearchFilters, SearchParams } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  Row,
+  SearchFilters,
+  SearchParams,
+  SortOrder,
+  SortType,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 import { isExternalTableID } from "../../../integrations/utils"
 import * as internal from "./search/internal"
 import * as external from "./search/external"
@@ -32,6 +38,8 @@ export interface ExportRowsParams {
   rowIds?: string[]
   columns?: string[]
   query?: SearchFilters
+  sort?: string
+  sortOrder?: SortOrder
 }
 
 export interface ExportRowsResult {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
index 981ae1bf8d..974900ba6d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/external.ts
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ export async function search(options: SearchParams) {
 export async function exportRows(
   options: ExportRowsParams
 ): Promise<ExportRowsResult> {
-  const { tableId, format, columns, rowIds } = options
+  const { tableId, format, columns, rowIds, query, sort, sortOrder } = options
   const { datasourceId, tableName } = breakExternalTableId(tableId)
 
-  let query: SearchFilters = {}
+  let requestQuery: SearchFilters = {}
   if (rowIds?.length) {
-    query = {
+    requestQuery = {
       oneOf: {
         _id: rowIds.map((row: string) => {
           const ids = JSON.parse(
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ export async function exportRows(
         }),
       },
     }
+  } else {
+    requestQuery = query || {}
   }
 
   const datasource = await sdk.datasources.get(datasourceId!)
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ export async function exportRows(
     throw new HTTPError("Datasource has not been configured for plus API.", 400)
   }
 
-  let result = await search({ tableId, query })
+  let result = await search({ tableId, query: requestQuery, sort, sortOrder })
   let rows: Row[] = []
 
   // Filter data to only specified columns if required
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
index 1aec8a321e..e31bda1a15 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/rows/search/internal.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export async function search(options: SearchParams) {
 export async function exportRows(
   options: ExportRowsParams
 ): Promise<ExportRowsResult> {
-  const { tableId, format, rowIds, columns, query } = options
+  const { tableId, format, rowIds, columns, query, sort, sortOrder } = options
   const db = context.getAppDB()
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
 
@@ -99,7 +99,12 @@ export async function exportRows(
 
     result = await outputProcessing(table, response)
   } else if (query) {
-    let searchResponse = await search({ tableId, query })
+    let searchResponse = await search({
+      tableId,
+      query,
+      sort,
+      sortOrder,
+    })
     result = searchResponse.rows
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/rows.ts b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/rows.ts
index 62ea90a6a4..dad3286754 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/api/web/app/rows.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/api/web/app/rows.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { SearchFilters, SearchParams } from "../../../sdk"
 import { Row } from "../../../documents"
+import { SortOrder } from "../../../api"
 import { ReadStream } from "fs"
 
 export interface SaveRowRequest extends Row {}
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ export interface ExportRowsRequest {
   rows: string[]
   columns?: string[]
   query?: SearchFilters
+  sort?: string
+  sortOrder?: SortOrder
 }
 
 export type ExportRowsResponse = ReadStream