diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
index 8ba2f4b0ba..cc007e121c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ import { quotas } from "@budibase/pro"
 import * as internal from "./internal"
 import * as external from "./external"
 import { isExternalTable } from "../../../integrations/utils"
-import { Ctx, SearchResponse } from "@budibase/types"
+import {
+  Ctx,
+  SearchResponse,
+  SortOrder,
+  SortType,
+  ViewV2,
+} from "@budibase/types"
 import * as utils from "./utils"
 import { gridSocket } from "../../../websockets"
 import sdk from "../../../sdk"
@@ -146,6 +152,45 @@ export async function search(ctx: any) {
   })
 }
 
+function getSortOptions(
+  ctx: Ctx,
+  view: ViewV2
+):
+  | {
+      sort: string
+      sortOrder?: SortOrder
+      sortType?: SortType
+    }
+  | undefined {
+  const { sort_column, sort_order, sort_type } = ctx.query
+  if (Array.isArray(sort_column)) {
+    ctx.throw(400, "sort_column cannot be an array")
+  }
+  if (Array.isArray(sort_order)) {
+    ctx.throw(400, "sort_order cannot be an array")
+  }
+  if (Array.isArray(sort_type)) {
+    ctx.throw(400, "sort_type cannot be an array")
+  }
+
+  if (sort_column) {
+    return {
+      sort: sort_column,
+      sortOrder: sort_order as SortOrder,
+      sortType: sort_type as SortType,
+    }
+  }
+  if (view.sort) {
+    return {
+      sort: view.sort.field,
+      sortOrder: view.sort.order,
+      sortType: view.sort.type,
+    }
+  }
+
+  return
+}
+
 export async function searchView(ctx: Ctx<void, SearchResponse>) {
   const { viewId } = ctx.params
 
@@ -160,9 +205,7 @@ export async function searchView(ctx: Ctx<void, SearchResponse>) {
       sdk.rows.search({
         tableId: view.tableId,
         query: view.query || {},
-        sort: view.sort?.field,
-        sortOrder: view.sort?.order,
-        sortType: view.sort?.type,
+        ...getSortOptions(ctx, view),
       }),
     {
       datasourceId: view.tableId,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
index 2890085c88..ec55ecd8a7 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
@@ -755,7 +755,14 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
       })
     })
 
-    it.each([
+    const sortTestOptions: [
+      {
+        field: string
+        order?: SortOrder
+        type?: SortType
+      },
+      string[]
+    ][] = [
       [
         {
           field: "name",
@@ -815,31 +822,76 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
         },
         ["Bob", "Charly", "Alice", "Danny"],
       ],
-    ])("allow sorting (%s)", async (sortParams, expected) => {
-      await config.createTable(userTable())
-      const users = [
-        { name: "Alice", age: 25 },
-        { name: "Bob", age: 30 },
-        { name: "Charly", age: 27 },
-        { name: "Danny", age: 15 },
-      ]
-      for (const user of users) {
-        await config.createRow({
-          tableId: config.table!._id,
-          ...user,
+    ]
+
+    it.each(sortTestOptions)(
+      "allow sorting (%s)",
+      async (sortParams, expected) => {
+        await config.createTable(userTable())
+        const users = [
+          { name: "Alice", age: 25 },
+          { name: "Bob", age: 30 },
+          { name: "Charly", age: 27 },
+          { name: "Danny", age: 15 },
+        ]
+        for (const user of users) {
+          await config.createRow({
+            tableId: config.table!._id,
+            ...user,
+          })
+        }
+
+        const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+          sort: sortParams,
+        })
+
+        const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
+
+        expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(4)
+        expect(response.body).toEqual({
+          rows: expected.map(name => expect.objectContaining({ name })),
         })
       }
+    )
 
-      const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
-        sort: sortParams,
-      })
+    it.each(sortTestOptions)(
+      "allow override the default view sorting (%s)",
+      async (sortParams, expected) => {
+        await config.createTable(userTable())
+        const users = [
+          { name: "Alice", age: 25 },
+          { name: "Bob", age: 30 },
+          { name: "Charly", age: 27 },
+          { name: "Danny", age: 15 },
+        ]
+        for (const user of users) {
+          await config.createRow({
+            tableId: config.table!._id,
+            ...user,
+          })
+        }
 
-      const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id)
+        const createViewResponse = await config.api.viewV2.create({
+          sort: {
+            field: "name",
+            order: SortOrder.ASCENDING,
+            type: SortType.STRING,
+          },
+        })
 
-      expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(4)
-      expect(response.body).toEqual({
-        rows: expected.map(name => expect.objectContaining({ name })),
-      })
-    })
+        const response = await config.api.viewV2.search(createViewResponse.id, {
+          sort: {
+            column: sortParams.field,
+            order: sortParams.order,
+            type: sortParams.type,
+          },
+        })
+
+        expect(response.body.rows).toHaveLength(4)
+        expect(response.body).toEqual({
+          rows: expected.map(name => expect.objectContaining({ name })),
+        })
+      }
+    )
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
index d79f324d85..15111ad977 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/viewV2.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
+import { SortOrder, SortType, ViewV2 } from "@budibase/types"
 import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
 import { TestAPI } from "./base"
 import { generator } from "@budibase/backend-core/tests"
@@ -38,9 +38,33 @@ export class ViewV2API extends TestAPI {
       .expect(expectStatus)
   }
 
-  search = async (viewId: string, { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }) => {
+  search = async (
+    viewId: string,
+    options?: {
+      sort: {
+        column: string
+        order?: SortOrder
+        type?: SortType
+      }
+    },
+    { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
+  ) => {
+    const qs: [string, any][] = []
+    if (options?.sort.column) {
+      qs.push(["sort_column", options.sort.column])
+    }
+    if (options?.sort.order) {
+      qs.push(["sort_order", options.sort.order])
+    }
+    if (options?.sort.type) {
+      qs.push(["sort_type", options.sort.type])
+    }
+    let url = `/api/v2/views/${viewId}/search`
+    if (qs.length) {
+      url += "?" + qs.map(q => q.join("=")).join("&")
+    }
     return this.request
-      .get(`/api/v2/views/${viewId}/search`)
+      .get(url)
       .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
       .expect("Content-Type", /json/)
       .expect(expectStatus)