diff --git a/cmd/admin/v2/component.go b/cmd/admin/v2/component.go
index e731c59..cd0d836 100644
--- a/cmd/admin/v2/component.go
+++ b/cmd/admin/v2/component.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	adminv2 "github.com/metal-stack/api/go/metalstack/admin/v2"
 	apiv2 "github.com/metal-stack/api/go/metalstack/api/v2"
 	"github.com/metal-stack/cli/cmd/config"
+	"github.com/metal-stack/cli/cmd/sorters"
 	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/genericcli"
 	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/genericcli/printers"
 	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/pointer"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ func newComponentCmd(c *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 		Description:     "list status of components, e.g. microservices connected to the metal-apiserver",
 		DescribePrinter: func() printers.Printer { return c.DescribePrinter },
 		ListPrinter:     func() printers.Printer { return c.ListPrinter },
+		Sorter:          sorters.ComponentSorter(),
 		OnlyCmds:        genericcli.OnlyCmds(genericcli.DescribeCmd, genericcli.ListCmd, genericcli.DeleteCmd),
 		ListCmdMutateFn: func(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 			cmd.Flags().String("uuid", "", "lists only component with this uuid")
diff --git a/cmd/sorters/component.go b/cmd/sorters/component.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d71e75d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/sorters/component.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package sorters
+
+import (
+	apiv2 "github.com/metal-stack/api/go/metalstack/api/v2"
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/multisort"
+)
+
+func ComponentSorter() *multisort.Sorter[*apiv2.Component] {
+	return multisort.New(multisort.FieldMap[*apiv2.Component]{
+		"type": func(a, b *apiv2.Component, descending bool) multisort.CompareResult {
+			return multisort.Compare(a.Type, b.Type, descending)
+		},
+		"identifier": func(a, b *apiv2.Component, descending bool) multisort.CompareResult {
+			return multisort.Compare(a.Identifier, b.Identifier, descending)
+		},
+		"started": func(a, b *apiv2.Component, descending bool) multisort.CompareResult {
+			return multisort.Compare(a.StartedAt.AsTime().String(), b.StartedAt.AsTime().String(), descending)
+		},
+		"expiration": func(a, b *apiv2.Component, descending bool) multisort.CompareResult {
+			return multisort.Compare(a.Token.Expires.String(), b.Token.Expires.String(), descending)
+		},
+	}, multisort.Keys{{ID: "type", Descending: true}, {ID: "identifier", Descending: true}})
+}
diff --git a/docs/admin/metalctlv2_admin_component_list.md b/docs/admin/metalctlv2_admin_component_list.md
index 268c020..197f61c 100644
--- a/docs/admin/metalctlv2_admin_component_list.md
+++ b/docs/admin/metalctlv2_admin_component_list.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ metalctlv2 admin component list [flags]
 ```
   -h, --help                help for list
       --identifier string   lists only component with this identifier
+      --sort-by strings     sort by (comma separated) column(s), sort direction can be changed by appending :asc or :desc behind the column identifier. possible values: identifier|started|type
       --type string         lists only component of this type
       --uuid string         lists only component with this uuid
 ```