diff --git a/src/api/java/mcp/mobius/waila/api/data/ItemData.java b/src/api/java/mcp/mobius/waila/api/data/ItemData.java
index b585ea110..f1ee399df 100644
--- a/src/api/java/mcp/mobius/waila/api/data/ItemData.java
+++ b/src/api/java/mcp/mobius/waila/api/data/ItemData.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public final class ItemData implements IData {
     public static final ResourceLocation ID = BuiltinDataUtil.rl("item");
     public static final ResourceLocation CONFIG_SYNC_NBT = BuiltinDataUtil.rl("item.nbt");
     public static final ResourceLocation CONFIG_MAX_HEIGHT = BuiltinDataUtil.rl("item.max_height");
+    public static final ResourceLocation CONFIG_SORT_BY_COUNT = BuiltinDataUtil.rl("item.sort_by_count");
 
     /**
      * Creates an item data based from plugin config.
diff --git a/src/pluginExtra/java/mcp/mobius/waila/plugin/extra/provider/ItemProvider.java b/src/pluginExtra/java/mcp/mobius/waila/plugin/extra/provider/ItemProvider.java
index 33c9ded05..ce04e971f 100644
--- a/src/pluginExtra/java/mcp/mobius/waila/plugin/extra/provider/ItemProvider.java
+++ b/src/pluginExtra/java/mcp/mobius/waila/plugin/extra/provider/ItemProvider.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ protected ItemProvider() {
     protected void registerAdditions(IRegistrar registrar, int priority) {
         registrar.addSyncedConfig(ItemData.CONFIG_SYNC_NBT, true, false);
         registrar.addConfig(ItemData.CONFIG_MAX_HEIGHT, 3);
+        registrar.addConfig(ItemData.CONFIG_SORT_BY_COUNT, true);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ protected void appendBody(ITooltip tooltip, ItemData data, IPluginConfig config,
         lastData = data;
         lastItemsComponent = null;
 
-        Map<Object, ItemStack> merged = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<Object, ItemStack> merged = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         Map<Item, Set<CompoundTag>> unique = new HashMap<>();
 
         for (var stack : data.items()) {
@@ -84,9 +86,12 @@ protected void appendBody(ITooltip tooltip, ItemData data, IPluginConfig config,
 
         if (merged.isEmpty()) return;
 
-        tooltip.setLine(ItemData.ID, lastItemsComponent = new ItemListComponent(merged.values().stream()
-            .sorted(Comparator.comparingInt(ItemStack::getCount).reversed())
-            .toList(), config.getInt(ItemData.CONFIG_MAX_HEIGHT)));
+        var stream = merged.values().stream();
+        if (config.getBoolean(ItemData.CONFIG_SORT_BY_COUNT)) {
+            stream = stream.sorted(Comparator.comparingInt(ItemStack::getCount).reversed());
+        }
+
+        tooltip.setLine(ItemData.ID, lastItemsComponent = new ItemListComponent(stream.toList(), config.getInt(ItemData.CONFIG_MAX_HEIGHT)));
     }
 
     private record ItemWithNbt(Item item, CompoundTag tag) {
diff --git a/src/resources/resources/assets/waila/lang/en_us.json b/src/resources/resources/assets/waila/lang/en_us.json
index 69a3afad0..a08544740 100644
--- a/src/resources/resources/assets/waila/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/src/resources/resources/assets/waila/lang/en_us.json
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@
   "config.waila.plugin_wailax.item.enabled_entity"              : "Show Entity Item Contents",
   "config.waila.plugin_wailax.item.nbt"                         : "Sync NBT Data",
   "config.waila.plugin_wailax.item.max_height"                  : "Max Height",
+  "config.waila.plugin_wailax.item.sort_by_count"               : "Sort by Count",
   "config.waila.plugin_wailax.item.blacklist"                   : "Item Contents Blacklist",
   "config.waila.plugin_wailax.fluid"                            : "Fluid",
   "config.waila.plugin_wailax.fluid.enabled_block"              : "Show Block Fluid Contents",