diff --git a/misc/skins/default.ini b/misc/skins/default.ini
index cbedec48b..7a758d154 100644
--- a/misc/skins/default.ini
+++ b/misc/skins/default.ini
@@ -75,3 +75,7 @@
 
 [viewer]
     viewunderline=brightred;blue
+
+[widget-common]
+    sort-sign-up = '
+    sort-sign-down = ,
diff --git a/misc/skins/double-lines.ini b/misc/skins/double-lines.ini
index 7dc99d5d8..fb6d935a8 100644
--- a/misc/skins/double-lines.ini
+++ b/misc/skins/double-lines.ini
@@ -75,3 +75,7 @@
 
 [viewer]
     viewunderline=brightred;blue
+
+[widget-common]
+    sort-sign-up = '
+    sort-sign-down = ,
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 613b97375..48a365388 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1719,6 +1719,8 @@ do_nc (void)
     midnight_colors[2] = mc_skin_color_get("dialog", "hotnormal");
     midnight_colors[3] = mc_skin_color_get("dialog", "hotfocus");
 
+    panel_init();
+
     midnight_dlg = create_dlg (0, 0, LINES, COLS, midnight_colors, midnight_callback,
 			       "[main]", NULL, DLG_WANT_IDLE);
 
@@ -1764,6 +1766,7 @@ do_nc (void)
 	done_mc ();
     }
     destroy_dlg (midnight_dlg);
+    panel_deinit();
     current_panel = 0;
     done_mc_profile ();
 }
diff --git a/src/panel.h b/src/panel.h
index 5bc4d5ff2..aaf766584 100644
--- a/src/panel.h
+++ b/src/panel.h
@@ -154,4 +154,7 @@ const panel_field_t *panel_get_field_by_title_hotkey(const char *);
 gsize panel_get_num_of_user_possible_fields(void);
 const char **panel_get_user_possible_fields(gsize *);
 
+void panel_init(void);
+void panel_deinit(void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index d52e813e3..ae0972bc4 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ static void paint_frame (WPanel *panel);
 static const char *panel_format (WPanel *panel);
 static const char *mini_status_format (WPanel *panel);
 
+static char *panel_sort_up_sign = NULL;
+static char *panel_sort_down_sign = NULL;
+
 /* This macro extracts the number of available lines in a panel */
 #define llines(p) (p->widget.lines-3 - (show_mini_info ? 2 : 0))
 
@@ -1308,11 +1311,43 @@ panel_reload (WPanel *panel)
     recalculate_panel_summary (panel);
 }
 
+static void
+panel_paint_sort_info(WPanel *panel)
+{
+    struct hotkey_t hk;
+    const char *sort_sign = (panel->reverse) ? panel_sort_down_sign : panel_sort_up_sign;
+    char *str, *hotkey;
+    gsize len=6;
+
+    /* get hotkey from field description */
+    hk = parse_hotkey (_(panel->current_sort_field->title_hotkey));
+    if (hk.hotkey) {
+	hotkey = g_strdup(hk.hotkey);
+    } else {
+	/* if field don't have hotkey - use first char of field name */
+	hotkey = g_strdup(panel->current_sort_field->id);
+	hotkey[1] = '\0';
+    }
+    release_hotkey (hk);
+
+    /* transform to lower case */
+    str = hotkey;
+    str_tolower (hotkey, &str, &len);
+
+    str = g_strdup_printf("%s%s",sort_sign, hotkey);
+    g_free(hotkey);
+
+    widget_move (&panel->widget, 1, 1);
+    tty_print_string (str);
+
+    g_free(str);
+}
+
 static void
 paint_frame (WPanel *panel)
 {
     int side, width;
-    char *txt = NULL;
+    GString *format_txt;
 
     if (!panel->split)
 	adjust_top_file (panel);
@@ -1334,18 +1369,24 @@ paint_frame (WPanel *panel)
 	else
 	    width = panel->widget.cols - 2;
 
+	format_txt = g_string_new("");
 	for (format = panel->format; format; format = format->next){
             if (format->string_fn){
-                if (panel->filter && !strcmp (format->id, "name")) {
-                    txt = g_strdup_printf ("%s [%s]", format->title, panel->filter);
-                } else {
-                    txt = g_strdup (format->title);
+                g_string_set_size(format_txt, 0);
+
+                if (panel->list_type == list_long && strcmp (format->id, panel->current_sort_field->id) == 0)
+                    g_string_append (format_txt, (panel->reverse) ? panel_sort_down_sign : panel_sort_up_sign);
+
+                g_string_append (format_txt, format->title);
+                if (strcmp (format->id, "name") == 0 && panel->filter && *panel->filter) {
+                        g_string_append (format_txt, " [");
+                        g_string_append (format_txt, panel->filter);
+                        g_string_append (format_txt, "]");
                 }
 
                 tty_setcolor (MARKED_COLOR);
-                tty_print_string (str_fit_to_term (format->title, format->field_len,
+                tty_print_string (str_fit_to_term (format_txt->str, format->field_len,
                                                     J_CENTER_LEFT));
-                g_free(txt);
                 width -= format->field_len;
 	    } else {
 		tty_setcolor (NORMAL_COLOR);
@@ -1353,10 +1394,14 @@ paint_frame (WPanel *panel)
 		width--;
 	    }
 	}
+	g_string_free(format_txt, TRUE);
 
 	if (width > 0)
 	    tty_draw_hline (-1, -1, ' ', width);
     }
+
+    if (panel->list_type != list_long)
+	panel_paint_sort_info(panel);
 }
 
 static const char *
@@ -3323,3 +3368,17 @@ panel_get_user_possible_fields(gsize *array_size)
 	    ret[index++] = g_strdup(_(panel_fields[i].title_hotkey));
     return (const char**) ret;
 }
+
+void
+panel_init(void)
+{
+    panel_sort_up_sign =  mc_config_get_string(mc_skin__default.config,"widget-common","sort-sign-up","'");
+    panel_sort_down_sign = mc_config_get_string(mc_skin__default.config,"widget-common","sort-sign-down",",");
+}
+
+void
+panel_deinit(void)
+{
+    g_free(panel_sort_up_sign);
+    g_free(panel_sort_down_sign);
+}