diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd72db6f..c9cca8f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Options:
       --ignore-commit-pattern [regex] # pattern to ignore when parsing commits
       --tag-pattern [regex]           # override regex pattern for version tags
       --tag-prefix [prefix]           # prefix used in version tags, default: v
+      --sort-tags [property]          # sort commits by semantic versioning or git fields, default: semver
       --starting-version [tag]        # specify earliest version to include in changelog
       --starting-date [yyyy-mm-dd]    # specify earliest date to include in changelog
       --sort-commits [property]       # sort commits by property [relevance, date, date-desc, subject, subject-desc], default: relevance
diff --git a/src/run.js b/src/run.js
index 9f988b19..c3487a15 100644
--- a/src/run.js
+++ b/src/run.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
   commitLimit: 3,
   backfillLimit: 3,
   tagPrefix: '',
+  sortTags: 'semver',
   sortCommits: 'relevance',
   appendGitLog: '',
   appendGitTag: '',
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ const getOptions = async argv => {
     .option('--ignore-commit-pattern <regex>', 'pattern to ignore when parsing commits')
     .option('--tag-pattern <regex>', 'override regex pattern for version tags')
     .option('--tag-prefix <prefix>', 'prefix used in version tags')
+    .option('--sort-tags <property>', `sort commits by semantic versioning or git fields, default: ${DEFAULT_OPTIONS.sortTags}`)
     .option('--starting-version <tag>', 'specify earliest version to include in changelog')
     .option('--starting-date <yyyy-mm-dd>', 'specify earliest date to include in changelog')
     .option('--sort-commits <property>', `sort commits by property [relevance, date, date-desc], default: ${DEFAULT_OPTIONS.sortCommits}`)
diff --git a/src/tags.js b/src/tags.js
index c097330e..96cb2eca 100644
--- a/src/tags.js
+++ b/src/tags.js
@@ -6,12 +6,21 @@ const MATCH_V = /^v\d/
 
 const fetchTags = async (options, remote) => {
   const format = `%(refname:short)${DIVIDER}%(creatordate:short)`
-  const tags = (await cmd(`git tag -l --format=${format} ${options.appendGitTag}`))
-    .trim()
-    .split('\n')
-    .map(parseTag(options))
-    .filter(isValidTag(options))
-    .sort(sortTags)
+  let tags
+  if (options.sortTags === 'semver') {
+    tags = (await cmd(`git tag -l --format=${format} ${options.appendGitTag}`))
+      .trim()
+      .split('\n')
+      .map(parseTag(options))
+      .filter(isValidTag(options))
+      .sort(sortTags)
+  } else {
+    tags = (await cmd(`git tag -l --sort=${options.sortTags} --format=${format} ${options.appendGitTag}`))
+      .trim()
+      .split('\n')
+      .map(parseTag(options))
+      .filter(isValidTag(options))
+  }
 
   const { latestVersion, unreleased, unreleasedOnly, getCompareLink } = options
   if (latestVersion || unreleased || unreleasedOnly) {
diff --git a/test/tags.js b/test/tags.js
index 5218bd52..69f48047 100644
--- a/test/tags.js
+++ b/test/tags.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const {
 
 const options = {
   tagPrefix: '',
+  sortTags: 'semver',
   ...remotes.github
 }
 
@@ -113,6 +114,39 @@ describe('fetchTags', () => {
     expect(await fetchTags({ ...options, startingDate: '2000-05-01' })).to.have.lengthOf(1)
   })
 
+  it('supports --sort-tags=semver', async () => {
+    const tags = await fetchTags({ ...options, sortTags: 'semver' })
+    expect(tags.map(t => t.version)).to.deep.equal([
+      'v1.0.0',
+      'v0.3.0',
+      'v0.2.2',
+      'v0.2.1',
+      'v0.2.0',
+      'v0.1.0'
+    ])
+  })
+
+  // with --sort-tags, we shouldn't sort by semver, keep git command's order.
+  it('supports --sort-tags', async () => {
+    mock('cmd', () => Promise.resolve([
+      'v0.1.0---2000-02-01',
+      'v0.2.0---2000-03-01',
+      'v0.2.1---2000-03-02',
+      'v1.0.0---2000-03-03',
+      'v0.2.2---2000-04-01',
+      'v0.3.0---2001-01-01'
+    ].join('\n')))
+    const tags = await fetchTags({ ...options, sortTags: 'creatordate' })
+    expect(tags.map(t => t.version)).to.deep.equal([
+      'v0.1.0',
+      'v0.2.0',
+      'v0.2.1',
+      'v1.0.0',
+      'v0.2.2',
+      'v0.3.0'
+    ])
+  })
+
   it('supports partial semver tags', async () => {
     mock('cmd', () => Promise.resolve([
       'v0.1---2000-02-01',