diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 19452bb9..2057b73c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ selectively enabled or disabled:
   true if cljfmt should break hashmaps onto multiple lines. This will
   convert `{:a 1 :b 2}` to `{:a 1\n:b 2}`. Defaults to false.
 
+* `:sort-ns-requires?` -
+  true if cljfmt should sort `ns` blocks `:require`, `:require-macros`, `:use`,
+  and `:import` by namespace. This will convert `(ns (:require [c] b [a.b.c]))`
+  to `(ns (:require [a.b.c] b [c]))`. Defaults to false.
+
 You can also configure the behavior of cljfmt:
 
 * `:paths` - determines which directories to include in the
@@ -220,7 +225,7 @@ Indentation types are:
 * `:inner` -
   two character indentation applied to form arguments at a depth
   relative to a form symbol
-  
+
 * `:block` -
   first argument aligned indentation applied to form arguments at form
   depth 0 for a symbol
@@ -235,9 +240,9 @@ Form depth is the nested depth of any element within the form.
 A contrived example will help to explain depth:
 
 ```clojure
-(foo 
+(foo
  bar
- (baz 
+ (baz
   (qux plugh)
   corge)
  (grault
diff --git a/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/core.cljc b/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/core.cljc
index 901c50f0..c951acc1 100644
--- a/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/core.cljc
+++ b/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/core.cljc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (ns cljfmt.core
   #?(:clj (:refer-clojure :exclude [reader-conditional?]))
   (:require #?(:clj [clojure.java.io :as io])
+            [cljfmt.namespace :as ns]
             [clojure.string :as str]
             [rewrite-clj.node :as n]
             [rewrite-clj.parser :as p]
@@ -398,6 +399,19 @@
 (defn remove-multiple-non-indenting-spaces [form]
   (transform form edit-all non-indenting-whitespace? replace-with-one-space))
 
+(defn ns-reference-block? [zloc]
+  (and (z/list? zloc)
+       (some-> zloc
+               z/up
+               ns-form?)
+       (-> zloc
+           z/sexpr
+           first
+           ns/reference-block-keyword?)))
+
+(defn sort-ns-requires [form]
+  (transform form edit-all ns-reference-block? ns/sort-reference-block))
+
 (def default-options
   {:indentation?                          true
    :insert-missing-whitespace?            true
@@ -405,6 +419,7 @@
    :remove-multiple-non-indenting-spaces? false
    :remove-surrounding-whitespace?        true
    :remove-trailing-whitespace?           true
+   :sort-ns-requires?                     false
    :split-keypairs-over-multiple-lines?   false})
 
 (defn reformat-form
@@ -413,6 +428,9 @@
   ([form opts]
    (let [opts (merge default-options opts)]
      (cond-> form
+       (:sort-ns-requires? opts)
+       sort-ns-requires
+
        (:split-keypairs-over-multiple-lines? opts)
        split-keypairs-over-multiple-lines
 
diff --git a/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/namespace.cljc b/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/namespace.cljc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12d9012a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cljfmt/src/cljfmt/namespace.cljc
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+(ns cljfmt.namespace
+  (:require [rewrite-clj.node :as n]
+            [rewrite-clj.zip :as z]))
+
+(def reference-block-keyword?
+  #{:require
+    :require-macros
+    :use
+    :import})
+
+(def libspec?
+  (comp not
+        #{:comment
+          :uneval
+          :newline
+          :whitespace
+          :comma}
+        n/tag))
+
+(defn contain-newline? [elements]
+  (->> elements
+       (apply concat)
+       (some (comp #{:newline
+                     :comment}
+                   n/tag))))
+
+(defn partition-reference-block-children
+  "Partition children of a reference block, considering one element to look like:
+  (<whitespace>|<comment>)*<libspec>(<whitespace>|<comment>)*
+
+  This ensures that comments above a libspec and comments behind it will be grouped
+  and moved together with it."
+  [zloc]
+  (let [children (-> zloc
+                     z/node
+                     n/children)
+        ; the first element is the keyword :require, :use, etc. and surrounding whitespace,
+        ; but it shouldn't be sorted, so preserve it as is
+        first-element? #(or (-> % n/tag #{:newline
+                                          :whitespace
+                                          :comma})
+                            (and (-> % n/keyword-node?)
+                                 (-> % n/sexpr reference-block-keyword?)))
+        first-element (vec (take-while first-element? children))
+        relevant-children (drop-while first-element? children)]
+    (loop [[node & remaining] relevant-children
+           current-element []
+           result []]
+      (let [t (some-> node n/tag)]
+        (cond
+          (nil? node) [first-element
+                       (if (seq current-element)
+                         (conj result (conj
+                                       current-element
+                                       (if (contain-newline? result)
+                                         (n/newlines 1)
+                                         (n/whitespace-node " "))))
+                         result)]
+
+          (#{:whitespace
+             :comma
+             :uneval} t) (recur remaining
+                                (conj current-element node)
+                                result)
+
+          (#{:comment
+             :newline} t) (if (some libspec? current-element)
+                            (recur remaining
+                                   []
+                                   (conj result (conj current-element node)))
+                            (recur remaining
+                                   (conj current-element node)
+                                   result))
+
+          ; otherwise it'll be a libspec node, which should be added if it is the first
+          ; in this element, otherwise close the current element and start a new one; an example
+          ; for this is "[a] b" without a newline, which should result in elements "[a]" and "b"
+          :else (if (some libspec? current-element)
+                  (recur remaining
+                         [node]
+                         (conj result current-element))
+                  (recur remaining
+                         (conj current-element node)
+                         result)))))))
+
+(defn element-sort-key [element]
+  (let [relevant (first (filter libspec? element))
+        t (some-> relevant n/tag)]
+    (cond
+      (#{:token} t) (let [value (n/sexpr relevant)]
+                      (cond
+                        (string? value) [0 value]
+                        (symbol? value) [1 (name value)]
+                        :else [2 (str value)]))
+      (#{:meta} t) (some-> relevant
+                           n/children
+                           ;; skip over the metadata itself
+                           rest
+                           element-sort-key)
+      (#{:vector
+         :list} t) (element-sort-key (n/children relevant))
+
+      :else [10000 nil])))
+
+(defn dedupe-whitespace-nodes
+  "Remove whitespace nodes following directly behind other whitespace nodes.
+   This can happen due to rearranging the reference block elements, which may begin and/or
+   end with whitespace nodes. The rest of the code might get confused by two consecutive
+   whitespace nodes, as the parser would never allow that situation.
+
+   No attempt is made to combine the nodes, just keeping the first one should be fine."
+  [nodes]
+  (reduce
+   (fn [result element]
+     (if (= :whitespace
+            (n/tag element)
+            (some-> result
+                    last
+                    n/tag))
+       result
+       (conj result element)))
+   []
+   nodes))
+
+(defn sort-reference-block [zloc]
+  (let [[first-element
+         elements] (partition-reference-block-children zloc)
+        sorted-elements (->> (sort-by element-sort-key elements)
+                             (apply concat first-element)
+                             dedupe-whitespace-nodes)]
+    (z/replace zloc (-> zloc
+                        z/node
+                        (n/replace-children sorted-elements)))))
diff --git a/cljfmt/test/cljfmt/core_test.cljc b/cljfmt/test/cljfmt/core_test.cljc
index bcb0cde8..15d54ed4 100644
--- a/cljfmt/test/cljfmt/core_test.cljc
+++ b/cljfmt/test/cljfmt/core_test.cljc
@@ -1117,7 +1117,49 @@
         ":three four}"]
        ["{:one two #_comment"
         " :three four}"]
-       {:split-keypairs-over-multiple-lines? true})))
+       {:split-keypairs-over-multiple-lines? true}))
+  (is (reformats-to?
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require c"
+        "            [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "            ;; comment above"
+        "            [b]"
+        "            \"d\"))"]
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require \"d\""
+        "            [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "            ;; comment above"
+        "            [b]"
+        "            c))"]
+       {:sort-ns-requires? true}))
+  (is (reformats-to?
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require c"
+        "            [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "            ;; comment above"
+        "            [b]"
+        "            \"d\"))"]
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require c"
+        "            [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "            ;; comment above"
+        "            [b]"
+        "            \"d\"))"]
+       {}))
+  (is (reformats-to?
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require c"
+        "            [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "            ;; comment above"
+        "            [b]"
+        "            \"d\"))"]
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require c"
+        "            [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "            ;; comment above"
+        "            [b]"
+        "            \"d\"))"]
+       {:sort-ns-requires? false})))
 
 (deftest test-parsing
   (is (reformats-to?
@@ -1210,3 +1252,58 @@
   (is (= ((wrap-normalize-newlines identity) "foo\nbar\nbaz") "foo\nbar\nbaz"))
   (is (= ((wrap-normalize-newlines identity) "foo\r\nbar\r\nbaz") "foo\r\nbar\r\nbaz"))
   (is (= ((wrap-normalize-newlines identity) "foobarbaz") "foobarbaz")))
+
+(deftest test-namespace-sorting
+  (is (reformats-to?
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require c"
+        "            [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "            ;; comment above"
+        "            [b]"
+        "            \"d\"))"]
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require \"d\""
+        "            [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "            ;; comment above"
+        "            [b]"
+        "            c))"]
+       {:sort-ns-requires? true}))
+  (is (reformats-to?
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require"
+        "   c"
+        "   \"d\""
+        "   [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "   ;; comment above"
+        "   [b]))"]
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require"
+        "   \"d\""
+        "   [a.b :as b] ;; comment behind"
+        "   ;; comment above"
+        "   [b]"
+        "   c))"]
+       {:sort-ns-requires? true}))
+  (is (reformats-to?
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require"
+        "   [foo]c"
+        "   ^:keep"
+        "   [a.b :as b] #_[comment behind] #_another"
+        "   #_[comment above]"
+        "   [b]))"]
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require"
+        "   ^:keep"
+        "   [a.b :as b] #_[comment behind] #_another"
+        "   #_[comment above]"
+        "   [b]"
+        "   c"
+        "   [foo]))"]
+       {:sort-ns-requires? true}))
+  (is (reformats-to?
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require [foo] c [a.b :as b] #_[comment behind] [b]))"]
+       ["(ns foo.bar"
+        "  (:require [a.b :as b] #_[comment behind] [b] c [foo]))"]
+       {:sort-ns-requires? true})))