diff --git a/types/ui-grid/index.d.ts b/types/ui-grid/index.d.ts
index 7bf551c59f..748dda3bf9 100644
--- a/types/ui-grid/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/ui-grid/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Type definitions for ui-grid
 // Project: http://www.ui-grid.info/
-// Definitions by: Ben Tesser <https://github.com/btesser>, Joe Skeen <https://github.com/joeskeen>
+// Definitions by: Ben Tesser <https://github.com/btesser>
+//                 Joe Skeen <https://github.com/joeskeen>
+//                 Peter Bojanczyk <https://github.com/pbojanczyk>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
@@ -3545,6 +3547,8 @@ declare namespace uiGrid {
     export interface IGridColumnOf<TEntity> {
         /** Column definition */
         colDef: uiGrid.IColumnDefOf<TEntity>;
+        /** Default sort on this column */
+        defaultSort?: ISortInfo;
         /**
          * Column name that will be shown in the header.
          * If displayName is not provided then one is generated using the name.
@@ -3683,6 +3687,8 @@ declare namespace uiGrid {
          * @default false
          */
         cellTooltip?: boolean | string | ICellTooltipGetter<TEntity>;
+        /** Default object of sort information */
+        defaultSort?: ISortInfo;
         /**
          * Column name that will be shown in the header.
          * If displayName is not provided then one is generated using the name.
diff --git a/types/ui-grid/ui-grid-tests.ts b/types/ui-grid/ui-grid-tests.ts
index 06f18384a5..e1d49a481d 100644
--- a/types/ui-grid/ui-grid-tests.ts
+++ b/types/ui-grid/ui-grid-tests.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ columnDef.cellTooltip = 'blah';
 columnDef.cellTooltip = function (gridRow: uiGrid.IGridRow, gridCol: uiGrid.IGridColumn) {
     return `${gridRow.entity.unknownProperty}-${gridCol.displayName}`;
 };
+columnDef.defaultSort = {
+    direction: 'ASC',
+    ignoreSort: false,
+    priority: 1
+};
 columnDef.displayName = 'Jumper';
 columnDef.enableColumnMenu = false;
 columnDef.enableColumnMenus = false;