diff --git a/core/CHANGELOG.md b/core/CHANGELOG.md
index d3acc8d36..ce60144e2 100644
--- a/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 In order to read more about upgrading and BC breaks have a look at the [UPGRADE Document](UPGRADE.md).
 
+## 1.8.0 (10. Novemeber 2020)
+
++ [#2067](https://github.com/luyadev/luya/pull/2067) Added new `['sort' => false]` option to ExportHelper::csv() and ExportHelper::xls().
+
 ## 1.7.1 (23. September 2020)
 
 + [#2057](https://github.com/luyadev/luya/issues/2057) Fixed a issue with the root option of the IntersectionObserver.
diff --git a/core/helpers/ExportHelper.php b/core/helpers/ExportHelper.php
index b073878f5..65fdb9a16 100644
--- a/core/helpers/ExportHelper.php
+++ b/core/helpers/ExportHelper.php
@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ class ExportHelper
      * @param array|QueryInterface $input The data to export into a csv
      * @param array $keys Defines which keys should be packed into the generated CSV. The defined keys does not change the sort behavior of the generated csv.
      * @param string $header Whether the column name should be set as header inside the csv or not.
+     * @param array $options Options {@since 1.8.0}
+     * + `sort`: boolean, whether they row should be sorted by its keys, default is true.
      * @return string The generated CSV as string.
      */
-    public static function csv($input, array $keys = [], $header = true)
+    public static function csv($input, array $keys = [], $header = true, array $options = [])
     {
         $delimiter = ",";
         $input = self::transformInput($input);
-        $array = self::generateContentArray($input, $keys, $header);
+        $array = self::generateContentArray($input, $keys, $header, $options);
 
         return self::generateOutputString($array, $delimiter);
     }
@@ -37,15 +39,17 @@ public static function csv($input, array $keys = [], $header = true)
      * @param array|QueryInterface $input
      * @param array $keys Defines which keys should be packed into the generated xlsx. The defined keys does not change the sort behavior of the generated xls.
      * @param bool $header
+     * @param array $options Options {@since 1.8.0}
+     * + `sort`: boolean, whether they row should be sorted by its keys, default is true.
      * @return mixed
      * @throws Exception
      * @since 1.0.4
      */
-    public static function xlsx($input, array $keys = [], $header = true)
+    public static function xlsx($input, array $keys = [], $header = true, array $options = [])
     {
         $input = self::transformInput($input);
 
-        $array = self::generateContentArray($input, $keys, $header);
+        $array = self::generateContentArray($input, $keys, $header, $options);
 
         $writer = new XLSXWriter();
         $writer->writeSheet($array);
@@ -76,11 +80,13 @@ protected static function transformInput($input)
      * @param string $delimiter
      * @param array $keys
      * @param bool $generateHeader
+     * @param array $options Options {@since 1.8.0}
+     * + `sort`: boolean, whether they row should be sorted by its keys, default is true.
      * @return array
      * @throws Exception
      * @since 1.0.4
      */
-    protected static function generateContentArray($contentRows, array $keys, $generateHeader = true)
+    protected static function generateContentArray($contentRows, array $keys, $generateHeader = true, $options  = [])
     {
         if (is_scalar($contentRows)) {
             throw new Exception("Content must be either an array, object or traversable.");
@@ -102,7 +108,11 @@ protected static function generateContentArray($contentRows, array $keys, $gener
                 $attributeKeys[get_class($content)] = $keys;
             }
             $row = ArrayHelper::toArray($content, $attributeKeys, false);
-            ksort($row);
+
+            if (ArrayHelper::getValue($options, 'sort', true)) {
+                ksort($row);
+            }
+            
             $rows[$i] = $row;
 
             // handle header
@@ -120,7 +130,9 @@ protected static function generateContentArray($contentRows, array $keys, $gener
                     $header = array_keys($rows[0]);
                 }
 
-                ksort($header);
+                if (ArrayHelper::getValue($options, 'sort', true)) {
+                    ksort($header);
+                }
             }
 
             unset($row);
diff --git a/tests/core/helpers/ExportHelperTest.php b/tests/core/helpers/ExportHelperTest.php
index 473b82dd7..c92fb61fc 100644
--- a/tests/core/helpers/ExportHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/core/helpers/ExportHelperTest.php
@@ -141,4 +141,19 @@ public function testSpecialCharsEncoding()
 
         $this->assertSameTrimmed('"&","\'","a""b""c"', $content);
     }
+
+    public function testSortingDisabled()
+    {
+        $content = ExportHelper::csv([
+            ['c' => 'c', 'b' => 'b', 'a' => 'a'],
+        ], [], false);
+
+        $this->assertSameTrimmed('"a","b","c"', $content);
+
+        $content = ExportHelper::csv([
+            ['c' => 'c', 'b' => 'b', 'a' => 'a'],
+        ], [], false, ['sort' => false]);
+
+        $this->assertSameTrimmed('"c","b","a"', $content);
+    }
 }