diff --git a/pkg/apis/fission.io/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/fission.io/v1/types.go
index 6376e98e0a..a86a1389ed 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/fission.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/fission.io/v1/types.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1
 
 import (
+	"time"
+
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
@@ -280,6 +282,9 @@ type (
 
 		// BuildLog stores build log during the compilation.
 		BuildLog string `json:"buildlog,omitempty"` // output of the build (errors etc)
+
+		// LastUpdateTimestamp will store the timestamp the package was last updated
+		LastUpdateTimestamp time.Time `json:"lastUpdateTimestamp,omitempty"`
 	}
 
 	// PackageRef is a reference to the package.
diff --git a/pkg/buildermgr/common.go b/pkg/buildermgr/common.go
index 8d16dcd990..32bbc0aee2 100644
--- a/pkg/buildermgr/common.go
+++ b/pkg/buildermgr/common.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dchest/uniuri"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -124,8 +125,9 @@ func updatePackage(logger *zap.Logger, fissionClient *crd.FissionClient,
 	uploadResp *types.ArchiveUploadResponse) (*fv1.Package, error) {
 
 	pkg.Status = fv1.PackageStatus{
-		BuildStatus: status,
-		BuildLog:    buildLogs,
+		BuildStatus:         status,
+		BuildLog:            buildLogs,
+		LastUpdateTimestamp: time.Now().UTC(),
 	}
 
 	if uploadResp != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/fission-cli/package.go b/pkg/fission-cli/package.go
index 4677f413a7..4894c1c5f8 100644
--- a/pkg/fission-cli/package.go
+++ b/pkg/fission-cli/package.go
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dchest/uniuri"
 	"github.com/fission/fission/pkg/utils"
@@ -209,7 +211,8 @@ func updatePackage(client *client.Client, pkg *fv1.Package, envName, envNamespac
 	if needToBuild || forceRebuild {
 		// change into pending state to trigger package build
 		pkg.Status = fv1.PackageStatus{
-			BuildStatus: fv1.BuildStatusPending,
+			BuildStatus:         fv1.BuildStatusPending,
+			LastUpdateTimestamp: time.Now().UTC(),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -331,20 +334,25 @@ func pkgList(c *cli.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// sort the package list by lastUpdatedTimestamp
+	sort.Slice(pkgList, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return pkgList[i].Status.LastUpdateTimestamp.After(pkgList[j].Status.LastUpdateTimestamp)
+	})
+
 	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 1, ' ', 0)
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%v\t%v\t%v\n", "NAME", "BUILD_STATUS", "ENV")
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%v\t%v\t%v\t%v\n", "NAME", "BUILD_STATUS", "ENV", "LASTUPDATEDAT")
 	if listOrphans {
 		for _, pkg := range pkgList {
 			fnList, err := getFunctionsByPackage(client, pkg.Metadata.Name, pkg.Metadata.Namespace)
 			util.CheckErr(err, fmt.Sprintf("get functions sharing package %s", pkg.Metadata.Name))
 			if len(fnList) == 0 {
-				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%v\t%v\t%v\n", pkg.Metadata.Name, pkg.Status.BuildStatus, pkg.Spec.Environment.Name)
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%v\t%v\t%v\t%v\n", pkg.Metadata.Name, pkg.Status.BuildStatus, pkg.Spec.Environment.Name, pkg.Status.LastUpdateTimestamp.Format(time.RFC3339))
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		for _, pkg := range pkgList {
-			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%v\t%v\t%v\n", pkg.Metadata.Name,
-				pkg.Status.BuildStatus, pkg.Spec.Environment.Name)
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%v\t%v\t%v\t%v\n", pkg.Metadata.Name,
+				pkg.Status.BuildStatus, pkg.Spec.Environment.Name, pkg.Status.LastUpdateTimestamp.Format(time.RFC3339))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -621,12 +629,13 @@ func createPackage(c *cli.Context, client *client.Client, pkgNamespace string, e
 		},
 		Spec: pkgSpec,
 		Status: fv1.PackageStatus{
-			BuildStatus: pkgStatus,
+			BuildStatus:         pkgStatus,
+			LastUpdateTimestamp: time.Now().UTC(),
 		},
 	}
 
 	if len(specFile) > 0 {
-		// if a package sith the same spec exists, don't create a new spec file
+		// if a package with the same spec exists, don't create a new spec file
 		fr, err := readSpecs(cmdutils.GetSpecDir(urfavecli.Parse(c)))
 		util.CheckErr(err, "read specs")
 		if m := fr.SpecExists(pkg, false, true); m != nil {