diff --git a/src/CommandLineUtils/HelpText/DefaultHelpTextGenerator.cs b/src/CommandLineUtils/HelpText/DefaultHelpTextGenerator.cs
index 5f758483..cd489622 100644
--- a/src/CommandLineUtils/HelpText/DefaultHelpTextGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/CommandLineUtils/HelpText/DefaultHelpTextGenerator.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ public class DefaultHelpTextGenerator : IHelpTextGenerator
         /// </summary>
         protected DefaultHelpTextGenerator() { }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Determines if commands are ordered by name in generated help text
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool SortCommandsByName { get; set; } = true;
+
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public virtual void Generate(CommandLineApplication application, TextWriter output)
         {
@@ -215,7 +220,10 @@ protected virtual void GenerateCommands(
 
                 var newLineWithMessagePadding = Environment.NewLine + new string(' ', firstColumnWidth + 2);
 
-                foreach (var cmd in visibleCommands.OrderBy(c => c.Name))
+                var orderedCommands = SortCommandsByName
+                    ? visibleCommands.OrderBy(c => c.Name).ToList()
+                    : visibleCommands;
+                foreach (var cmd in orderedCommands)
                 {
                     var message = string.Format(outputFormat, cmd.Name, cmd.Description);
                     message = message.Replace(Environment.NewLine, newLineWithMessagePadding);
diff --git a/test/CommandLineUtils.Tests/DefaultHelpTextGeneratorTests.cs b/test/CommandLineUtils.Tests/DefaultHelpTextGeneratorTests.cs
index 174f5b66..b908fb7a 100644
--- a/test/CommandLineUtils.Tests/DefaultHelpTextGeneratorTests.cs
+++ b/test/CommandLineUtils.Tests/DefaultHelpTextGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Nate McMaster.
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
 
+using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.HelpText;
@@ -37,5 +38,40 @@ public void ItListOptions()
             Assert.Contains("--option <OPTION>", helpText);
             Assert.DoesNotContain("-|--option <OPTION>", helpText);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void OrderCommandsByName()
+        {
+            var app = new CommandLineApplication<EmptyShortName>();
+            app.Conventions.UseDefaultConventions();
+            app.Command("b", null);
+            app.Command("a", null);
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+            DefaultHelpTextGenerator.Singleton.Generate(app, new StringWriter(sb));
+            var helpText = sb.ToString();
+            _output.WriteLine(helpText);
+
+            int indexOfA = helpText.IndexOf("  a", StringComparison.InvariantCulture);
+            int indexOfB = helpText.IndexOf("  b", StringComparison.InvariantCulture);
+            Assert.True(indexOfA < indexOfB);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DontOrderCommandsByName()
+        {
+            DefaultHelpTextGenerator.Singleton.SortCommandsByName = false;
+            var app = new CommandLineApplication<EmptyShortName>();
+            app.Conventions.UseDefaultConventions();
+            app.Command("b", null);
+            app.Command("a", null);
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+            DefaultHelpTextGenerator.Singleton.Generate(app, new StringWriter(sb));
+            var helpText = sb.ToString();
+            _output.WriteLine(helpText);
+
+            int indexOfA = helpText.IndexOf("  a", StringComparison.InvariantCulture);
+            int indexOfB = helpText.IndexOf("  b", StringComparison.InvariantCulture);
+            Assert.True(indexOfA > indexOfB);
+        }
     }
 }