diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree.ts
index 54fabcf7def61b9c4467a8a0f4c734829e7e57f3..95bd1c3388679b67217c3f4d138ad0cef74e6d9a 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/asyncDataTree.ts
@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@ export class AsyncDataTree<TInput, T, TFilterData = void> implements IDisposable
 		await this.refreshAndRenderNode(this.getDataNode(element), recursive, ChildrenResolutionReason.Refresh, viewStateContext);
 	}
 
+	resort(element: TInput | T = this.root.element, recursive = true): void {
+		this.tree.resort(this.getDataNode(element), recursive);
+	}
+
 	hasNode(element: TInput | T): boolean {
 		return element === this.root.element || this.nodes.has(element as T);
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/dataTree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/dataTree.ts
index d0379e7b612a3da6da1e947b638b6d319e0a2dc1..15541db5ee91bd88a8fec87c4fac0f8602c4ead8 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/dataTree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/dataTree.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ export class DataTree<TInput, T, TFilterData = void> extends AbstractTree<T | nu
 		this._refresh(element);
 	}
 
+	resort(element: T | TInput = this.input!, recursive = true): void {
+		this.model.resort((element === this.input ? null : element) as T, recursive);
+	}
+
 	// View
 
 	refresh(element: T): void {
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTree.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTree.ts
index dcdbe74b15f39a05755cb04e53acc25849560c8e..16b2e56a2fbc2a8de453fc64a77f68adfc1ccded 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTree.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTree.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ export class ObjectTree<T extends NonNullable<any>, TFilterData = void> extends
 		this.model.refresh(element);
 	}
 
+	resort(element: T, recursive = true): void {
+		this.model.resort(element, recursive);
+	}
+
 	protected createModel(view: ISpliceable<ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>>, options: IObjectTreeOptions<T, TFilterData>): ITreeModel<T | null, TFilterData, T | null> {
 		return new ObjectTreeModel(view, options);
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.ts
index 7ba46c71031870021345564708e3b905562ed3a5..5a52c451aafc52cd39099f2d490186202948fc67 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class ObjectTreeModel<T extends NonNullable<any>, TFilterData extends Non
 
 	private model: IndexTreeModel<T | null, TFilterData>;
 	private nodes = new Map<T | null, ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>>();
-	private sorter?: ITreeSorter<ITreeElement<T>>;
+	private sorter?: ITreeSorter<{ element: T; }>;
 
 	readonly onDidSplice: Event<ITreeModelSpliceEvent<T | null, TFilterData>>;
 	readonly onDidChangeCollapseState: Event<ICollapseStateChangeEvent<T, TFilterData>>;
@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ export class ObjectTreeModel<T extends NonNullable<any>, TFilterData extends Non
 		onDidDeleteNode?: (node: ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>) => void
 	): Iterator<ITreeElement<T | null>> {
 		const location = this.getElementLocation(element);
+		return this._setChildren(location, this.preserveCollapseState(children), onDidCreateNode, onDidDeleteNode);
+	}
+
+	private _setChildren(
+		location: number[],
+		children: ISequence<ITreeElement<T>> | undefined,
+		onDidCreateNode?: (node: ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>) => void,
+		onDidDeleteNode?: (node: ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>) => void
+	): Iterator<ITreeElement<T | null>> {
 		const insertedElements = new Set<T | null>();
 
 		const _onDidCreateNode = (node: ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>) => {
@@ -73,13 +82,13 @@ export class ObjectTreeModel<T extends NonNullable<any>, TFilterData extends Non
 		return this.model.splice(
 			[...location, 0],
 			Number.MAX_VALUE,
-			this.preserveCollapseState(children),
+			children,
 			_onDidCreateNode,
 			_onDidDeleteNode
 		);
 	}
 
-	private preserveCollapseState(elements: ISequence<ITreeElement<T | null>> | undefined): ISequence<ITreeElement<T | null>> {
+	private preserveCollapseState(elements: ISequence<ITreeElement<T>> | undefined): ISequence<ITreeElement<T>> {
 		let iterator = elements ? getSequenceIterator(elements) : Iterator.empty<ITreeElement<T>>();
 
 		if (this.sorter) {
@@ -113,6 +122,32 @@ export class ObjectTreeModel<T extends NonNullable<any>, TFilterData extends Non
 		this.model.refresh(location);
 	}
 
+	resort(element: T | null = null, recursive = true): void {
+		if (!this.sorter) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const location = this.getElementLocation(element);
+		const node = this.model.getNode(location);
+
+		this._setChildren(location, this.resortChildren(node, recursive));
+	}
+
+	private resortChildren(node: ITreeNode<T | null, TFilterData>, recursive: boolean, first = true): ISequence<ITreeElement<T>> {
+		let childrenNodes = Iterator.fromArray(node.children as ITreeNode<T, TFilterData>[]);
+
+		if (recursive || first) {
+			childrenNodes = Iterator.fromArray(Iterator.collect(childrenNodes).sort(this.sorter!.compare.bind(this.sorter)));
+		}
+
+		return Iterator.map<ITreeNode<T | null, TFilterData>, ITreeElement<T>>(childrenNodes, node => ({
+			element: node.element as T,
+			collapsible: node.collapsible,
+			collapsed: node.collapsed,
+			children: this.resortChildren(node, recursive, false)
+		}));
+	}
+
 	getParentElement(ref: T | null = null): T | null {
 		const location = this.getElementLocation(ref);
 		return this.model.getParentElement(location);
diff --git a/src/vs/base/test/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.test.ts b/src/vs/base/test/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.test.ts
index 59d0c0ef70f037c3d154dfc1ffc391f957753a8c..30cc43986a316d491a1c32ff77216d69aa8a945c 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/test/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/test/browser/ui/tree/objectTreeModel.test.ts
@@ -183,4 +183,41 @@ suite('ObjectTreeModel', function () {
 		model.setChildren(null, data);
 		assert.deepEqual(toArray(list), ['airplanes', 'jet', 'passenger', 'bicycles', 'dutch', 'electric', 'mountain', 'cars', 'compact', 'convertible', 'sedan']);
 	});
+
+	test('resort', () => {
+		let compare: (a: string, b: string) => number = () => 0;
+
+		const list: ITreeNode<string>[] = [];
+		const model = new ObjectTreeModel<string>(toSpliceable(list), { sorter: { compare(a, b) { return compare(a, b); } } });
+		const data = [
+			{ element: 'cars', children: [{ element: 'sedan' }, { element: 'convertible' }, { element: 'compact' }] },
+			{ element: 'airplanes', children: [{ element: 'passenger' }, { element: 'jet' }] },
+			{ element: 'bicycles', children: [{ element: 'dutch' }, { element: 'mountain' }, { element: 'electric' }] },
+		];
+
+		model.setChildren(null, data);
+		assert.deepEqual(toArray(list), ['cars', 'sedan', 'convertible', 'compact', 'airplanes', 'passenger', 'jet', 'bicycles', 'dutch', 'mountain', 'electric']);
+
+		// lexicographical
+		compare = (a, b) => a < b ? -1 : 1;
+
+		// non-recursive
+		model.resort(null, false);
+		assert.deepEqual(toArray(list), ['airplanes', 'passenger', 'jet', 'bicycles', 'dutch', 'mountain', 'electric', 'cars', 'sedan', 'convertible', 'compact']);
+
+		// recursive
+		model.resort();
+		assert.deepEqual(toArray(list), ['airplanes', 'jet', 'passenger', 'bicycles', 'dutch', 'electric', 'mountain', 'cars', 'compact', 'convertible', 'sedan']);
+
+		// reverse
+		compare = (a, b) => a < b ? 1 : -1;
+
+		// scoped
+		model.resort('cars');
+		assert.deepEqual(toArray(list), ['airplanes', 'jet', 'passenger', 'bicycles', 'dutch', 'electric', 'mountain', 'cars', 'sedan', 'convertible', 'compact']);
+
+		// recursive
+		model.resort();
+		assert.deepEqual(toArray(list), ['cars', 'sedan', 'convertible', 'compact', 'bicycles', 'mountain', 'electric', 'dutch', 'airplanes', 'passenger', 'jet']);
+	});
 });
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