diff --git a/docs/Config.md b/docs/Config.md
index 2f1f57ecc23..38bc2cde01b 100644
--- a/docs/Config.md
+++ b/docs/Config.md
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ git:
   fetchAll: true # Pass --all flag when running git fetch. Set to false to fetch only origin (or the current branch's upstream remote if there is one)
   branchLogCmd: 'git log --graph --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --pretty=medium {{branchName}} --'
   allBranchesLogCmd: 'git log --graph --all --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative  --pretty=medium'
+  remoteBranchOrder: 'alphabetical' # one of: 'alphabetical' | 'lastCommit'
   overrideGpg: false # prevents lazygit from spawning a separate process when using GPG
   disableForcePushing: false
   parseEmoji: false
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/remote_loader.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/remote_loader.go
index 6551ecb25cf..8a06aa7e61f 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/remote_loader.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/remote_loader.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package git_commands
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -83,7 +84,20 @@ func (self *RemoteLoader) GetRemotes() ([]*models.Remote, error) {
 func (self *RemoteLoader) getRemoteBranchesByRemoteName() (map[string][]*models.RemoteBranch, error) {
 	remoteBranchesByRemoteName := make(map[string][]*models.RemoteBranch)
 
-	cmdArgs := NewGitCmd("branch").Arg("-r").ToArgv()
+	sortOrder := "refname"
+	switch self.UserConfig.Git.RemoteBranchOrder {
+	case "alphabetical":
+		sortOrder = "refname"
+	case "lastCommit":
+		sortOrder = "-authordate"
+	}
+
+	cmdArgs := NewGitCmd("for-each-ref").
+		Arg(fmt.Sprintf("--sort=%s", sortOrder)).
+		Arg("--format=%(refname:short)").
+		Arg("refs/remotes").
+		ToArgv()
+
 	err := self.cmd.New(cmdArgs).DontLog().RunAndProcessLines(func(line string) (bool, error) {
 		// excluding lines like 'origin/HEAD -> origin/master' (there will be a separate
 		// line for 'origin/master')
diff --git a/pkg/config/user_config.go b/pkg/config/user_config.go
index 70b81accad7..86deb4e7b6c 100644
--- a/pkg/config/user_config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/user_config.go
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ type GitConfig struct {
 	BranchLogCmd string `yaml:"branchLogCmd"`
 	// Command used to display git log of all branches in the main window
 	AllBranchesLogCmd string `yaml:"allBranchesLogCmd"`
+	// One of: 'alphabetical' (default) | 'lastCommit'
+	RemoteBranchOrder string `yaml:"remoteBranchOrder" jsonschema:"enum=alphabetical,enum=lastCommit"`
 	// If true, do not spawn a separate process when using GPG
 	OverrideGpg bool `yaml:"overrideGpg"`
 	// If true, do not allow force pushes
@@ -663,6 +665,7 @@ func GetDefaultConfig() *UserConfig {
 			FetchAll:            true,
 			BranchLogCmd:        "git log --graph --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative --pretty=medium {{branchName}} --",
 			AllBranchesLogCmd:   "git log --graph --all --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative  --pretty=medium",
+			RemoteBranchOrder:   "alphabetical",
 			DisableForcePushing: false,
 			CommitPrefixes:      map[string]CommitPrefixConfig(nil),
 			ParseEmoji:          false,
diff --git a/schema/config.json b/schema/config.json
index 51b7439cb62..fd3777d8810 100644
--- a/schema/config.json
+++ b/schema/config.json
@@ -473,6 +473,15 @@
           "description": "Command used to display git log of all branches in the main window",
           "default": "git log --graph --all --color=always --abbrev-commit --decorate --date=relative  --pretty=medium"
         },
+        "remoteBranchOrder": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "enum": [
+            "alphabetical",
+            "lastCommit"
+          ],
+          "description": "One of: 'alphabetical' (default) | 'lastCommit'",
+          "default": "alphabetical"
+        },
         "overrideGpg": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "description": "If true, do not spawn a separate process when using GPG"