diff --git a/support/scripts/pkg-stats b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
index 1956941f37..95a8afc45e 100755
--- a/support/scripts/pkg-stats
+++ b/support/scripts/pkg-stats
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #
 
 echo "<head>
+<script src=\"https://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/sorttable.js\"></script>
 <style type=\"text/css\">
 table {
   width: 100%;
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ td.lotsofpatches {
 
 <a href=\"#results\">Results</a><br/>
 
-<table>
+<p id=\"sortable_hint\"></p>
+
+<table class=\"sortable\">
 <tr>
 <td>Id</td>
 <td>Package</td>
@@ -428,4 +431,12 @@ echo "</table>"
 echo "<hr/>"
 echo "<i>Updated on $(LANG=C date), Git commit $(git log master -n 1 --pretty=format:%H)</i>"
 echo "</body>"
+
+echo "<script>
+if (typeof sorttable === \"object\") {
+  document.getElementById(\"sortable_hint\").innerHTML =
+  \"hint: the table can be sorted by clicking the column headers\"
+}
+</script>
+"
 echo "</html>"
