diff --git a/draftlogs/7873_add.md b/draftlogs/7873_add.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d3f15fb475b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draftlogs/7873_add.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ - Add `sort` option to Sankey links and nodes [[#7873](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/7873)], with thanks to @adamreeve for the contribution!
diff --git a/src/traces/sankey/attributes.js b/src/traces/sankey/attributes.js
index a2ee49f0083..ab1bae7acac 100644
--- a/src/traces/sankey/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/sankey/attributes.js
@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@ var attrs = (module.exports = overrideAll(
                 dflt: 'justify',
                 description: 'Sets the alignment method used to position the nodes along the horizontal axis.'
             },
+            sort: {
+                valType: 'enumerated',
+                values: ['auto', 'input'],
+                dflt: 'auto',
+                description: [
+                    'For `auto` (the default), the vertical order of nodes will be determined automatically by the layout.',
+                    'For `input`, the vertical order of nodes is kept the same as the order in the input array.'
+                ].join(' ')
+            },
             description: 'The nodes of the Sankey plot.'
         },
 
@@ -283,6 +292,15 @@ var attrs = (module.exports = overrideAll(
                     ]
                 })
             }),
+            sort: {
+                valType: 'enumerated',
+                values: ['auto', 'input'],
+                dflt: 'auto',
+                description: [
+                    'For `auto` (the default), the order of links attached to each node is determined automatically by the layout.',
+                    'For `input`, the order of links at each node is kept the same as the order in the input array.'
+                ].join(' ')
+            },
             description: 'The links of the Sankey plot.'
         }
     },
diff --git a/src/traces/sankey/defaults.js b/src/traces/sankey/defaults.js
index 4f6eb92d1c4..118b58db30f 100644
--- a/src/traces/sankey/defaults.js
+++ b/src/traces/sankey/defaults.js
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ module.exports = function supplyDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, defaultColor, layout
     handleHoverLabelDefaults(nodeIn, nodeOut, coerceNode, hoverlabelDefault);
     coerceNode('hovertemplate');
     coerceNode('align');
+    coerceNode('sort');
 
     var colors = layout.colorway;
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ module.exports = function supplyDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, defaultColor, layout
     coerceLink('hoverinfo', traceIn.hoverinfo);
     handleHoverLabelDefaults(linkIn, linkOut, coerceLink, hoverlabelDefault);
     coerceLink('hovertemplate');
+    coerceLink('sort');
 
     var darkBG = Color.color(layout.paper_bgcolor).luminosity() < 0.333;
     var defaultLinkColor = darkBG ? 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)' : 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2)';
diff --git a/src/traces/sankey/render.js b/src/traces/sankey/render.js
index ab00a51223e..5f31b5d1d20 100644
--- a/src/traces/sankey/render.js
+++ b/src/traces/sankey/render.js
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ function sankeyModel(layout, d, traceIndex) {
       .nodes(nodes)
       .links(links);
 
+    function applyInputSort(type) {
+        if (trace[type].sort === 'input') {
+            if (circular) {
+                Lib.warn(
+                    `Circular Sankey diagrams do not support the "input" ${type}.sort mode; falling back to the default sort.`
+                );
+            } else {
+                // Passing null maintains the input order
+                sankey[`${type}Sort`](null);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    applyInputSort('link');
+    applyInputSort('node');
+
     var graph = sankey();
 
     if(sankey.nodePadding() < nodePad) {
diff --git a/src/types/generated/schema.d.ts b/src/types/generated/schema.d.ts
index 15fae6cbd87..438111a4905 100644
--- a/src/types/generated/schema.d.ts
+++ b/src/types/generated/schema.d.ts
@@ -6775,6 +6775,11 @@ export interface SankeyData {
          */
         label?: Datum[] | Datum[][] | TypedArray;
         line?: _internal.Line;
+        /**
+         * For `auto` (the default), the order of links attached to each node is determined automatically by the layout. For `input`, the order of links at each node is kept the same as the order in the input array.
+         * @default 'auto'
+         */
+        sort?: 'auto' | 'input';
         /**
          * An integer number `[0..nodes.length - 1]` that represents the source node.
          * @default []
@@ -6837,6 +6842,11 @@ export interface SankeyData {
          * Minimum: 0
          */
         pad?: number;
+        /**
+         * For `auto` (the default), the vertical order of nodes will be determined automatically by the layout. For `input`, the vertical order of nodes is kept the same as the order in the input array.
+         * @default 'auto'
+         */
+        sort?: 'auto' | 'input';
         /**
          * Sets the thickness (in px) of the `nodes`.
          * @default 20
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/sankey_input_link_sort.png b/test/image/baselines/sankey_input_link_sort.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccc84ee06e7
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diff --git a/test/image/baselines/sankey_input_node_sort.png b/test/image/baselines/sankey_input_node_sort.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fe38577814
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diff --git a/test/image/mocks/sankey_input_link_sort.json b/test/image/mocks/sankey_input_link_sort.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae1682daecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/sankey_input_link_sort.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "type": "sankey",
+      "node": {
+        "label": ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5"],
+        "align": "center",
+        "color": "gray"
+      },
+      "link": {
+        "source": [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 4],
+        "target": [1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 5],
+        "value": [1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1],
+        "color": [
+          "rgba(230, 25, 75, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(255, 165, 0, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(60, 180, 75, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(0, 130, 200, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(145, 30, 180, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.6)"
+        ],
+        "sort": "input"
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "layout": {
+    "title": { "text": "Sankey with link ordering matching the input array" },
+    "width": 800,
+    "height": 800
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/sankey_input_node_sort.json b/test/image/mocks/sankey_input_node_sort.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d3fd9a198a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/sankey_input_node_sort.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "type": "sankey",
+      "node": {
+        "label": ["0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5"],
+        "align": "center",
+        "color": "gray",
+        "sort": "input"
+      },
+      "link": {
+        "source": [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 4],
+        "target": [1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 5],
+        "value": [1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1],
+        "color": [
+          "rgba(230, 25, 75, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(255, 165, 0, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(60, 180, 75, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(0, 130, 200, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(145, 30, 180, 0.6)",
+          "rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.6)"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "layout": {
+    "title": { "text": "Sankey with vertical node ordering matching the input array" },
+    "width": 800,
+    "height": 800
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/sankey_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/sankey_test.js
index d9bd928148c..1d326af1399 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/sankey_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/sankey_test.js
@@ -501,6 +501,48 @@ describe('sankey tests', function () {
                 .then(done, done.fail);
         });
 
+        it('falls back to the default sort for circular Sankey with node.sort set', (done) => {
+            const warnings = [];
+            spyOn(Lib, 'warn').and.callFake((msg) => {
+                warnings.push(msg);
+            });
+
+            const mockCircularCopy = Lib.extendDeep({}, mockCircular);
+            mockCircularCopy.data[0].node.sort = 'input';
+
+            Plotly.newPlot(gd, mockCircularCopy)
+                .then(() => {
+                    // The plot renders successfully
+                    expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].circular).toBe(true);
+                    expect(d3SelectAll('.sankey .node-rect').size()).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+                    // An warning is logged about the fallback
+                    expect(warnings.length).toBe(1);
+                })
+                .then(done, done.fail);
+        });
+
+        it('falls back to the default sort for circular Sankey with link.sort set', (done) => {
+            const warnings = [];
+            spyOn(Lib, 'warn').and.callFake((msg) => {
+                warnings.push(msg);
+            });
+
+            const mockCircularCopy = Lib.extendDeep({}, mockCircular);
+            mockCircularCopy.data[0].link.sort = 'input';
+
+            Plotly.newPlot(gd, mockCircularCopy)
+                .then(() => {
+                    // The plot renders successfully
+                    expect(gd.calcdata[0][0].circular).toBe(true);
+                    expect(d3SelectAll('.sankey .sankey-link').size()).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+
+                    // A warning is logged about the fallback
+                    expect(warnings.length).toBe(1);
+                })
+                .then(done, done.fail);
+        });
+
         it('can create groups, restyle groups and properly update DOM', function (done) {
             var mockCircularCopy = Lib.extendDeep({}, mockCircular);
             var firstGroup = [
diff --git a/test/plot-schema.json b/test/plot-schema.json
index 6156b2ef890..bc9fbf9abe3 100644
--- a/test/plot-schema.json
+++ b/test/plot-schema.json
@@ -50476,6 +50476,16 @@
             }
           },
           "role": "object",
+          "sort": {
+            "description": "For `auto` (the default), the order of links attached to each node is determined automatically by the layout. For `input`, the order of links at each node is kept the same as the order in the input array.",
+            "dflt": "auto",
+            "editType": "calc",
+            "valType": "enumerated",
+            "values": [
+              "auto",
+              "input"
+            ]
+          },
           "source": {
             "description": "An integer number `[0..nodes.length - 1]` that represents the source node.",
             "dflt": [],
@@ -50746,6 +50756,16 @@
             "valType": "number"
           },
           "role": "object",
+          "sort": {
+            "description": "For `auto` (the default), the vertical order of nodes will be determined automatically by the layout. For `input`, the vertical order of nodes is kept the same as the order in the input array.",
+            "dflt": "auto",
+            "editType": "calc",
+            "valType": "enumerated",
+            "values": [
+              "auto",
+              "input"
+            ]
+          },
           "thickness": {
             "arrayOk": false,
             "description": "Sets the thickness (in px) of the `nodes`.",