diff --git a/dissect/target/tools/fs.py b/dissect/target/tools/fs.py
index 625d486233..2ca728434b 100644
--- a/dissect/target/tools/fs.py
+++ b/dissect/target/tools/fs.py
@@ -38,15 +38,17 @@ def ls(t: Target, path: TargetPath, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     use_colors = sys.stdout.buffer.isatty()
 
     print_ls(
-        path,
-        0,
-        sys.stdout,
-        args.l,
-        args.human_readable,
-        args.recursive,
-        args.use_ctime,
-        args.use_atime,
-        use_colors,
+        path=path,
+        depth=0,
+        stdout=sys.stdout,
+        long_listing=args.l,
+        human_readable=args.human_readable,
+        recursive=args.recursive,
+        use_ctime=args.use_ctime,
+        use_atime=args.use_atime,
+        sort_by_time=args.sort_by_time,
+        reverse_sort=args.reverse_sort,
+        color=use_colors,
     )
 
 
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ def main() -> int:
         "-c", action="store_true", dest="use_ctime", help="show time when file status was last changed"
     )
     parser_ls.add_argument("-u", action="store_true", dest="use_atime", help="show time of last access")
+    parser_ls.add_argument("-t", action="store_true", dest="sort_by_time", help="sort by time (newest first)")
+    parser_ls.add_argument("-r", action="store_true", dest="reverse_sort", help="reverse the sort order")
     parser_ls.set_defaults(handler=ls)
 
     parser_cat = subparsers.add_parser("cat", help="dump file contents", parents=[baseparser])
diff --git a/dissect/target/tools/shell.py b/dissect/target/tools/shell.py
index 6b029e55a8..d52e20f269 100644
--- a/dissect/target/tools/shell.py
+++ b/dissect/target/tools/shell.py
@@ -652,12 +652,12 @@ def completedefault(self, text: str, line: str, begidx: int, endidx: int) -> lis
         textlower = text.lower()
 
         suggestions = []
-        for fpath, fname in ls_scandir(path):
-            if not fname.lower().startswith(textlower):
+        for entry in ls_scandir(path):
+            if not entry.name.lower().startswith(textlower):
                 continue
 
             # Add a trailing slash to directories, to allow for easier traversal of the filesystem
-            suggestion = f"{fname}/" if fpath.is_dir() else fname
+            suggestion = f"{entry.name}/" if entry.path.is_dir() else entry.name
             suggestions.append(suggestion)
         return suggestions
 
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ def do_reload(self, line: str) -> bool:
     @arg("-R", "--recursive", action="store_true", help="recursively list subdirectories encountered")
     @arg("-c", action="store_true", dest="use_ctime", help="show time when file status was last changed")
     @arg("-u", action="store_true", dest="use_atime", help="show time of last access")
+    @arg("-t", action="store_true", dest="sort_by_time", help="sort by time, newest first")
+    @arg("-r", action="store_true", dest="reverse_sort", help="reverse sort order")
     @alias("l")
     @alias("dir")
     def cmd_ls(self, args: argparse.Namespace, stdout: TextIO) -> bool:
@@ -819,14 +821,16 @@ def cmd_ls(self, args: argparse.Namespace, stdout: TextIO) -> bool:
             use_color = False
 
         print_ls(
-            path,
-            0,
-            stdout,
-            args.l,
-            args.human_readable,
-            args.recursive,
-            args.use_ctime,
-            args.use_atime,
+            path=path,
+            depth=0,
+            stdout=stdout,
+            long_listing=args.l,
+            human_readable=args.human_readable,
+            recursive=args.recursive,
+            use_ctime=args.use_ctime,
+            use_atime=args.use_atime,
+            sort_by_time=args.sort_by_time,
+            reverse_sort=args.reverse_sort,
             color=use_color,
         )
         return False
diff --git a/dissect/target/tools/utils/fs.py b/dissect/target/tools/utils/fs.py
index 68bb32ca73..d4715f3438 100644
--- a/dissect/target/tools/utils/fs.py
+++ b/dissect/target/tools/utils/fs.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import stat
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TextIO
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, NamedTuple, TextIO
 
 from dissect.target.exceptions import FileNotFoundError
 from dissect.target.filesystem import FilesystemEntry, LayerFilesystemEntry
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@
 
     from dissect.target.helpers.fsutil import TargetPath
 
+
+class ScanDirEntry(NamedTuple):
+    path: TargetPath
+    name: str
+    entry: FilesystemEntry | None = None
+    lstat: fsutil.stat_result | None = None
+
+
 # ['mode', 'addr', 'dev', 'nlink', 'uid', 'gid', 'size', 'atime', 'mtime', 'ctime']
 STAT_TEMPLATE = """  File: {path} {symlink}
   Size: {size}       Blocks: {blocks}    IO Block: {blksize}     {filetype}
@@ -106,7 +114,7 @@ def print_extensive_file_stat_listing(
     print(f"??????????    ?    ?{regular_spaces}?{hr_spaces}????-??-??T??:??:??.??????+??:?? {name}", file=stdout)
 
 
-def ls_scandir(path: fsutil.TargetPath, color: bool = False) -> list[tuple[fsutil.TargetPath, str]]:
+def ls_scandir(path: fsutil.TargetPath, *, color: bool = False) -> list[ScanDirEntry]:
     """List a directory for the given path."""
     result = []
     if not path.exists() or not path.is_dir():
@@ -122,7 +130,14 @@ def ls_scandir(path: fsutil.TargetPath, color: bool = False) -> list[tuple[fsuti
             elif file_.is_file():
                 file_type = "fi"
 
-        result.append((file_, fmt_ls_colors(file_type, file_.name) if color else file_.name))
+        result.append(
+            ScanDirEntry(
+                file_,
+                fmt_ls_colors(file_type, file_.name) if color else file_.name,
+                file_.get(),
+                file_.lstat(),
+            )
+        )
 
         # If we happen to scan an NTFS filesystem see if any of the
         # entries has an alternative data stream and also list them.
@@ -132,14 +147,22 @@ def ls_scandir(path: fsutil.TargetPath, color: bool = False) -> list[tuple[fsuti
             for data_stream in attrs.DATA:
                 if data_stream.name != "":
                     name = f"{file_.name}:{data_stream.name}"
-                    result.append((file_, fmt_ls_colors(file_type, name) if color else name))
+                    result.append(
+                        ScanDirEntry(
+                            file_,
+                            fmt_ls_colors(file_type, name) if color else name,
+                            file_.get(),
+                            file_.lstat(),
+                        )
+                    )
 
-    result.sort(key=lambda e: e[0].name)
+    result.sort(key=lambda e: e.name)
 
     return result
 
 
 def print_ls(
+    *,
     path: fsutil.TargetPath,
     depth: int,
     stdout: TextIO,
@@ -148,46 +171,76 @@ def print_ls(
     recursive: bool = False,
     use_ctime: bool = False,
     use_atime: bool = False,
+    sort_by_time: bool = False,
+    reverse_sort: bool = False,
     color: bool = True,
 ) -> None:
     """Print ls output."""
     subdirs = []
 
     if path.is_dir():
-        contents = ls_scandir(path, color)
-    elif path.is_file():
-        contents = [(path, path.name)]
+        contents = ls_scandir(path, color=color)
+    else:
+        contents = [ScanDirEntry(path, path.name, path.get(), path.lstat())]
+
+    if sort_by_time:
+
+        def sort_key(e: ScanDirEntry) -> tuple[float, str]:
+            try:
+                show_time = e.lstat.st_mtime
+                if use_ctime:
+                    show_time = e.lstat.st_ctime
+                elif use_atime:
+                    show_time = e.lstat.st_atime
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                show_time = 0
+            return show_time, e.name
+
+        contents.sort(key=sort_key, reverse=True)
+
+    if reverse_sort:
+        contents.reverse()
 
     if depth > 0:
         print(f"\n{path!s}:", file=stdout)
 
     if not long_listing:
-        for target_path, name in contents:
-            print(name, file=stdout)
-            if not target_path.is_symlink() and target_path.is_dir():
-                subdirs.append(target_path)
+        for entry in contents:
+            print(entry.name, file=stdout)
+            if not entry.path.is_symlink() and entry.path.is_dir():
+                subdirs.append(entry.path)
     else:
         if len(contents) > 1:
             print(f"total {len(contents)}", file=stdout)
-        for target_path, name in contents:
+        for entry in contents:
             try:
-                entry = target_path.get()
-                entry_stat = entry.lstat()
-                show_time = entry_stat.st_mtime
+                show_time = entry.lstat.st_mtime
                 if use_ctime:
-                    show_time = entry_stat.st_ctime
+                    show_time = entry.lstat.st_ctime
                 elif use_atime:
-                    show_time = entry_stat.st_atime
+                    show_time = entry.lstat.st_atime
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 entry = None
                 show_time = None
-            print_extensive_file_stat_listing(stdout, name, entry, show_time, human_readable)
-            if target_path.is_dir():
-                subdirs.append(target_path)
+            print_extensive_file_stat_listing(stdout, entry.name, entry.entry, show_time, human_readable)
+            if entry.path.is_dir():
+                subdirs.append(entry.path)
 
     if recursive and subdirs:
         for subdir in subdirs:
-            print_ls(subdir, depth + 1, stdout, long_listing, human_readable, recursive, use_ctime, use_atime, color)
+            print_ls(
+                path=subdir,
+                depth=depth + 1,
+                stdout=stdout,
+                long_listing=long_listing,
+                human_readable=human_readable,
+                recursive=recursive,
+                use_ctime=use_ctime,
+                use_atime=use_atime,
+                reverse_sort=reverse_sort,
+                sort_by_time=sort_by_time,
+                color=color,
+            )
 
 
 def print_stat(path: fsutil.TargetPath, stdout: TextIO, dereference: bool = False) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_shell.py b/tests/tools/test_shell.py
index 3df670478a..a2abfc8988 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_shell.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_shell.py
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ def test_targetcli_autocomplete(target_bare: Target, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyP
     subfile_name = "subfile"
     subpath_mismatch = "mismatch"
 
-    def dummy_scandir(path: TargetPath) -> list[tuple[TargetPath | None, str]]:
+    def dummy_scandir(path: TargetPath) -> list[fs.ScanDirEntry]:
         assert str(path) == base_path
         return [
-            (mock_subfolder, subfolder_name),
-            (mock_subfile, subfile_name),
-            (None, subpath_mismatch),
+            fs.ScanDirEntry(mock_subfolder, subfolder_name),
+            fs.ScanDirEntry(mock_subfile, subfile_name),
+            fs.ScanDirEntry(None, subpath_mismatch),
         ]
 
     monkeypatch.setattr("dissect.target.tools.shell.ls_scandir", dummy_scandir)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 093c597bba..7186b1f1b9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ commands =
 package = skip
 dependency_groups = lint
 commands =
-    ruff check --fix dissect tests
     ruff format dissect tests
+    ruff check --fix dissect tests
 
 [testenv:lint]
 package = skip