diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79d4ae61b..5c693ad82 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 ### New features
 
-* Add `related-files-fn` option to use custom function to find test/impl/other files.
+* Add `path-length` and `custom-method` files sorting options
+* Add `related-files-fn` option to use custom function to find test/impl/other files
 * [#1019](https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile/issues/1019): Jump to a test named the same way but in a different directory.
 * [#982](https://github.com/bbatsov/projectile/issues/982): Add heuristic for projectile-find-matching-test.
 * Support a list of functions for `related-files-fn` options and helper functions.
diff --git a/doc/configuration.md b/doc/configuration.md
index 5c9216a27..fff20109f 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.md
+++ b/doc/configuration.md
@@ -124,6 +124,22 @@ To sort files by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_times#Access_time_(a
 (setq projectile-sort-order 'access-time)
 ```
 
+To sort files by the length of the file path:
+
+```el
+(setq projectile-sort-order 'path-length)
+```
+
+To sort files by a user-defined method:
+
+```el
+;; passed to PREDICATE of cl-sort
+(defun my-custom-sort-method (file1 file2)
+  (< (length file1) (length file2)))
+
+(setq projectile-sort-custom-method 'my-custom-sort-method)
+(setq projectile-sort-order 'custom-method)
+```
 
 ## Caching
 
diff --git a/projectile.el b/projectile.el
index 62f989ee4..b1c1e9245 100644
--- a/projectile.el
+++ b/projectile.el
@@ -251,7 +251,17 @@ is set to 'alien'."
           (const :tag "Recently opened files" recentf)
           (const :tag "Recently active buffers, then recently opened files" recently-active)
           (const :tag "Access time (atime)" access-time)
-          (const :tag "Modification time (mtime)" modification-time)))
+          (const :tag "Modification time (mtime)" modification-time)
+          (const :tag "Path length" path-length)
+          (const :tag "Custom method" custom-method))
+  :package-version '(projectile . "2.1.0")))
+
+(defcustom projectile-sort-custom-method nil
+  "The sort method to use for custom sorting.
+
+This should be the name of a predicate method usable by `cl-sort'"
+  :group 'projectile
+  :type 'symbol)
 
 (defcustom projectile-verbose t
   "Echo messages that are not errors."
@@ -2173,7 +2183,9 @@ With a prefix arg INVALIDATE-CACHE invalidates the cache first."
     (recentf (projectile-sort-by-recentf-first files))
     (recently-active (projectile-sort-by-recently-active-first files))
     (modification-time (projectile-sort-by-modification-time files))
-    (access-time (projectile-sort-by-access-time files))))
+    (access-time (projectile-sort-by-access-time files))
+    (path-length (projectile-sort-by-path-length files))
+    (custom-method (projectile-sort-by-custom-method files))))
 
 (defun projectile-sort-by-recentf-first (files)
   "Sort FILES by a recent first scheme."
@@ -2207,6 +2219,23 @@ With a prefix arg INVALIDATE-CACHE invalidates the cache first."
              (file2-atime (nth 4 (file-attributes file2))))
          (not (time-less-p file1-atime file2-atime)))))))
 
+(defun projectile-sort-by-path-length (files)
+  "Sort FILES by path length."
+  (let ((default-directory (projectile-project-root)))
+    (cl-sort
+     (copy-sequence files)
+     (lambda (file1 file2)
+       (let ((path-len1 (length file1))
+             (path-len2 (length file2)))
+         (< path-len1 path-len2))))))
+
+(defun projectile-sort-by-custom-method (files)
+  "Sort FILES by custom method."
+  (let ((default-directory (projectile-project-root)))
+    (cl-sort
+     (copy-sequence files)
+     projectile-sort-custom-method)))
+
 
 ;;;; Find directory in project functionality
 (defun projectile--find-dir (invalidate-cache &optional dired-variant)