diff --git a/Documentation/TODO b/Documentation/TODO
index defca5a0d..1993422c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/TODO
+++ b/Documentation/TODO
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ lscpu
 
 lsblk
 -----
-  - (!) add --tree to force tree output for operations like --sort where the
-    --list is enabled by default.
-
   - currently it does not show mountpoint for all devices in btrfs RAID. It's because
     /proc/#/mountinfo contains reference to the one device only. Maybe we can add some
     btrfs specific code to provide a better output for FS based stacks. Not sure.
diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk.8 b/misc-utils/lsblk.8
index d9fc1c0c2..8485e99d7 100644
--- a/misc-utils/lsblk.8
+++ b/misc-utils/lsblk.8
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ This option is equivalent to
 Display version information and exit.
 .TP
 .BR \-x , " \-\-sort " \fIcolumn\fP
-Sort output lines by \fIcolumn\fP. This option enables \fB\-\-list\fR output.
+Sort output lines by \fIcolumn\fP. This option enables \fB\-\-list\fR output format by default.
+It is possible to use the option \fI\-\-tree\fP to force tree-like output and
+than the tree branches are sorted by the \fIcolumn\fP.
 .SH NOTES
 For partitions, some information (e.g. queue attributes) is inherited from the
 parent device.
diff --git a/misc-utils/lsblk.c b/misc-utils/lsblk.c
index 79077af07..1e8108290 100644
--- a/misc-utils/lsblk.c
+++ b/misc-utils/lsblk.c
@@ -1644,6 +1644,7 @@ static void __attribute__((__noreturn__)) help(FILE *out)
 	fputs(_(" -I, --include <list> show only devices with specified major numbers\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -J, --json           use JSON output format\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -l, --list           use list format output\n"), out);
+	fputs(_(" -T, --tree           use tree format output\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -m, --perms          output info about permissions\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -n, --noheadings     don't print headings\n"), out);
 	fputs(_(" -o, --output <list>  output columns\n"), out);
@@ -1682,6 +1683,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int c, status = EXIT_FAILURE;
 	char *outarg = NULL;
 	size_t i;
+	int force_tree = 0;
 
 	static const struct option longopts[] = {
 		{ "all",	no_argument,       NULL, 'a' },
@@ -1707,6 +1709,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{ "pairs",      no_argument,       NULL, 'P' },
 		{ "scsi",       no_argument,       NULL, 'S' },
 		{ "sort",	required_argument, NULL, 'x' },
+		{ "tree",       no_argument,       NULL, 'T' },
 		{ "version",    no_argument,       NULL, 'V' },
 		{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0 },
 	};
@@ -1719,7 +1722,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{ 'O','f' },
 		{ 'O','m' },
 		{ 'O','t' },
-		{ 'P','l','r' },
+		{ 'P','T', 'l','r' },
 		{ 0 }
 	};
 	int excl_st[ARRAY_SIZE(excl)] = UL_EXCL_STATUS_INIT;
@@ -1734,7 +1737,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	lsblk_init_debug();
 
 	while((c = getopt_long(argc, argv,
-			       "abdDze:fhJlnmo:OpPiI:rstVSx:", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
+			       "abdDze:fhJlnmo:OpPiI:rstVSTx:", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
 
 		err_exclusive_options(c, longopts, excl, excl_st);
 
@@ -1839,6 +1842,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			add_uniq_column(COL_REV);
 			add_uniq_column(COL_TRANSPORT);
 			break;
+		case 'T':
+			force_tree = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'V':
 			printf(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION);
 			return EXIT_SUCCESS;
@@ -1853,6 +1859,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (force_tree)
+		lsblk->flags |= LSBLK_TREE;
+
 	check_sysdevblock();
 
 	if (!ncolumns) {