diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
index 17ff6c0371..307efb1867 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
@@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
             case 'assigned_to':
                 $assets->OrderAssigned($order);
                 break;
+            case 'created_by':
+                $assets->OrderByCreatedByName($order);
+                break;
             default:
                 $assets->orderBy($column_sort, $order);
                 break;
diff --git a/app/Http/Transformers/AssetsTransformer.php b/app/Http/Transformers/AssetsTransformer.php
index 17693fccf4..d7ee423249 100644
--- a/app/Http/Transformers/AssetsTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Http/Transformers/AssetsTransformer.php
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ class AssetsTransformer
             'assigned_to' => $this->transformAssignedTo($asset),
             'warranty_months' =>  ($asset->warranty_months > 0) ? e($asset->warranty_months.' '.trans('admin/hardware/form.months')) : null,
             'warranty_expires' => ($asset->warranty_months > 0) ? Helper::getFormattedDateObject($asset->warranty_expires, 'date') : null,
+            'created_by' => ($asset->adminuser) ? [
+                'id' => (int) $asset->adminuser->id,
+                'name'=> e($asset->adminuser->present()->fullName()),
+            ] : null,
             'created_at' => Helper::getFormattedDateObject($asset->created_at, 'datetime'),
             'updated_at' => Helper::getFormattedDateObject($asset->updated_at, 'datetime'),
             'last_audit_date' => Helper::getFormattedDateObject($asset->last_audit_date, 'datetime'),
diff --git a/app/Models/Asset.php b/app/Models/Asset.php
index 71e32bf872..2b0f3e77be 100644
--- a/app/Models/Asset.php
+++ b/app/Models/Asset.php
@@ -1760,6 +1760,20 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Query builder scope to order on created_by name
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder  $query  Query builder instance
+     * @param  text                              $order       Order
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder          Modified query builder
+     */
+    public function scopeOrderByCreatedByName($query, $order)
+    {
+        return $query->leftJoin('users as admin_sort', 'assets.created_by', '=', 'admin_sort.id')->select('assets.*')->orderBy('admin_sort.first_name', $order)->orderBy('admin_sort.last_name', $order);
+    }
+
+
     /**
     * Query builder scope to order on assigned user
     *