diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/sort_query.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/sort_query.py
index 42ce022..650180d 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/sort_query.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/functions/sort_query.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class QuerySorter(object):
                 if sort['entity'] and table.name != sort['entity']:
                     continue
                 return self.assign_entity_attr_order_by(entity, sort)
+
         return self.query
 
     def assign_entity_attr_order_by(self, entity, sort):
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ class QuerySorter(object):
                         attr = attr.property.columns[0].name
 
                 return self.query.order_by(sort['func'](attr))
+
+        # Check hybrid properties.
+        if hasattr(entity, sort['attr']):
+            return self.query.order_by(getattr(entity, sort['attr']))
+
         return self.query
 
     def parse_sort_arg(self, arg):
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index ce022c8..db65baa 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
+from sqlalchemy.ext.hybrid import hybrid_property
 
 from sqlalchemy_utils import InstrumentedList
 from sqlalchemy_utils import coercion_listener
@@ -55,6 +56,18 @@ class TestCase(object):
             id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
             name = sa.Column(sa.Unicode(255))
 
+            @hybrid_property
+            def articles_count(self):
+                return len(self.articles)
+
+            @articles_count.expression
+            def articles_count(cls):
+                return (
+                    sa.select([sa.func.count(self.Article.id)])
+                    .where(self.Article.category_id == self.Category.id)
+                    .label('article_count')
+                )
+
         class Article(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'article'
             id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_sort_query.py b/tests/test_sort_query.py
index c1cd3d3..cbc87c1 100644
--- a/tests/test_sort_query.py
+++ b/tests/test_sort_query.py
@@ -93,3 +93,8 @@ class TestSortQuery(TestCase):
         query = self.session.query(self.Category)
         sorted_query = sort_query(query, '-article_count')
         assert 'article_count DESC' in str(sorted_query)
+
+    def test_sort_by_hybrid_property(self):
+        query = self.session.query(self.Category)
+        query = sort_query(query, 'articles_count')
+        assert 'ORDER BY (SELECT count(article.id) AS count_1' in str(query)