diff --git a/app/models/artist.rb b/app/models/artist.rb
index 72f9751ec..d28cd0448 100644
--- a/app/models/artist.rb
+++ b/app/models/artist.rb
@@ -362,8 +362,11 @@ class Artist < ActiveRecord::Base
       end
 
       params[:order] ||= params.delete(:sort)
-      if params[:order] == "name"
+      case params[:order]
+      when "name"
         q = q.reorder("name")
+      when "updated_at"
+        q = q.reorder("updated_at desc")
       else
         q = q.reorder("id desc")
       end
diff --git a/app/views/artists/_search.html.erb b/app/views/artists/_search.html.erb
index 819b456e2..42a49edcc 100644
--- a/app/views/artists/_search.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/artists/_search.html.erb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <th><label for="search_order">Order</label>
         <td>
           <div class="input">
-            <%= select "search", "order", [["Date", "date"], ["Name", "name"]], :selected => params[:search][:order] %>
+            <%= select "search", "order", [["Recently created", "created_at"], ["Last updated", "updated_at"], ["Name", "name"]], :selected => params[:search][:order] %>
           </div>
         </td>
       </tr>