diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e612599..960c31c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Options:
   -q, --quotingStyle  Strings will be quoted using this quoting style  [choices: "single", "double"] [default: "single"]
   -f, --forceQuotes   Force quotes for all scalar values  [boolean] [default: false]
   -w, --lineWidth     Wrap line width (-1 for unlimited width)  [number] [default: 80]
+  -p, --prioritize    Comma seperated list of keys to prioritize  [string]
   -h, --help          Show help  [boolean]
       --version       Show version number  [boolean]
 
@@ -35,6 +36,6 @@ Examples:
   yaml-sort --input config.yml                                 Sorts alphabetically and overwrites the file config.yml
   yaml-sort --input config.yml --lineWidth 100 --stdout        Sorts the file config.yml and output result to STDOUT wrapped to 100 columns
   yaml-sort --input config.yml --indent 4 --output sorted.yml  Indents with 4 spaces and outputs result to file sorted.yml
-  yaml-sort --input config.yml --forceQuotes --quotingStyle double  Forces double quotes for all scalar values
+  yaml-sort --input config.yml --prioritize name               Sorts alphabetically, keeps "name" key at the top
   cat config.yml | yaml-sort                                   Sorts alphabetically from STDIN
 ```
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diff --git a/test/test-order.yml b/test/test-order.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..092096e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-order.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+b:
+  c: 'ccc'
+  d: 'ddd'
+  e: 'eee'
+a: 'Lorem ipsum...'
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diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 8417d6f..680b6f1 100755
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -298,3 +298,27 @@ test('CLI multiple YAML documents --check SUCCESS', (t) => {
   proc.stderr.match('')
   proc.end()
 })
+
+test('CLI w order (full)', (t) => {
+  const proc = spawn(t, 'cat test-order.yml | ../yaml-sort.js --prioritize e,d,c', opts)
+  proc.exitCode(0)
+  proc.stdout.match('a: Lorem ipsum...\n' +
+    'b:\n' +
+    '  e: eee\n' +
+    '  d: ddd\n' +
+    '  c: ccc\n')
+  proc.stderr.match('')
+  proc.end()
+})
+
+test('CLI w order (partial)', (t) => {
+  const proc = spawn(t, 'cat test-order.yml | ../yaml-sort.js --prioritize f,e,b', opts)
+  proc.exitCode(0)
+  proc.stdout.match('b:\n' +
+    '  e: eee\n' +
+    '  c: ccc\n' +
+    '  d: ddd\n' +
+    'a: Lorem ipsum...\n')
+  proc.stderr.match('')
+  proc.end()
+})
diff --git a/yaml-sort.js b/yaml-sort.js
index e87f3d0..a164f19 100755
--- a/yaml-sort.js
+++ b/yaml-sort.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const argv = yargs
       'Sorts the file config.yml and output result to STDOUT wrapped to 100 columns'],
     ['$0 --input config.yml --indent 4 --output sorted.yml',
       'Indents with 4 spaces and outputs result to file sorted.yml'],
+    ['$0 --input config.yml --prioritize name', 'Sorts alphabetically, keeps "name" key at the top'],
     ['cat config.yml | $0',
       'Sorts alphabetically from STDIN']
   ])
@@ -75,6 +76,11 @@ const argv = yargs
     describe: 'Wrap line width (-1 for unlimited width)',
     number: true
   })
+  .option('prioritize', {
+    alias: 'p',
+    describe: 'Comma seperated list of keys to prioritize',
+    string: true
+  })
   .help('h')
   .alias('h', 'help')
   .version()
@@ -101,8 +107,16 @@ argv.input.forEach((file) => {
 
     const documents = yaml.loadAll(content)
 
+    const prioritize = argv.prioritize ? argv.prioritize.split(',').reverse() : []
+
     const sortedDocuments = documents.map(doc => yaml.dump(doc, {
-      sortKeys: true,
+      sortKeys: function (a, b) {
+        const ia = prioritize.indexOf(a)
+        const ib = prioritize.indexOf(b)
+        return ia !== -1 || ib !== -1
+          ? (ib < ia ? -1 : ib > ia)
+          : (a < b ? -1 : a > b)
+      },
       indent: argv.indent,
       lineWidth: argv.lineWidth,
       quotingType: argv.quotingStyle === 'double' ? '"' : "'",