diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 71d4ba8ebd4bca5f127a9935321de5a505c29ab0..894748183febd8a0d6fd63a865c8c37ccdb82d78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ Views 6.x-3.x-dev
     o #629840 by fuerst: Search filter caused bad query on PostgreSQL.
     o #593668 by neochief: Allow changing of the display ID.
     o #600242 by pcambra: Allow "search" filter as an argument.
+    o #387748 by recrit: Allow summaries to be ordered by number of records.
 
 Views 6.x-3.0-alpha1
   Bugs fixed
diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc b/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc
index 2a71038a6ba2df05909a4958fc00e9dd214d93f9..b6a61b37a4466bce1c8fe39fc12a0982449d6107 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_argument.inc
@@ -336,6 +336,20 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
         'style plugin' => TRUE,
         'breadcrumb' => TRUE, // generate a breadcrumb to here
       ),
+      'summary asc by count' => array(
+        'title' => t('Summary, sorted by number of records ascending'),
+        'method' => 'default_summary',
+        'method args' => array('asc', 'num_records'),
+        'style plugin' => TRUE,
+        'breadcrumb' => TRUE, // generate a breadcrumb to here
+      ),
+      'summary desc by count' => array(
+        'title' => t('Summary, sorted by number of records descending'),
+        'method' => 'default_summary',
+        'method args' => array('desc', 'num_records'),
+        'style plugin' => TRUE,
+        'breadcrumb' => TRUE, // generate a breadcrumb to here
+      ),
       'default' => array(
         'title' => t('Provide default argument'),
         'method' => 'default_default',
@@ -517,7 +531,7 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
    * If an argument was expected and was not given, in this case, display
    * a summary query.
    */
-  function default_summary($order) {
+  function default_summary($order, $by = NULL) {
     $this->view->build_info['summary'] = TRUE;
     $this->view->build_info['summary_level'] = $this->options['id'];
 
@@ -531,7 +545,7 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
     $this->query->clear_fields();
     $this->summary_query();
 
-    $this->summary_sort($order);
+    $this->summary_sort($order, $by);
 
     // Summaries have their own sorting and fields, so tell the View not
     // to build these.
@@ -622,8 +636,8 @@ class views_handler_argument extends views_handler {
    * @param $order
    *   The order selected in the UI.
    */
-  function summary_sort($order) {
-    $this->query->add_orderby(NULL, NULL, $order, $this->name_alias);
+  function summary_sort($order, $by = NULL) {
+    $this->query->add_orderby(NULL, NULL, $order, (!empty($by) ? $by : $this->name_alias));
   }
 
   /**