diff --git a/src/ViewText.cpp b/src/ViewText.cpp
index 05e09963e..6e14d4afb 100644
--- a/src/ViewText.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewText.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ std::string ViewText::render ()
   // Determine minimal, ideal column widths.
   std::vector <int> minimal;
   std::vector <int> ideal;
-
   for (int col = 0; col < _columns.size (); ++col)
   {
     // Headers factor in to width calculations.
diff --git a/src/sort.cpp b/src/sort.cpp
index cc45f1587..84f77a673 100644
--- a/src/sort.cpp
+++ b/src/sort.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include <iostream> // TODO Remove
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
@@ -99,9 +100,37 @@ static bool sort_compare (int left, int right)
       return left_number > right_number;
     }
 
+    // Depends string.
+    else if (field == "depends")
+    {
+      // Raw data is a comma-separated list of uuids
+      left_string  = (*global_data)[left].get  (field);
+      right_string = (*global_data)[right].get (field);
+
+      if (left_string == right_string)
+        continue;
+
+      if (left_string == "" && right_string != "")
+        return ascending;
+
+      if (left_string != "" && right_string == "")
+        return !ascending;
+
+      // Sort on the first dependency.
+      left_number  = context.tdb.id (left_string.substr (0, 36));
+      right_number = context.tdb.id (right_string.substr (0, 36));
+
+      if (left_number == right_number)
+        continue;
+
+      if (ascending)
+        return left_number < right_number;
+
+      return left_number > right_number;
+    }
+
     // String.
     else if (field == "description" ||
-             field == "depends"     ||
              field == "project"     ||
              field == "status"      ||
              field == "tags"        ||
diff --git a/test/dependencies.t b/test/dependencies.t
index ae6876ba0..cf65781ba 100755
--- a/test/dependencies.t
+++ b/test/dependencies.t
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ qx{../src/task rc:dep.rc do 2};
 
 # [27]
 $output = qx{../src/task rc:dep.rc depreport};
-like ($output, qr/\s1\s+2,3\s+One\s+/, 'dependencies - depends report column reflects changed IDs');
+like ($output, qr/\s1\s+2 3\s+One\s+/, 'dependencies - depends report column reflects changed IDs');
 
 # [28]
 qx{../src/task rc:dep.rc do 3};