diff --git a/language/en-GB/en-GB.mod_articles_news.ini b/language/en-GB/en-GB.mod_articles_news.ini
index e48458414ea89..8928242add1b7 100644
--- a/language/en-GB/en-GB.mod_articles_news.ini
+++ b/language/en-GB/en-GB.mod_articles_news.ini
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_LINKTITLE_LABEL="Linked Titles"
 MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_DESC="Select the order in which you want query results presented."
 MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_LABEL="Order Results"
 MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_CREATED_DATE="Created Date"
+MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_MODIFIED_DATE="Modified Date"
 MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_PUBLISHED_DATE="Published Date"
 MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_ORDERING="Ordering"
 MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_RANDOM="Random"
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@ MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_READMORE="Read more ..."
 MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_READMORE_REGISTER="Register to Read More"
 MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_TITLE_HEADING="Header Level"
 MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_TITLE_HEADING_DESCRIPTION="Select the desired HTML header level for the Article titles."
-MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_XML_DESCRIPTION="The Article Newsflash Module will display a fixed number of Articles from a specific Category or a set of Categories."
\ No newline at end of file
+MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_XML_DESCRIPTION="The Article Newsflash Module will display a fixed number of Articles from a specific Category or a set of Categories."
diff --git a/modules/mod_articles_news/mod_articles_news.xml b/modules/mod_articles_news/mod_articles_news.xml
index 9eba4e0ce235b..61c77cc5e153a 100644
--- a/modules/mod_articles_news/mod_articles_news.xml
+++ b/modules/mod_articles_news/mod_articles_news.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 					>
 					<option value="a.publish_up">MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_PUBLISHED_DATE</option>
 					<option value="a.created">MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_CREATED_DATE</option>
+					<option value="a.modified">MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_MODIFIED_DATE</option>
 					<option value="a.ordering">MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_ORDERING</option>
 					<option value="a.hits">JGLOBAL_HITS</option>
 					<option value="rand()">MOD_ARTICLES_NEWS_FIELD_ORDERING_RANDOM</option>
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@
 					label="JGLOBAL_ORDER_DIRECTION_LABEL"
 					description="JGLOBAL_ORDER_DIRECTION_DESC"
 					default="1"
-					showon="ordering:a.publish_up,a.created,a.ordering,a.hits"
+					showon="ordering:a.publish_up,a.created,a.modified,a.ordering,a.hits"
 					>
 					<option value="0">JGLOBAL_ORDER_ASCENDING</option>
 					<option value="1">JGLOBAL_ORDER_DESCENDING</option>