diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index fd5d9f8..ede976f 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -11015,7 +11015,13 @@ sub create_output {
 	my $num = 0;
 	my $j = 0;
 	my (@data,@data2,%part,@rows,$dev,$dev_type,$fs,$percent,$raw_size,$size,$used);
-	@partitions = sort { $a->{$show{'partition-sort'}} cmp $b->{$show{'partition-sort'}} } @partitions;
+	# alpha sort for non numerics
+	if ($show{'partition-sort'} !~ /^(percent-used|size|used)$/){
+		@partitions = sort { $a->{$show{'partition-sort'}} cmp $b->{$show{'partition-sort'}} } @partitions;
+	}
+	else {
+		@partitions = sort { $a->{$show{'partition-sort'}} <=> $b->{$show{'partition-sort'}} } @partitions;
+	}
 	foreach my $ref (@partitions){
 		my %row = %$ref;
 		$num = 1;