diff --git a/coverage/cmdline.py b/coverage/cmdline.py
index 1fbcf3a12..0db4ea5ab 100644
--- a/coverage/cmdline.py
+++ b/coverage/cmdline.py
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             skip_covered=None,
             skip_empty=None,
             show_contexts=None,
+            sort=None,
             source=None,
             timid=None,
             title=None,
@@ -584,7 +585,6 @@ def command_line(self, argv):
             omit=omit,
             include=include,
             contexts=contexts,
-            sort=options.sort
             )
 
         # We need to be able to import from the current directory, because
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ def command_line(self, argv):
                 skip_covered=options.skip_covered,
                 skip_empty=options.skip_empty,
                 precision=options.precision,
+                sort=options.sort,
                 **report_args
                 )
         elif options.action == "annotate":
diff --git a/tests/test_cmdline.py b/tests/test_cmdline.py
index 2406d93d3..e50a4fa85 100644
--- a/tests/test_cmdline.py
+++ b/tests/test_cmdline.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class BaseCmdLineTest(CoverageTest):
     _defaults.Coverage().report(
         ignore_errors=None, include=None, omit=None, morfs=[],
         show_missing=None, skip_covered=None, contexts=None, skip_empty=None, precision=None,
+        sort=None,
     )
     _defaults.Coverage().xml_report(
         ignore_errors=None, include=None, omit=None, morfs=[], outfile=None,