diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b100eab9..b127e0f7a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
    containing Unicode characters to fail (thanks to Michal Josífko).
  + Fixed bug #416, which caused sorting on a date to fail if the year was not
    included in the dateformat (thanks to Michelle Crane).
- + Fixed bug #417, which caused sorting on countdown fields to be wrong
-   (thanks to Michell Crane).
+ + Fixed bug #417, which caused sorting on countdown and age fields to be
+   wrong (thanks to Michell Crane).
  + Fixed bug #418, which caused the attribute modifier 'due.before' to fail
    if the year was not included in the dateformat (thanks to Michelle Crane).
  + Fixed bug #132, which failed to set a sort order so that active tasks sort
diff --git a/src/custom.cpp b/src/custom.cpp
index 274d5505b..90853e00d 100644
--- a/src/custom.cpp
+++ b/src/custom.cpp
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ int runCustomReport (
                         Table::ascendingDueDate :
                         Table::descendingDueDate));
 
-      else if (column == "recur")
+      else if (column == "recur" || column == "age" || column == "age_compact")
         table.sortOn (columnIndex[column],
                       (direction == '+' ?
                         Table::ascendingPeriod :