diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/TocModel.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/TocModel.cpp
index 6b115c8390..e50ca368a5 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/TocModel.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/TocModel.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "support/debug.h"
 #include "support/lassert.h"
 
+#include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
+
 #include <climits>
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -160,6 +162,12 @@ int TocModel::modelDepth() const
 TocModels::TocModels(): bv_(0)
 {
 	names_ = new TocTypeModel(this);
+	names_sorted_ = new QSortFilterProxyModel(this);
+	names_sorted_->setSourceModel(names_);
+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x040300
+	names_sorted_->setSortLocaleAware(true);
+#endif
+	names_sorted_->sort(0);
 }
 
 
@@ -198,6 +206,12 @@ QStandardItemModel * TocModels::model(QString const & type)
 }
 
 
+QAbstractItemModel * TocModels::nameModel()
+{
+	return names_sorted_;
+}
+
+
 QModelIndex TocModels::currentIndex(QString const & type) const
 {
 	const_iterator it = models_.find(type);
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/TocModel.h b/src/frontends/qt4/TocModel.h
index 4bdbbbad22..14ab2622e2 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/TocModel.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/TocModel.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
 #include <QStringList>
 
+class QAbstractItemModel;
+class QSortFilterProxyModel;
+
 namespace lyx {
 
 class Buffer;
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ public:
 	///
 	QStandardItemModel * model(QString const & type);
 	///
-	QStandardItemModel * nameModel() { return names_; }
+	QAbstractItemModel * nameModel();
 	///
 	QModelIndex currentIndex(QString const & type) const;
 	///
@@ -106,6 +109,8 @@ private:
 	QHash<QString, TocModel *> models_;
 	///
 	TocTypeModel * names_;
+	///
+	QSortFilterProxyModel * names_sorted_;
 };
 
 } // namespace frontend