diff --git a/plugins/cocoaui/Playlist/PlaylistViewController.m b/plugins/cocoaui/Playlist/PlaylistViewController.m
index 3510925b4e..e626570b61 100644
--- a/plugins/cocoaui/Playlist/PlaylistViewController.m
+++ b/plugins/cocoaui/Playlist/PlaylistViewController.m
@@ -1336,6 +1336,8 @@ - (void)sortColumn:(DdbListviewCol_t)column {
     deadbeef->plt_sort_v2 (plt, PL_MAIN, c->type, (c->sortFormat && c->sortFormat[0]) ? c->sortFormat : c->format, self.columns[column].sort_order);
     deadbeef->plt_unref (plt);
 
+    deadbeef->sendmessage (DB_EV_PLAYLISTCHANGED, 0, DDB_PLAYLIST_CHANGE_CONTENT, 0);
+
     PlaylistView *lv = (PlaylistView *)self.view;
     lv.headerView.needsDisplay = YES;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/cocoaui/Playlist/SearchViewController.m b/plugins/cocoaui/Playlist/SearchViewController.m
index b66d97a26c..b9d2fdceaa 100644
--- a/plugins/cocoaui/Playlist/SearchViewController.m
+++ b/plugins/cocoaui/Playlist/SearchViewController.m
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ - (void)sortColumn:(DdbListviewCol_t)column withOrder:(int)order {
     ddb_playlist_t *plt = deadbeef->plt_get_curr ();
     deadbeef->plt_sort_v2 (plt, PL_SEARCH, c->type, c->format, order-1);
     deadbeef->plt_unref (plt);
+    deadbeef->sendmessage (DB_EV_PLAYLISTCHANGED, 0, DDB_PLAYLIST_CHANGE_CONTENT, 0);
 }
 
 @end
diff --git a/plugins/gtkui/playlist/plcommon.c b/plugins/gtkui/playlist/plcommon.c
index d6485abdc9..05f384cb1c 100644
--- a/plugins/gtkui/playlist/plcommon.c
+++ b/plugins/gtkui/playlist/plcommon.c
@@ -1125,6 +1125,7 @@ pl_common_col_sort (DdbListviewColumnSortOrder sort_order, int iter, void *user_
     char *format = (c->sort_format && strlen(c->sort_format)) ? c->sort_format : c->format;
     deadbeef->plt_sort_v2 (plt, iter, c->id, format, sort_order == DdbListviewColumnSortOrderDescending ? DDB_SORT_DESCENDING : DDB_SORT_ASCENDING);
     deadbeef->plt_unref (plt);
+    deadbeef->sendmessage (DB_EV_PLAYLISTCHANGED, 0, DDB_PLAYLIST_CHANGE_CONTENT, 0);
 }
 
 void