diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8529294..d662dec3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 📝(doc) add local network setup documentation
 - ✨(global) add custom columns feature with configurable grid columns
 - 🔒️(frontend) prevent search engine indexing
+- ✨(backend) allow ordering items by creator full name
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py b/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
index 8eb5dd7e..6aec5038 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/api/viewsets.py
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ class ItemViewSet(
         "title",
         "type",
         "updated_at",
+        "creator__full_name",
     ]
     pagination_class = Pagination
     permission_classes = [
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/items/test_api_items_list_ordering.py b/src/backend/core/tests/items/test_api_items_list_ordering.py
index c0674302..ba6e6779 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/items/test_api_items_list_ordering.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/items/test_api_items_list_ordering.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_api_items_list_ordering_default():
         assert operator.ge(results[i]["updated_at"], results[i + 1]["updated_at"])
 
 
-def test_api_items_list_ordering_by_fields():
+def test_api_items_list_ordering_by_fields(django_assert_num_queries):
     """It should be possible to order by several fields"""
     user = factories.UserFactory()
     client = APIClient()
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ def test_api_items_list_ordering_by_fields():
 
     factories.ItemFactory.create_batch(4, users=[user], type=models.ItemTypeChoices.FOLDER)
 
+    # make a first fetch to put in cache some sql queries and have a constant number
+    # of queries later
+    with django_assert_num_queries(9):
+        client.get("/api/v1.0/items/")
+
     for parameter in [
         "created_at",
         "-created_at",
@@ -95,7 +100,8 @@ def test_api_items_list_ordering_by_fields():
         field = parameter.lstrip("-")
         querystring = f"?ordering={parameter}"
 
-        response = client.get(f"/api/v1.0/items/{querystring:s}")
+        with django_assert_num_queries(5):
+            response = client.get(f"/api/v1.0/items/{querystring:s}")
         assert response.status_code == 200
         results = response.json()["results"]
         assert len(results) == 4
@@ -160,3 +166,57 @@ def test_api_items_list_ordering_by_size():
     assert results[0]["id"] == str(folder.id)
     assert results[1]["id"] == str(file2.id)
     assert results[2]["id"] == str(file1.id)
+
+
+def test_api_items_list_ordering_by_creator_fullname(django_assert_num_queries):
+    """Test ordering items by creator full_name"""
+
+    user1 = factories.UserFactory(full_name="Camille Clement", short_name="camille")
+    user2 = factories.UserFactory(full_name="Eva Roussel", short_name="Eva")
+    user3 = factories.UserFactory(full_name="Olivia Pierre", short_name="Olivia")
+
+    item1 = factories.ItemFactory(
+        creator=user1,
+        users=[(user1, "owner"), (user2, "editor"), (user3, "editor")],
+        type=models.ItemTypeChoices.FILE,
+        update_upload_state=models.ItemUploadStateChoices.READY,
+    )
+    item2 = factories.ItemFactory(
+        creator=user2,
+        users=[(user2, "owner"), (user1, "editor"), (user3, "editor")],
+        type=models.ItemTypeChoices.FILE,
+        update_upload_state=models.ItemUploadStateChoices.READY,
+    )
+    item3 = factories.ItemFactory(
+        creator=user3,
+        users=[(user3, "owner"), (user1, "editor"), (user2, "editor")],
+        type=models.ItemTypeChoices.FILE,
+        update_upload_state=models.ItemUploadStateChoices.READY,
+    )
+
+    client = APIClient()
+    client.force_login(user1)
+
+    with django_assert_num_queries(8):
+        response = client.get("/api/v1.0/items/?ordering=creator__full_name")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    results = response.json()["results"]
+    assert len(results) == 3
+
+    assert results[0]["id"] == str(item1.id)
+    assert results[1]["id"] == str(item2.id)
+    assert results[2]["id"] == str(item3.id)
+
+    with django_assert_num_queries(5):
+        response = client.get("/api/v1.0/items/?ordering=-creator__full_name")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    results = response.json()["results"]
+    assert len(results) == 3
+
+    assert results[0]["id"] == str(item3.id)
+    assert results[1]["id"] == str(item2.id)
+    assert results[2]["id"] == str(item1.id)