diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 01c175a4..648e1784 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 0.x
 
+  [ENHANCEMENTS]
+
+  * Native copy of the Netdisco sort_port routine (#17)
+
   [BUG FIXES]
 
   * Fix sidebar hiding not making main content reflow to full window width (#15)
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/Netdisco/Util.pm b/Netdisco/lib/Netdisco/Util.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c830faeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/Netdisco/Util.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package Netdisco::Util;
+
+=head2 sort_port( $a, $b )
+
+Sort port names with the following formatting types:
+
+    A5
+    5
+    FastEthernet0/1
+    FastEthernet0/1-atm
+    5.5
+    Port:3
+
+Interface is as Perl's own C<sort> - two input args and an integer return
+value.
+
+Code taken from netdisco.pm. Thanks to Bradley Baetz (bbaetz) for improvements
+in this sub.
+
+=cut
+
+sub sort_port {
+    my ($aval, $bval) = @_;
+
+    my $numbers        = qr{^(\d+)$};
+    my $numeric        = qr{^([\d\.]+)$};
+    my $dotted_numeric = qr{^(\d+)\.(\d+)$};
+    my $letter_number  = qr{^([a-zA-Z]+)(\d+)$};
+    my $wordcharword   = qr{^([^:\/.]+)[\ :\/\.]+([^:\/.]+)(\d+)?$}; #port-channel45
+    my $ciscofast      = qr{^
+                            # Word Number slash (Gigabit0/)
+                            (\D+)(\d+)[\/:]
+                            # Groups of symbol float (/5.5/5.5/5.5), separated by slash or colon
+                            ([\/:\.\d]+)
+                            # Optional dash (-Bearer Channel)
+                            (-.*)?
+                            $}x;
+
+    my @a = (); my @b = ();
+
+    if ($aval =~ $dotted_numeric) {
+        @a = ($1,$2);
+    } elsif ($aval =~ $letter_number) {
+        @a = ($1,$2);
+    } elsif ($aval =~ $numbers) {
+        @a = ($1);
+    } elsif ($aval =~ $ciscofast) {
+        @a = ($1,$2);
+        push @a, split(/[:\/]/,$3), $4;
+    } elsif ($aval =~ $wordcharword) {
+        @a = ($1,$2,$3);
+    } else {
+        @a = ($aval);
+    }
+
+    if ($bval =~ $dotted_numeric) {
+        @b = ($1,$2);
+    } elsif ($bval =~ $letter_number) {
+        @b = ($1,$2);
+    } elsif ($bval =~ $numbers) {
+        @b = ($1);
+    } elsif ($bval =~ $ciscofast) {
+        @b = ($1,$2);
+        push @b, split(/[:\/]/,$3),$4;
+    } elsif ($bval =~ $wordcharword) {
+        @b = ($1,$2,$3);
+    } else {
+        @b = ($bval);
+    }
+
+    # Equal until proven otherwise
+    my $val = 0;
+    while (scalar(@a) or scalar(@b)){
+        # carried around from the last find.
+        last if $val != 0;
+
+        my $a1 = shift @a;
+        my $b1 = shift @b;
+
+        # A has more components - loses
+        unless (defined $b1){
+            $val = 1;
+            last;
+        }
+
+        # A has less components - wins
+        unless (defined $a1) {
+            $val = -1;
+            last;
+        }
+
+        if ($a1 =~ $numeric and $b1 =~ $numeric){
+            $val = $a1 <=> $b1;
+        } elsif ($a1 ne $b1) {
+            $val = $a1 cmp $b1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return $val;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/Netdisco/Web/Device.pm b/Netdisco/lib/Netdisco/Web/Device.pm
index a2087fe0..f05a6385 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/Netdisco/Web/Device.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/Netdisco/Web/Device.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use Dancer::Plugin::Ajax;
 use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC;
 
 use NetAddr::IP::Lite ':lower';
-use netdisco (); # for sort_port
+use Netdisco::Util (); # for sort_port
 
 hook 'before' => sub {
     # list of port detail columns
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ajax '/ajax/content/device/ports' => sub {
     }) if param('c_connected');
 
     # sort ports (empty set would be a 'no records' msg)
-    my $results = [ sort { &netdisco::sort_port($a->port, $b->port) } $set->all ];
+    my $results = [ sort { &Netdisco::Util::sort_port($a->port, $b->port) } $set->all ];
     return unless scalar @$results;
 
     content_type('text/html');