diff --git a/etiquette/helpers.py b/etiquette/helpers.py
index 5613f50..5d850eb 100644
--- a/etiquette/helpers.py
+++ b/etiquette/helpers.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import math
 import mimetypes
 import os
 import PIL.Image
+import re
 import unicodedata
 import zipstream
 
@@ -269,6 +270,18 @@ def is_xor(*args):
     '''
     return [bool(a) for a in args].count(True) == 1
 
+def natural_sorter(x):
+    '''
+    Used for sorting files in 'natural' order instead of lexicographic order,
+    so that you get 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
+    instead of 1 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 ...
+    Thank you Mark Byers
+    http://stackoverflow.com/a/11150413
+    '''
+    convert = lambda text: int(text) if text.isdigit() else text.lower()
+    alphanum_key = lambda key: [convert(c) for c in re.split('([0-9]+)', key)]
+    return alphanum_key(x)
+
 def now(timestamp=True):
     '''
     Return the current UTC timestamp or datetime object.
diff --git a/etiquette/photodb.py b/etiquette/photodb.py
index a294a4d..21763ac 100644
--- a/etiquette/photodb.py
+++ b/etiquette/photodb.py
@@ -1116,6 +1116,7 @@ class PDBUtilMixin:
             exclude_directories=None,
             exclude_filenames=None,
             make_albums=True,
+            natural_sort=True,
             new_photo_kwargs={},
             new_photo_ratelimit=None,
             recurse=True,
@@ -1220,6 +1221,9 @@ class PDBUtilMixin:
         )
 
         for (current_directory, subdirectories, files) in walk_generator:
+            if natural_sort:
+                files = sorted(files, key=lambda f: helpers.natural_sorter(f.basename))
+
             photos = create_or_fetch_photos(files, new_photo_kwargs=new_photo_kwargs)
 
             if not make_albums: