@@ 7,7 7,6 @@ import warnings
 from copy import deepcopy
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import starmap
-from operator import itemgetter
 
 try:
     from itertools import ifilter as filter, imap as map

          
@@ 221,6 220,11 @@ class Collection(object):
         document['_id'] = id
         return document
 
+    def __get_val(self, item, key):
+        for k in key.split('.'):
+            item = item.get(k)
+        return item
+
     def find(self, query=None, skip=None, limit=None, hint=None, sort=None):
         """
         Returns a list of documents in this collection that match a given query

          
@@ 261,11 265,13 @@ class Collection(object):
             # Just return if we already reached the limit
             if limit and len(results) == limit and sort is None:
                 break
+
         if sort:  # sort={key1:direction1, key2:direction2, ...}
             sort_keys = list(sort.keys())
             sort_keys.reverse()  # sort from right to left
             for key in sort_keys:
-                results = sorted(results, key=itemgetter(key), reverse=sort[key])
+                get_val = partial(self.__get_val, key=key)
+                results = sorted(results, key=get_val, reverse=sort[key])
 
         return results[:limit] if isinstance(limit, int) else results
 

          

@@ 409,6 409,22 @@ class TestCollection(object):
             {'a':1, 'b':'a', '_id':2},
         ] == self.collection.find(sort={'a':nosqlite.DESCENDING, 'b':nosqlite.DESCENDING})
 
+    def test_find_with_sort_on_nested_key(self):
+        self.collection.create()
+        self.collection.save({'a':{'b':5}, 'c':'B'})
+        self.collection.save({'a':{'b':9}, 'c':'A'})
+        self.collection.save({'a':{'b':7}, 'c':'C'})
+        assert [
+            {'a':{'b':5}, 'c':'B', '_id':1},
+            {'a':{'b':7}, 'c':'C', '_id':3},
+            {'a':{'b':9}, 'c':'A', '_id':2},
+        ] == self.collection.find(sort={'a.b':nosqlite.ASCENDING})
+        assert [
+            {'a':{'b':9}, 'c':'A', '_id':2},
+            {'a':{'b':7}, 'c':'C', '_id':3},
+            {'a':{'b':5}, 'c':'B', '_id':1},
+        ] == self.collection.find(sort={'a.b':nosqlite.DESCENDING})
+
     @mark.parametrize('strdoc,doc', [
         ('{"foo": "bar"}', {'_id': 1, 'foo': 'bar'}),
         (u'{"foo": "☃"}', {'_id': 1, 'foo': u'☃'}),