diff --git a/app/models/issue_query.rb b/app/models/issue_query.rb
index 7ac5f4a22..f8656621f 100644
--- a/app/models/issue_query.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue_query.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class IssueQuery < Query
                     :default_order => 'desc', :caption => '#', :frozen => true),
     QueryColumn.new(:project, :sortable => "#{Project.table_name}.name", :groupable => true),
     QueryColumn.new(:tracker, :sortable => "#{Tracker.table_name}.position", :groupable => true),
-    QueryColumn.new(:parent,
+    QueryParentIssueColumn.new(:parent,
                     :sortable => ["#{Issue.table_name}.root_id", "#{Issue.table_name}.lft ASC"],
                     :default_order => 'desc', :caption => :field_parent_issue),
     QueryAssociationColumn.new(:parent, :subject, :caption => :field_parent_issue_subject),
diff --git a/app/models/query.rb b/app/models/query.rb
index 64977b545..81bcf0711 100644
--- a/app/models/query.rb
+++ b/app/models/query.rb
@@ -213,6 +213,20 @@ class QueryAssociationCustomFieldColumn < QueryCustomFieldColumn
   end
 end
 
+class QueryParentIssueColumn < QueryColumn
+  def groupable?
+    true
+  end
+
+  def group_by_statement
+    "#{Issue.table_name}.parent_id"
+  end
+
+  def group_value(object)
+    object.parent
+  end
+end
+
 class QueryFilter
   include Redmine::I18n
 
@@ -942,6 +956,8 @@ class Query < ApplicationRecord
       column_sortable = column.sortable
       if column.is_a?(TimestampQueryColumn)
         column_sortable = Redmine::Database.timestamp_to_date(column.sortable, User.current.time_zone)
+      elsif column.is_a?(QueryParentIssueColumn)
+        column_sortable = "#{Issue.table_name}.parent_id"
       end
       Array(column_sortable).map {|s| Arel.sql("#{s} #{order}")}
     end