diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid.sorting.spec.ts b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid.sorting.spec.ts
index 5585bc05b1f..ad6cae90d03 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid.sorting.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/src/lib/grids/grid/grid.sorting.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import { IgxGridModule } from './index';
 import { GridTemplateStrings, ColumnDefinitions } from '../../test-utils/template-strings.spec';
 import { BasicGridComponent } from '../../test-utils/grid-base-components.spec';
 import { SampleTestData } from '../../test-utils/sample-test-data.spec';
-import { DefaultSortingStrategy } from '../../data-operations/sorting-strategy';
+import { DefaultSortingStrategy, ISortingStrategy } from '../../data-operations/sorting-strategy';
+import { IgxGridCellComponent } from '../cell.component';
 import { configureTestSuite } from '../../test-utils/configure-suite';
 
 const SORTING_ICON_NONE_CONTENT = 'none';
@@ -317,6 +318,38 @@ describe('IgxGrid - Grid Sorting', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('IgxGrid - Grid Custom Sorting', () => {
+    let fixture;
+    let grid: IgxGridComponent;
+    it(`Should allow sorting using a custom Sorting Strategy.`, () => {
+        TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+            declarations: [SortByParityComponent],
+            imports: [IgxGridModule.forRoot()]
+        }).compileComponents();
+        fixture = TestBed.createComponent(SortByParityComponent);
+        grid = fixture.componentInstance.grid;
+        fixture.componentInstance.data.push(
+            { ID: 8, Name: 'Brad', LastName: 'Walker', Region: 'DD' },
+            { ID: 9, Name: 'Mary', LastName: 'Smith', Region: 'OC' },
+            { ID: 10, Name: 'Brad', LastName: 'Smith', Region: 'BD' },
+        );
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        grid.sort({
+            fieldName: 'ID',
+            dir: SortingDirection.Desc,
+            ignoreCase: false,
+            strategy: new SortByParityComponent()
+        });
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        const oddHalf: IgxGridCellComponent[] = grid.getColumnByName('ID').cells.slice(0, 5);
+        const evenHalf: IgxGridCellComponent[] = grid.getColumnByName('ID').cells.slice(5);
+        const isFirstHalfOdd: boolean = oddHalf.every(cell => cell.value % 2 === 1);
+        const isSecondHalfEven: boolean = evenHalf.every(cell => cell.value % 2 === 0);
+        expect(isFirstHalfOdd).toEqual(true);
+        expect(isSecondHalfEven).toEqual(true);
+    });
+});
+
 @Component({
     template: GridTemplateStrings.declareGrid(
             '',
@@ -333,6 +366,32 @@ export class GridDeclaredColumnsComponent extends BasicGridComponent {
     public width = '800px';
 }
 
+@Component({
+    template: GridTemplateStrings.declareGrid(
+            '',
+            '',
+            ColumnDefinitions.idFirstLastNameSortable)
+})
+export class SortByParityComponent extends GridDeclaredColumnsComponent implements ISortingStrategy {
+     public sort(data: any[], fieldName: string, dir: SortingDirection) {
+        const key = fieldName;
+        const reverse = (dir === SortingDirection.Desc ? -1 : 1);
+        const cmpFunc = (obj1, obj2) => {
+            return this.compareObjects(obj1, obj2, key, reverse);
+        };
+        return data.sort(cmpFunc);
+    }
+     protected sortByParity(a: any, b: any) {
+        return a % 2 === 0 ? -1 : b % 2 === 0 ? 1 : 0;
+    }
+     protected compareObjects(obj1: object, obj2: object, key: string, reverse: number) {
+        const a = obj1[key];
+        const b = obj2[key];
+        return reverse * this.sortByParity(a, b);
+    }
+}
+
+
 function getCurrentCellFromGrid(grid, row, cell) {
     const gridRow = grid.rowList.toArray()[row];
     const gridCell = gridRow.cells.toArray()[cell];