diff --git a/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py b/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py
index 68f469f3..40d0db29 100644
--- a/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py
+++ b/tailbone/views/purchasing/receiving.py
@@ -748,6 +748,16 @@ class ReceivingBatchView(PurchasingBatchView):
         super(ReceivingBatchView, self).configure_row_grid(g)
         g.set_label('department_name', "Department")
 
+        # credits
+        # note that sorting by credits involves a subquery with group by clause.
+        # seems likely there may be a better way? but this seems to work fine
+        Credits = self.Session.query(model.PurchaseBatchCredit.row_uuid,
+                                     sa.func.count().label('credit_count'))\
+                              .group_by(model.PurchaseBatchCredit.row_uuid)\
+                              .subquery()
+        g.set_joiner('credits', lambda q: q.outerjoin(Credits))
+        g.sorters['credits'] = lambda q, d: q.order_by(getattr(Credits.c.credit_count, d)())
+
         # hide 'ordered' columns for truck dump parent, if its "children first"
         # flag is set, since that batch type is only concerned with receiving
         batch = self.get_instance()