diff --git a/common/pages.go b/common/pages.go
index d3706d0e..47b04f64 100644
--- a/common/pages.go
+++ b/common/pages.go
@@ -100,11 +100,17 @@ type TopicPage struct {
 	LastPage int
 }
 
+type TopicListSort struct {
+	SortBy    string // lastupdate, mostviewed, mostviewedtoday, mostviewedthisweek, mostviewedthismonth
+	Ascending bool
+}
+
 type TopicListPage struct {
 	*Header
 	TopicList    []*TopicsRow
 	ForumList    []Forum
 	DefaultForum int
+	Sort         TopicListSort
 	Paginator
 }
 
diff --git a/common/template_init.go b/common/template_init.go
index e08ad184..3292e851 100644
--- a/common/template_init.go
+++ b/common/template_init.go
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func CompileTemplates() error {
 	var topicsList []*TopicsRow
 	topicsList = append(topicsList, &TopicsRow{1, "topic-title", "Topic Title", "The topic content.", 1, false, false, now, now, "Date", user3.ID, 1, "", "127.0.0.1", 1, 0, 1, "classname", "", &user2, "", 0, &user3, "General", "/forum/general.2"})
 	header2.Title = "Topic List"
-	topicListPage := TopicListPage{header, topicsList, forumList, Config.DefaultForum, Paginator{[]int{1}, 1, 1}}
+	topicListPage := TopicListPage{header, topicsList, forumList, Config.DefaultForum, TopicListSort{"lastupdated", false}, Paginator{[]int{1}, 1, 1}}
 	topicListTmpl, err := c.Compile("topics.html", "templates/", "common.TopicListPage", topicListPage, varList)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/routes/topic_list.go b/routes/topic_list.go
index 1f5a53e1..862a40e1 100644
--- a/routes/topic_list.go
+++ b/routes/topic_list.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func TopicList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, user common.User) common.
 		return common.NotFound(w, r, header)
 	}
 
-	pi := common.TopicListPage{header, topicList, forumList, common.Config.DefaultForum, paginator}
+	pi := common.TopicListPage{header, topicList, forumList, common.Config.DefaultForum, common.TopicListSort{"lastupdated", false}, paginator}
 	if common.RunPreRenderHook("pre_render_topic_list", w, r, &user, &pi) {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/templates/topics.html b/templates/topics.html
index dbd6a13c..cf8b5a01 100644
--- a/templates/topics.html
+++ b/templates/topics.html
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 			<div class="opt mod_opt" title="{{lang "topic_list.moderate_tooltip"}}">
 				<a class="moderate_link" href="#" aria-label="{{lang "topic_list.moderate_aria"}}"></a>
 			</div>
-			{{else}}<div class="opt locked_opt" title="{{lang "topics_locked_tooltip"}}" aria-label="{{lang "topics_locked_aria"}}"><a></a></div>{{end}}
+			<div class="opt"><select><option selected>Last Updated</option><option>Most Viewed</option></select></div>
+		{{else}}<div class="opt locked_opt" title="{{lang "topics_locked_tooltip"}}" aria-label="{{lang "topics_locked_aria"}}"><a></a></div>{{end}}
 		</div>
 		<div style="clear: both;"></div>
 	{{end}}