diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index adeb4369..f7ce2d20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+Unreleased
+----------
+
+* Add support for nested attributes on
+  [`sort` filter](https://mozilla.github.io/nunjucks/templating.html#sort-arr-reverse-casesens-attr);
+  respect `throwOnUndefined` if sort attribute is undefined.
+
 3.2.2 (Jul 20 2020)
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/nunjucks/src/filters.js b/nunjucks/src/filters.js
index 1a99c1e1..40dce7b3 100644
--- a/nunjucks/src/filters.js
+++ b/nunjucks/src/filters.js
@@ -447,13 +447,21 @@ exports.sum = sum;
 
 exports.sort = r.makeMacro(
   ['value', 'reverse', 'case_sensitive', 'attribute'], [],
-  (arr, reversed, caseSens, attr) => {
+  function sortFilter(arr, reversed, caseSens, attr) {
     // Copy it
     let array = lib.map(arr, v => v);
+    let getAttribute = lib.getAttrGetter(attr);
 
     array.sort((a, b) => {
-      let x = (attr) ? a[attr] : a;
-      let y = (attr) ? b[attr] : b;
+      let x = (attr) ? getAttribute(a) : a;
+      let y = (attr) ? getAttribute(b) : b;
+
+      if (
+        this.env.opts.throwOnUndefined &&
+        attr && (x === undefined || y === undefined)
+      ) {
+        throw new TypeError(`sort: attribute "${attr}" resolved to undefined`);
+      }
 
       if (!caseSens && lib.isString(x) && lib.isString(y)) {
         x = x.toLowerCase();
diff --git a/nunjucks/src/lib.js b/nunjucks/src/lib.js
index 6e666219..376db95a 100644
--- a/nunjucks/src/lib.js
+++ b/nunjucks/src/lib.js
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ function getAttrGetter(attribute) {
   };
 }
 
+exports.getAttrGetter = getAttrGetter;
+
 function groupBy(obj, val, throwOnUndefined) {
   const result = {};
   const iterator = isFunction(val) ? val : getAttrGetter(val);
diff --git a/nunjucks/src/runtime.js b/nunjucks/src/runtime.js
index 7b0a4342..d57c741e 100644
--- a/nunjucks/src/runtime.js
+++ b/nunjucks/src/runtime.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Frame {
 }
 
 function makeMacro(argNames, kwargNames, func) {
-  return (...macroArgs) => {
+  return function macro(...macroArgs) {
     var argCount = numArgs(macroArgs);
     var args;
     var kwargs = getKeywordArgs(macroArgs);
diff --git a/tests/filters.js b/tests/filters.js
index 2c56bc7c..5ed78612 100644
--- a/tests/filters.js
+++ b/tests/filters.js
@@ -825,6 +825,35 @@
       equal('{% for i in [ {n:3},{n:5},{n:2},{n:1},{n:4},{n:6}] | sort(attribute="n") %}{{ i.n }}{% endfor %}',
         '123456');
 
+      const nestedAttributeSortTemplate = '{% for item in items | sort(attribute="meta.age") %}{{ item.name }}{% endfor %}';
+      equal(
+        nestedAttributeSortTemplate,
+        {
+          items: [
+            {name: 'james', meta: {age: 25}},
+            {name: 'fred', meta: {age: 18}},
+            {name: 'john', meta: {age: 19}}
+          ]
+        },
+        'fredjohnjames'
+      );
+
+      expect(function() {
+        render(
+          nestedAttributeSortTemplate,
+          {
+            items: [
+              {name: 'james', meta: {age: 25}},
+              {name: 'fred', meta: {age: 18}},
+              {name: 'john', meta: {title: 'Developer'}}
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            throwOnUndefined: true
+          }
+        );
+      }).to.throwError(/sort: attribute "meta\.age" resolved to undefined/);
+
       finish(done);
     });