--- include/statusdata.h.orig	2008-11-30 18:22:59.000000000 +0100
+++ include/statusdata.h	2011-05-04 11:00:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@
 #define HOST_DOWN			4
 #define HOST_UNREACHABLE		8
 
+/* Convert the (historically ordered) host states into a notion of "urgency".
+   What's *your* interpretation of that? Mine is, in ascending order:
+	HOST_UP			(business as usual)
+	HOST_PENDING		(waiting for - supposedly first - check result)
+	HOST_UNREACHABLE	(a problem, but likely not its cause)
+	HOST_DOWN		(look here!!)
+   The exact values are irrelevant, so I try to make the conversion as
+   CPU-efficient as possible: */
+#define HOST_URGENCY(hs)		((hs)|(((hs)&0x5)<<1))
+
 
 
 /**************************** FUNCTIONS ******************************/
--- include/cgiutils.h.orig	2010-11-10 16:13:42.000000000 +0100
+++ include/cgiutils.h	2011-05-04 10:38:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@
 #define SORT_STATEDURATION		6
 #define SORT_NEXTCHECKTIME		7
 #define SORT_HOSTSTATUS                 8
+#define SORT_HOSTURGENCY                16384
 
 
 /****************** HOST AND SERVICE FILTER PROPERTIES  *******************/
--- cgi/status.tmp	2011-04-20 22:23:11.000000000 +0200
+++ cgi/status.c	2011-05-04 11:33:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -1914,6 +1914,8 @@
 			printf("host name");
 		else if(sort_option==SORT_HOSTSTATUS)
 			printf("host status");
+		else if(sort_option==SORT_HOSTURGENCY)
+			printf("host urgency");
 		else if(sort_option==SORT_LASTCHECKTIME)
 			printf("last check time");
 		else if(sort_option==SORT_CURRENTATTEMPT)
@@ -4782,6 +4784,12 @@
 			else
 				return FALSE;
 		        }
+		else if(s_option==SORT_HOSTURGENCY){
+			if(HOST_URGENCY(new_hststatus->status) <= HOST_URGENCY(temp_hststatus->status))
+				return TRUE;
+			else
+				return FALSE;
+		        }
 		else if(s_option==SORT_HOSTNAME){
 			if(strcasecmp(new_hststatus->host_name,temp_hststatus->host_name)<0)
 				return TRUE;
@@ -4816,6 +4824,12 @@
 			else
 				return FALSE;
 		        }
+		else if(s_option==SORT_HOSTURGENCY){
+			if(HOST_URGENCY(new_hststatus->status) > HOST_URGENCY(temp_hststatus->status))
+				return TRUE;
+			else
+				return FALSE;
+		        }
 		else if(s_option==SORT_HOSTNAME){
 			if(strcasecmp(new_hststatus->host_name,temp_hststatus->host_name)>0)
 				return TRUE;