diff --git a/‎docs/api-usage.rst‎
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diff --git a/‎gitlab/__init__.py‎
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diff --git a/‎gitlab/config.py‎
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diff --git a/‎gitlab/mixins.py‎
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@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ order options. At the time of writing, only ``order_by="id"`` works.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-   gl = gitlab.Gitlab(url, token, pagination="keyset", per_page=100)
-   gl.projects.list(order_by="id")
+   gl = gitlab.Gitlab(url, token, pagination="keyset", order_by="id", per_page=100)
+   gl.projects.list()
 
 Reference:
 https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/api/README.html#keyset-based-pagination
 
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class Gitlab(object):
         http_password (str): Password for HTTP authentication
         api_version (str): Gitlab API version to use (support for 4 only)
         pagination (str): Can be set to 'keyset' to use keyset pagination
+        order_by (str): Set order_by globally
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ def __init__(
         session=None,
         per_page=None,
         pagination=None,
+        order_by=None,
     ):
 
         self._api_version = str(api_version)
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.per_page = per_page
         self.pagination = pagination
+        self.order_by = order_by
 
         objects = importlib.import_module("gitlab.v%s.objects" % self._api_version)
         self._objects = objects
@@ -204,6 +207,7 @@ def from_config(cls, gitlab_id=None, config_files=None):
             api_version=config.api_version,
             per_page=config.per_page,
             pagination=config.pagination,
+            order_by=config.order_by,
         )
 
     def auth(self):
 
@@ -169,3 +169,9 @@ def __init__(self, gitlab_id=None, config_files=None):
             self.pagination = self._config.get(self.gitlab_id, "pagination")
         except Exception:
             pass
+
+        self.order_by = None
+        try:
+            self.order_by = self._config.get(self.gitlab_id, "order_by")
+        except Exception:
+            pass
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ def list(self, **kwargs):
         if self.gitlab.pagination:
             data.setdefault("pagination", self.gitlab.pagination)
 
+        if self.gitlab.order_by:
+            data.setdefault("order_by", self.gitlab.order_by)
+
         # We get the attributes that need some special transformation
         types = getattr(self, "_types", {})
         if types: