diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 29051ed..fa4b573 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Changelog
 
 Versions follow `Semantic Versioning <https://semver.org/>`_ (``<major>.<minor>.<patch>``).
 
-v1.3.1 (2020-04-05)
+vTBC (TBC)
 -------------------
 
 Features
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Features
 * `#197 <https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx-autoapi/issues/197>`: Added
   ``autoapi.__version__`` and ``autoapi.__version_info__`` attributes
   for accessing version information.
+* `#201 <https://github.com/readthedocs/sphinx-autoapi/issues/201>`: (Python)
+  Added the ``autoapi_member_order`` option to allow the order that members
+  are documentated to be configurable.
 
 Bug Fixes
 ^^^^^^^^^
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 Trivial/Internal Changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
+* black shows diffs by default
 
 v1.3.0 (2020-04-05)
 -------------------
diff --git a/autoapi/extension.py b/autoapi/extension.py
index 4cf17b6..e687ffd 100644
--- a/autoapi/extension.py
+++ b/autoapi/extension.py
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ def setup(app):
     app.add_config_value("autoapi_root", API_ROOT, "html")
     app.add_config_value("autoapi_ignore", [], "html")
     app.add_config_value("autoapi_options", _DEFAULT_OPTIONS, "html")
+    app.add_config_value("autoapi_member_order", "bysource", "html")
     app.add_config_value("autoapi_file_patterns", None, "html")
     app.add_config_value("autoapi_dirs", [], "html")
     app.add_config_value("autoapi_keep_files", False, "html")
diff --git a/autoapi/mappers/python/mapper.py b/autoapi/mappers/python/mapper.py
index 0767dfa..b7b5044 100644
--- a/autoapi/mappers/python/mapper.py
+++ b/autoapi/mappers/python/mapper.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import collections
 import copy
+import operator
 import os
 import sys
 
@@ -339,4 +340,11 @@ class PythonSphinxMapper(SphinxMapperBase):
                     child_data, options=options, **kwargs
                 ):
                     obj.children.append(child_obj)
+
+            # Parser gives children in source order already
+            if self.app.config.autoapi_member_order == "alphabetical":
+                obj.children.sort(key=operator.attrgetter("name"))
+            elif self.app.config.autoapi_member_order == "groupwise":
+                obj.children.sort(key=lambda x: (x.member_order, x.name))
+
             yield obj
diff --git a/autoapi/mappers/python/objects.py b/autoapi/mappers/python/objects.py
index 6d418a6..9ae7a83 100644
--- a/autoapi/mappers/python/objects.py
+++ b/autoapi/mappers/python/objects.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class PythonPythonMapper(PythonMapperBase):
 
     language = "python"
     is_callable = False
+    member_order = 0
 
     def __init__(self, obj, class_content="class", **kwargs):
         super(PythonPythonMapper, self).__init__(obj, **kwargs)
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ class PythonPythonMapper(PythonMapperBase):
 class PythonFunction(PythonPythonMapper):
     type = "function"
     is_callable = True
+    member_order = 40
 
     def __init__(self, obj, **kwargs):
         super(PythonFunction, self).__init__(obj, **kwargs)
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ class PythonFunction(PythonPythonMapper):
 class PythonMethod(PythonFunction):
     type = "method"
     is_callable = True
+    member_order = 50
 
     def __init__(self, obj, **kwargs):
         super(PythonMethod, self).__init__(obj, **kwargs)
@@ -211,6 +214,7 @@ class PythonData(PythonPythonMapper):
     """Global, module level data."""
 
     type = "data"
+    member_order = 10
 
     def __init__(self, obj, **kwargs):
         super(PythonData, self).__init__(obj, **kwargs)
@@ -236,6 +240,7 @@ class PythonAttribute(PythonData):
     """An object/class level attribute."""
 
     type = "attribute"
+    member_order = 10
 
 
 class TopLevelPythonPythonMapper(PythonPythonMapper):
@@ -290,6 +295,7 @@ class PythonPackage(TopLevelPythonPythonMapper):
 
 class PythonClass(PythonPythonMapper):
     type = "class"
+    member_order = 30
 
     def __init__(self, obj, **kwargs):
         super(PythonClass, self).__init__(obj, **kwargs)
@@ -374,3 +380,4 @@ class PythonClass(PythonPythonMapper):
 
 class PythonException(PythonClass):
     type = "exception"
+    member_order = 20
diff --git a/docs/reference/config.rst b/docs/reference/config.rst
index 0d0c0fa..44ae2eb 100644
--- a/docs/reference/config.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/config.rst
@@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ Customisation Options
 	docstring is empty and the class defines a ``__new__`` with a docstring,
 	the ``__new__`` docstring is used instead of the ``__init__`` docstring.
 
+.. confval:: autoapi_member_order
+
+	Default: ``bysource``
+
+	The order to document members.
+
+	* ``alphabetical``: Order members by their name, case sensitively.
+	* ``bysource``: Order members by the order that they were defined in the source code.
+	* ``groupwise``: Order members by their type then alphabetically, in the order:
+       * Submodules and subpackages
+	   * Attributes
+	   * Exceptions
+	   * Classes
+	   * Functions
+	   * Methods
+
 .. confval:: autoapi_python_use_implicit_namespaces
 
 	Default: ``False``
diff --git a/tests/python/test_pyintegration.py b/tests/python/test_pyintegration.py
index 15744c9..f60d29c 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_pyintegration.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_pyintegration.py
@@ -394,6 +394,26 @@ def test_skipping_members(builder):
     assert "not ignored" in example_file
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value,order",
+    [
+        ("bysource", ["Foo", "decorator_okay", "Bar"]),
+        ("alphabetical", ["Bar", "Foo", "decorator_okay"]),
+        ("groupwise", ["Bar", "Foo", "decorator_okay"]),
+    ],
+)
+def test_order_members(builder, value, order):
+    confoverrides = {"autoapi_member_order": value}
+    builder("pyexample", confoverrides=confoverrides)
+
+    example_path = "_build/text/autoapi/example/index.txt"
+    with io.open(example_path, encoding="utf8") as example_handle:
+        example_file = example_handle.read()
+
+    indexes = [example_file.index(name) for name in order]
+    assert indexes == sorted(indexes)
+
+
 class _CompareInstanceType(object):
     def __init__(self, type_):
         self.type = type_