diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.h
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 private:
     enum RoleType {
         // User visible roles:
-        NoRole, NameRole, SizeRole, ModificationTimeRole, AccessTimeRole, PermissionsRole, OwnerRole,
+        NoRole, NameRole, SizeRole, ModificationTimeRole, CreationTimeRole, AccessTimeRole, PermissionsRole, OwnerRole,
         GroupRole, TypeRole, DestinationRole, PathRole, DeletionTimeRole,
         // User visible roles available with Baloo:
         CommentRole, TagsRole, RatingRole, ImageSizeRole, OrientationRole,
diff --git a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
--- a/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/kfileitemmodel.cpp
@@ -334,6 +334,11 @@
                 return item->item.time(KFileItem::ModificationTime);
             });
             break;
+        case CreationTimeRole:
+            m_groups = timeRoleGroups([](const ItemData *item) {
+                return item->item.time(KFileItem::CreationTime);
+            });
+            break;
         case AccessTimeRole:
             m_groups = timeRoleGroups([](const ItemData *item) {
                 return item->item.time(KFileItem::AccessTime);
@@ -1562,6 +1567,14 @@
         data.insert(sharedValue("modificationtime"), dateTime);
     }
 
+    if (m_requestRole[CreationTimeRole]) {
+        // Don't use KFileItem::timeString() as this is too expensive when
+        // having several thousands of items. Instead the formatting of the
+        // date-time will be done on-demand by the view when the date will be shown.
+        const QDateTime dateTime = item.time(KFileItem::CreationTime);
+        data.insert(sharedValue("creationtime"), dateTime);
+    }
+
     if (m_requestRole[AccessTimeRole]) {
         // Don't use KFileItem::timeString() as this is too expensive when
         // having several thousands of items. Instead the formatting of the
@@ -1811,17 +1824,22 @@
         break;
     }
 
-    case DeletionTimeRole: {
-        const QDateTime dateTimeA = a->values.value("deletiontime").toDateTime();
-        const QDateTime dateTimeB = b->values.value("deletiontime").toDateTime();
+    case CreationTimeRole: {
+        const QDateTime dateTimeA = itemA.time(KFileItem::CreationTime);
+        const QDateTime dateTimeB = itemB.time(KFileItem::CreationTime);
         if (dateTimeA < dateTimeB) {
             result = -1;
         } else if (dateTimeA > dateTimeB) {
             result = +1;
         }
         break;
     }
 
+    case DeletionTimeRole: {
+        const QDateTime dateTimeA = a->values.value("deletiontime").toDateTime();
+        const QDateTime dateTimeB = b->values.value("deletiontime").toDateTime();
+    }
+
     case RatingRole: {
         result = a->values.value("rating").toInt() - b->values.value("rating").toInt();
         break;
@@ -2271,6 +2289,7 @@
         { "text",        NameRole,        I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Name"),             0, 0,                                     false, false },
         { "size",        SizeRole,        I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Size"),             0, 0,                                     false, false },
         { "modificationtime",        ModificationTimeRole,        I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Modified"),             0, 0,                                     false, false },
+        { "creationtime",        CreationTimeRole,        I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Created"),             0, 0,                                     false, false },
         { "accesstime",        AccessTimeRole,        I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Accessed"),             0, 0,                                     false, false },
         { "type",        TypeRole,        I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Type"),             0, 0,                                     false, false },
         { "rating",      RatingRole,      I18N_NOOP2_NOSTRIP("@label", "Rating"),           0, 0,                                     true,  false },