diff --git a/server/monitor.go b/server/monitor.go
index ed589940..e7d3eee1 100644
--- a/server/monitor.go
+++ b/server/monitor.go
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ func (s *Server) HandleConnz(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		sort.Sort(ByCid(pairs))
 	case bySubs:
 		sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(BySubs(pairs)))
+	case byPending:
+		sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(ByPending(pairs)))
 	case byOutMsgs:
 		sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(ByOutMsgs(pairs)))
 	case byInMsgs:
diff --git a/server/monitor_sort_opts.go b/server/monitor_sort_opts.go
index 74029c2d..b91d1cf2 100644
--- a/server/monitor_sort_opts.go
+++ b/server/monitor_sort_opts.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ type SortOpt string
 const (
 	byCid      SortOpt = "cid"
 	bySubs             = "subs"
+	byPending          = "pending"
 	byOutMsgs          = "msgs_to"
 	byInMsgs           = "msgs_from"
 	byOutBytes         = "bytes_to"
@@ -43,6 +44,18 @@ func (d BySubs) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	return d[i].Val.subs.Count() < d[j].Val.subs.Count()
 }
 
+type ByPending []Pair
+
+func (d ByPending) Len() int {
+	return len(d)
+}
+func (d ByPending) Swap(i, j int) {
+	d[i], d[j] = d[j], d[i]
+}
+func (d ByPending) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return d[i].Val.bw.Buffered() < d[j].Val.bw.Buffered()
+}
+
 type ByOutMsgs []Pair
 
 func (d ByOutMsgs) Len() int {
diff --git a/server/monitor_test.go b/server/monitor_test.go
index bb041187..c029319a 100644
--- a/server/monitor_test.go
+++ b/server/monitor_test.go
@@ -569,6 +569,46 @@ func TestConnzSortedByBytesAndMsgs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConnzSortedByPending(t *testing.T) {
+	s := runMonitorServer(DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT)
+	defer s.Shutdown()
+
+	firstClient := createClientConnSubscribeAndPublish(t)
+	firstClient.Subscribe("hello.world", func(m *nats.Msg) {})
+	clients := make([]*nats.Conn, 3)
+	for i, _ := range clients {
+		clients[i] = createClientConnSubscribeAndPublish(t)
+		defer clients[i].Close()
+	}
+	defer firstClient.Close()
+
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%d/", DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT)
+	resp, err := http.Get(url + "connz?sort=pending")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected no error: Got %v\n", err)
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected a 200 response, got %d\n", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Got an error reading the body: %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	c := Connz{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &c); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Got an error unmarshalling the body: %v\n", err)
+	}
+
+	if c.Conns[0].Pending < c.Conns[1].Pending ||
+		c.Conns[0].Pending < c.Conns[2].Pending ||
+		c.Conns[0].Pending < c.Conns[3].Pending {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected conns sorted in descending order by number of pending, got %v < one of [%v, %v, %v]\n",
+			c.Conns[0].Pending, c.Conns[1].Pending, c.Conns[2].Pending, c.Conns[3].Pending)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestConnzSortedBySubs(t *testing.T) {
 	s := runMonitorServer(DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT)
 	defer s.Shutdown()