diff --git a/Lib/reprlib.py b/Lib/reprlib.py
index ab18247682b69a..6a065a8927b751 100644
--- a/Lib/reprlib.py
+++ b/Lib/reprlib.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class Repr:
     def __init__(
         self, *, maxlevel=6, maxtuple=6, maxlist=6, maxarray=5, maxdict=4,
         maxset=6, maxfrozenset=6, maxdeque=6, maxstring=30, maxlong=40,
-        maxother=30, fillvalue='...', indent=None,
+        maxother=30, fillvalue='...', indent=None, sort_dicts=True,
     ):
         self.maxlevel = maxlevel
         self.maxtuple = maxtuple
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.maxother = maxother
         self.fillvalue = fillvalue
         self.indent = indent
+        self.sort_dicts = sort_dicts
 
     def repr(self, x):
         return self.repr1(x, self.maxlevel)
@@ -162,7 +163,8 @@ def repr_dict(self, x, level):
         newlevel = level - 1
         repr1 = self.repr1
         pieces = []
-        for key in islice(_possibly_sorted(x), self.maxdict):
+        keys = _possibly_sorted(x) if self.sort_dicts else list(x)
+        for key in islice(keys, self.maxdict):
             keyrepr = repr1(key, newlevel)
             valrepr = repr1(x[key], newlevel)
             pieces.append('%s: %s' % (keyrepr, valrepr))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py b/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py
index 5a95a05c6496a2..16c32698102505 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_reprlib.py
@@ -273,6 +273,24 @@ def test_unsortable(self):
         r(y)
         r(z)
 
+    def test_sort_dicts_true(self):
+        r = Repr(sort_dicts=True)
+        d = {"zaz": 3, "xoo": 1, "yar": 2}
+        e = dict(sorted(d.items()))
+        self.assertEqual(r.repr(d), __builtins__.repr(e))
+
+    def test_sort_dicts_false(self):
+        r = Repr(sort_dicts=False)
+        d = {"zaz": 3, "xoo": 1, "yar": 2}
+        e = dict(d)
+        self.assertEqual(r.repr(d), __builtins__.repr(e))
+
+    def test_sort_dicts_default(self):
+        r = Repr()
+        d = {"zaz": 3, "xoo": 1, "yar": 2}
+        e = dict(sorted(d.items()))
+        self.assertEqual(r.repr(d), __builtins__.repr(e))
+
     def test_valid_indent(self):
         test_cases = [
             {