diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 087cd615..6afb9129 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function isPlainObject(obj) {
 
 
 
-function sortObjectsByIds(idName, ids, objects) {
+function sortObjectsByIds(idName, ids, objects, strict) {
   ids = ids.map(function(id) {
       return (typeof id === 'object') ? id.toString() : id;
   });
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ function sortObjectsByIds(idName, ids, objects) {
   objects.forEach(function(x) {
     if (typeof x === 'object') {
       var idx = indexOf(x);
+      if (strict && idx === -1) return;
       idx === -1 ? tailing.push(x) : heading.push(x);
     }
   });
diff --git a/test/util.test.js b/test/util.test.js
index 37da6fe5..f933190a 100644
--- a/test/util.test.js
+++ b/test/util.test.js
@@ -206,9 +206,15 @@ describe('sortObjectsByIds', function () {
   });
 
   it('should sort - partial ids', function() {
-    var sorted =sortObjectsByIds('id', [5, 3, 2], items);
+    var sorted = sortObjectsByIds('id', [5, 3, 2], items);
     var names = sorted.map(function(u) { return u.name; });
     should.deepEqual(names, ['e', 'c', 'b', 'a', 'd', 'f']);
   });
+  
+  it('should sort - strict', function() {
+    var sorted = sortObjectsByIds('id', [5, 3, 2], items, true);
+    var names = sorted.map(function(u) { return u.name; });
+    should.deepEqual(names, ['e', 'c', 'b']);
+  });
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});