diff --git a/packages/tables/src/Concerns/CanSortRecords.php b/packages/tables/src/Concerns/CanSortRecords.php
index 123afce35f..b21fb52d82 100644
--- a/packages/tables/src/Concerns/CanSortRecords.php
+++ b/packages/tables/src/Concerns/CanSortRecords.php
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ trait CanSortRecords
 
         $column->applySort($query, $sortDirection);
 
+        $this->applyDefaultKeySortToTableQuery($query);
+
         return $query;
     }
 
@@ -105,25 +107,52 @@ trait CanSortRecords
             ($sortColumn = $this->getTable()->getSortableVisibleColumn($defaultSort))
         ) {
             $sortColumn->applySort($query, $sortDirection);
-
-            return $query;
-        }
-
-        if (is_string($defaultSort)) {
-            return $query->orderBy($defaultSort, $sortDirection);
+        } elseif (is_string($defaultSort)) {
+            $query->orderBy($defaultSort, $sortDirection);
         }
 
         if ($defaultSort instanceof Builder) {
-            return $defaultSort;
+            $query = $defaultSort;
         }
 
         if (filled($query->toBase()->orders)) {
+            $this->applyDefaultKeySortToTableQuery($query);
+
             return $query;
         }
 
         return $query->orderBy($query->getModel()->getQualifiedKeyName());
     }
 
+    protected function applyDefaultKeySortToTableQuery(Builder $query): Builder
+    {
+        if (! $this->getTable()->hasDefaultKeySort()) {
+            return $query;
+        }
+
+        $qualifiedKeyName = $query->getModel()->getQualifiedKeyName();
+
+        foreach ($query->toBase()->orders ?? [] as $order) { /** @phpstan-ignore nullCoalesce.property */
+            if (($order['column'] ?? null) === $qualifiedKeyName) {
+                return $query;
+            }
+
+            if (
+                is_string($order['column'] ?? null) &&
+                str($order['column'] ?? null)->contains('.') &&
+                str($order['column'] ?? null)->afterLast('.')->is(
+                    str($qualifiedKeyName)->afterLast('.')
+                )
+            ) {
+                return $query;
+            }
+        }
+
+        $query->orderBy($qualifiedKeyName);
+
+        return $query;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @deprecated Override the `table()` method to configure the table.
      */
diff --git a/packages/tables/src/Table/Concerns/CanSortRecords.php b/packages/tables/src/Table/Concerns/CanSortRecords.php
index 4c364c1896..798e555e61 100644
--- a/packages/tables/src/Table/Concerns/CanSortRecords.php
+++ b/packages/tables/src/Table/Concerns/CanSortRecords.php
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ trait CanSortRecords
 
     protected string | Htmlable | Closure | null $defaultSortOptionLabel = null;
 
+    protected bool | Closure $hasDefaultKeySort = false;
+
     public function defaultSort(string | Closure | null $column, string | Closure | null $direction = 'asc'): static
     {
         $this->defaultSort = $column;
@@ -40,6 +42,13 @@ trait CanSortRecords
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function defaultKeySort(bool | Closure $condition = true): static
+    {
+        $this->hasDefaultKeySort = $condition;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     public function getSortableVisibleColumn(string $name): ?Column
     {
         $column = $this->getColumn($name);
@@ -121,4 +130,9 @@ trait CanSortRecords
     {
         return $this->evaluate($this->defaultSortOptionLabel) ?? '-';
     }
+
+    public function hasDefaultKeySort(): bool
+    {
+        return (bool) $this->evaluate($this->hasDefaultKeySort);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/Panels/Resources/Pages/ListRecordsTest.php b/tests/src/Panels/Resources/Pages/ListRecordsTest.php
index c7ecc24b4e..26e743007d 100644
--- a/tests/src/Panels/Resources/Pages/ListRecordsTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Panels/Resources/Pages/ListRecordsTest.php
@@ -65,6 +65,23 @@ it('can sort posts by author', function () {
         ->assertCanSeeTableRecords($posts->sortByDesc('author.name'), inOrder: true);
 });
 
+it('can sort posts with default sort key', function () {
+
+    $faker = fake()->unique();
+    $posts = Post::factory()->count(10)->state(function () use ($faker) {
+        return [
+            'id' => $faker->randomDigit(),
+            'title' => 'Lorem Ipsum',
+        ];
+    })->create();
+
+    livewire(ListPosts::class)
+        ->sortTable('title')
+        ->assertCanSeeTableRecords($posts->sortBy([['title', 'asc'], ['id', 'asc']]), inOrder: true)
+        ->sortTable('title', 'desc')
+        ->assertCanSeeTableRecords($posts->sortBy([['title', 'desc'], ['id', 'asc']]), inOrder: true);
+});
+
 it('can search posts by title', function () {
     $posts = Post::factory()->count(10)->create();