diff --git a/src/insexpand.c b/src/insexpand.c
index e33e15d..1a71f63 100644
--- a/src/insexpand.c
+++ b/src/insexpand.c
@@ -1264,7 +1264,8 @@
     int		max_fuzzy_score = 0;
     unsigned int cur_cot_flags = get_cot_flags();
     int		compl_no_select = (cur_cot_flags & COT_NOSELECT) != 0;
-    int		compl_fuzzy_match = (cur_cot_flags & COT_FUZZY) != 0;
+    int		fuzzy_nosort = (cur_cot_flags & COT_NOSORT) != 0;
+    int		fuzzy_filter = fuzzy_nosort || (cur_cot_flags & COT_FUZZY) != 0;
     compl_T	*match_head = NULL;
     compl_T	*match_tail = NULL;
     compl_T	*match_next = NULL;
@@ -1289,13 +1290,13 @@
 	compl->cp_in_match_array = FALSE;
 	// When 'completeopt' contains "fuzzy" and leader is not NULL or empty,
 	// set the cp_score for later comparisons.
-	if (compl_fuzzy_match && compl_leader.string != NULL && compl_leader.length > 0)
+	if (fuzzy_filter && compl_leader.string != NULL && compl_leader.length > 0)
 	    compl->cp_score = fuzzy_match_str(compl->cp_str.string, compl_leader.string);
 
 	if (!match_at_original_text(compl)
 		&& (compl_leader.string == NULL
 		    || ins_compl_equal(compl, compl_leader.string, (int)compl_leader.length)
-		    || (compl_fuzzy_match && compl->cp_score > 0)))
+		    || (fuzzy_filter && compl->cp_score > 0)))
 	{
 	    ++compl_match_arraysize;
 	    compl->cp_in_match_array = TRUE;
@@ -1305,7 +1306,7 @@
 		match_tail->cp_match_next = compl;
 	    match_tail = compl;
 
-	    if (!shown_match_ok && !compl_fuzzy_match)
+	    if (!shown_match_ok && !fuzzy_filter)
 	    {
 		if (compl == compl_shown_match || did_find_shown_match)
 		{
@@ -1321,19 +1322,21 @@
 		    shown_compl = compl;
 		cur = i;
 	    }
-	    else if (compl_fuzzy_match)
+	    else if (fuzzy_filter)
 	    {
 		if (i == 0)
 		    shown_compl = compl;
 		// Update the maximum fuzzy score and the shown match
 		// if the current item's score is higher
-		if (compl->cp_score > max_fuzzy_score)
+		if (!fuzzy_nosort && compl->cp_score > max_fuzzy_score)
 		{
 		    did_find_shown_match = TRUE;
 		    max_fuzzy_score = compl->cp_score;
 		    if (!compl_no_select)
 			compl_shown_match = compl;
 		}
+		else if (fuzzy_nosort && i == 0 && !compl_no_select)
+		    compl_shown_match = shown_compl;
 
 		if (!shown_match_ok && compl == compl_shown_match && !compl_no_select)
 		{
@@ -1344,7 +1347,7 @@
 	    i++;
 	}
 
-	if (compl == compl_shown_match && !compl_fuzzy_match)
+	if (compl == compl_shown_match && !fuzzy_filter)
 	{
 	    did_find_shown_match = TRUE;
 
@@ -1389,7 +1392,7 @@
 	compl = match_next;
     }
 
-    if (compl_fuzzy_match && compl_leader.string != NULL && compl_leader.length > 0)
+    if (fuzzy_filter && !fuzzy_nosort && compl_leader.string != NULL && compl_leader.length > 0)
     {
 	for (i = 0; i < compl_match_arraysize; i++)
 	    compl_match_array[i].pum_idx = i;
diff --git a/src/option.h b/src/option.h
index a3634a6..11fefc3 100644
--- a/src/option.h
+++ b/src/option.h
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@
 #define COT_NOINSERT	    0x040   // FALSE: select & insert, TRUE: noinsert
 #define COT_NOSELECT	    0x080   // FALSE: select & insert, TRUE: noselect
 #define COT_FUZZY	    0x100   // TRUE: fuzzy match enabled
+#define COT_NOSORT	    0x200   // TRUE: fuzzy match without qsort score
 #ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
 EXTERN char_u	*p_csl;		// 'completeslash'
 #endif
diff --git a/src/optionstr.c b/src/optionstr.c
index 86c7967..8672665 100644
--- a/src/optionstr.c
+++ b/src/optionstr.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 				NULL};
 static char *(p_fcl_values[]) = {"all", NULL};
 #endif
-static char *(p_cot_values[]) = {"menu", "menuone", "longest", "preview", "popup", "popuphidden", "noinsert", "noselect", "fuzzy", NULL};
+static char *(p_cot_values[]) = {"menu", "menuone", "longest", "preview", "popup", "popuphidden", "noinsert", "noselect", "fuzzy", "nosort", NULL};
 #ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
 static char *(p_csl_values[]) = {"slash", "backslash", NULL};
 #endif
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim b/src/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim
index 289a281..75ccb67 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_ins_complete.vim
@@ -2700,7 +2700,7 @@
     if a:findstart
       return col(".")
     endif
-    return [#{word: "foo"}, #{word: "foobar"}, #{word: "fooBaz"}, #{word: "foobala"}]
+    return [#{word: "foo"}, #{word: "foobar"}, #{word: "fooBaz"}, #{word: "foobala"}, #{word: "你好吗"}, #{word: "我好"}]
   endfunc
 
   new
@@ -2855,6 +2855,21 @@
   call feedkeys("STe\<C-X>\<C-N>x\<CR>\<Esc>0", 'tx!')
   call assert_equal('Tex', getline('.'))
 
+  " test case for nosort option
+  set cot=menuone,menu,noinsert,fuzzy,nosort
+  " fooBaz" should have a higher score when the leader is "fb".
+  " With `nosort`, "foobar" should still be shown first in the popup menu.
+  call feedkeys("S\<C-x>\<C-o>fb", 'tx')
+  call assert_equal('foobar', g:word)
+  call feedkeys("S\<C-x>\<C-o>好", 'tx')
+  call assert_equal("你好吗", g:word)
+
+  set cot+=noselect
+  call feedkeys("S\<C-x>\<C-o>好", 'tx')
+  call assert_equal(v:null, g:word)
+  call feedkeys("S\<C-x>\<C-o>好\<C-N>", 'tx')
+  call assert_equal('你好吗', g:word)
+
   " clean up
   set omnifunc=
   bw!
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 67f1689..02a58af 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1049,
+/**/
     1048,
 /**/
     1047,