diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-documentlist/src/components/document-list.html b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-documentlist/src/components/document-list.html
index e24ab462a4..06ef08a953 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-documentlist/src/components/document-list.html
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-documentlist/src/components/document-list.html
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
     <thead>
     <tr>
         <!-- Columns -->
-        <th class="mdl-data-table__cell--non-numeric column-header {{col.cssClass}}"
+        <th class="mdl-data-table__cell--non-numeric {{col.cssClass}}"
             *ngFor="#col of columns"
+            [class.column-header]="col.title"
             [class.mdl-data-table__header--sorted-ascending]="sorting.key === col.source && sorting.direction === 'asc'"
             [class.mdl-data-table__header--sorted-descending]="sorting.key === col.source && sorting.direction === 'desc'"
             (click)="onColumnHeaderClick(col)">
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-documentlist/src/components/document-list.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-documentlist/src/components/document-list.ts
index 2fd9cb7c22..a3bc8dfa17 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-documentlist/src/components/document-list.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-documentlist/src/components/document-list.ts
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ export class DocumentList implements OnInit, AfterViewChecked, AfterContentInit
     }
 
     onColumnHeaderClick(column: ContentColumnModel) {
-        if (column) {
+        if (column && this._isSortableColumn(column)) {
             if (this.sorting.key === column.source) {
                 this.sorting.direction = this.sorting.direction === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc';
             } else {
@@ -368,4 +368,8 @@ export class DocumentList implements OnInit, AfterViewChecked, AfterContentInit
     private _hasEntries(node: NodePaging): boolean {
         return (node && node.list && node.list.entries && node.list.entries.length > 0);
     }
+
+    private _isSortableColumn(column: ContentColumnModel) {
+        return column && column.source && !column.source.startsWith('$');
+    }
 }