diff --git a/__tests__/integration/snapshots/static/alphabetIntervalSortXDomain.png b/__tests__/integration/snapshots/static/alphabetIntervalSortXDomain.png
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diff --git a/__tests__/plots/static/alphabet-interval-sort-x-domain.ts b/__tests__/plots/static/alphabet-interval-sort-x-domain.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b38ec8c284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/plots/static/alphabet-interval-sort-x-domain.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { G2Spec } from '../../../src';
+
+export function alphabetIntervalSortXDomain(): G2Spec {
+  return {
+    type: 'interval',
+    data: {
+      type: 'fetch',
+      value: 'data/alphabet.csv',
+    },
+    encode: {
+      x: 'letter',
+      y: 'frequency',
+    },
+    transform: [{ type: 'sortX', by: 'y', reverse: true }],
+    scale: { x: { domain: ['A', 'B', 'C'] } },
+    axis: { y: { labelFormatter: '.0%' } },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/plots/static/index.ts b/__tests__/plots/static/index.ts
index ebeffa8b9c..0f17109d5d 100644
--- a/__tests__/plots/static/index.ts
+++ b/__tests__/plots/static/index.ts
@@ -199,3 +199,4 @@ export { scoreByItemAreaRadarSize } from './score-by-item-area-radar-size';
 export { mockPointLogTicks } from './mock-point-log-ticks';
 export { alphabetIntervalLabelRotate } from './alphabet-interval-label-rotate';
 export { aaplLineBasicTranspose } from './aapl-line-basic-transpose';
+export { alphabetIntervalSortXDomain } from './alphabet-interval-sort-x-domain';
diff --git a/src/transform/sort.ts b/src/transform/sort.ts
index 2a22862b11..be5f2d731e 100644
--- a/src/transform/sort.ts
+++ b/src/transform/sort.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export type SortOptions = {
 };
 
 function sortQuantitative(I, mark, options): [number[], G2Mark] {
-  const { reverse, slice, channel } = options;
+  const { reverse, channel } = options;
   const { encode } = mark;
   const [V] = columnOf(encode, channel);
   const sortedI = sort(I, (i: number) => V[i]);
@@ -53,12 +53,21 @@ function sortQuantitative(I, mark, options): [number[], G2Mark] {
   return [sortedI, mark];
 }
 
+// If domain is specified, only sort data in the domain.
+function filterIndex(I, values, specifiedDomain): number[] {
+  if (!Array.isArray(specifiedDomain)) return I;
+  const domain = new Set(specifiedDomain);
+  return I.filter((i) => domain.has(values[i]));
+}
+
 function sortOrdinal(I, mark, options): [number[], G2Mark] {
   const { reverse, slice, channel, ...rest } = options;
-  const { encode } = mark;
+  const { encode, scale = {} } = mark;
+  const domain = scale[channel]?.domain;
   const [T] = columnOf(encode, channel);
   const normalizeReducer = createReducer(channel, rest, encode);
-  const sortedDomain = groupSort(I, normalizeReducer, (i: number) => T[i]);
+  const SI = filterIndex(I, T, domain);
+  const sortedDomain = groupSort(SI, normalizeReducer, (i: number) => T[i]);
   if (reverse) sortedDomain.reverse();
   const s = typeof slice === 'number' ? [0, slice] : slice;
   const slicedDomain = slice ? sortedDomain.slice(...s) : sortedDomain;