diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py
index 29b37b4255..9d2e4ce3b9 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/options.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/options.py
@@ -856,6 +856,10 @@ def _preset_alias_callback(option, opt_str, value, parser):
         dest='format_sort', default=[], type='str', action='callback',
         callback=_list_from_options_callback, callback_kwargs={'append': -1},
         help='Sort the formats by the fields given, see "Sorting Formats" for more details')
+    video_format.add_option(
+        '--format-sort-reset',
+        dest='format_sort', action='store_const', const=[],
+        help='Resets format sort order to yt-dlp default')
     video_format.add_option(
         '--format-sort-force', '--S-force',
         action='store_true', dest='format_sort_force', metavar='FORMAT', default=False,