diff --git a/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md b/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md
index 83dffd121..d2b312e0c 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 * [#7674](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/7674) - Fix inadvertent application of device type context to virtual machines
+* [#8074](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/8074) - Ordering VMs by name should reference naturalized value
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/netbox/virtualization/tables.py b/netbox/virtualization/tables.py
index 501b5c0c7..b07259e5c 100644
--- a/netbox/virtualization/tables.py
+++ b/netbox/virtualization/tables.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class ClusterTable(BaseTable):
 class VirtualMachineTable(BaseTable):
     pk = ToggleColumn()
     name = tables.Column(
+        order_by=('_name',),
         linkify=True
     )
     status = ChoiceFieldColumn()