diff --git a/.changeset/tall-glasses-attack.md b/.changeset/tall-glasses-attack.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b59dddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tall-glasses-attack.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@openfun/cunningham-react": minor
+---
+
+add sorting on custom columns
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/SimpleDataGrid.spec.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/SimpleDataGrid.spec.tsx
index 85cac9f..e871da7 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/SimpleDataGrid.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/SimpleDataGrid.spec.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { render, screen, waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
 import React, { useState } from "react";
 import { faker } from "@faker-js/faker";
-import { getAllByRole, getByRole } from "@testing-library/dom";
+import { getAllByRole, getByRole, within } from "@testing-library/dom";
 import { expect } from "vitest";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
 import { expectPaginationList } from ":/components/Pagination/utils";
@@ -418,6 +418,99 @@ describe("<SimpleDataGrid/>", () => {
         });
     });
   });
+  it("should render a grid with working sortable custom columns", async () => {
+    const rows = Array.from(Array(23))
+      .map(() => ({
+        id: faker.string.uuid(),
+        firstName: faker.person.firstName(),
+        country: faker.location.country(),
+      }))
+      .sort((a, b) => a.firstName.localeCompare(b.firstName));
+    render(
+      <CunninghamProvider>
+        <SimpleDataGrid
+          columns={[
+            {
+              field: "firstName",
+              headerName: "First name",
+            },
+            {
+              field: "country",
+              headerName: "Country",
+              renderCell: ({ row }) => <h1>{row.country}</h1>,
+            },
+          ]}
+          rows={rows}
+          defaultPaginationParams={{
+            pageSize: 10,
+          }}
+          defaultSortModel={[
+            {
+              field: "firstName",
+              sort: "asc",
+            },
+          ]}
+        />
+      </CunninghamProvider>,
+    );
+
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+
+    // Verify first page rows are sorted by firstName ASC.
+    expect(screen.getAllByRole("row").length).toBe(11);
+    rows.slice(0, 10).forEach((row) => {
+      const element = screen.getByTestId(row.id);
+      const tds = getAllByRole(element, "cell");
+      expect(tds.length).toBe(2);
+      expect(tds[0].textContent).toEqual(row.firstName);
+    });
+
+    // Sort by country ASC.
+    const table = screen.getByRole("table");
+    const ths = getAllByRole(table, "columnheader");
+    expect(ths.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(ths[1].textContent).toContain("Country");
+    expect(ths[1].textContent).not.toContain("arrow_drop_up");
+    expect(ths[1].textContent).not.toContain("arrow_drop_down");
+    await user.click(ths[1].querySelector("div")!);
+
+    // Verify first page rows are sorted by country ASC.
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(ths[1].textContent).toContain("arrow_drop_up");
+      [...rows]
+        .sort((a, b) => a.country.localeCompare(b.country))
+        .slice(0, 10)
+        .forEach((row) => {
+          const element = screen.getByTestId(row.id);
+          const tds = getAllByRole(element, "cell");
+          expect(tds.length).toBe(2);
+          expect(tds[0].textContent).toEqual(row.firstName);
+          within(tds[1]).getByRole("heading", { name: row.country, level: 1 });
+        });
+    });
+
+    // Sort by country DESC.
+    expect(ths.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(ths[1].textContent).toContain("Country");
+    expect(ths[1].textContent).toContain("arrow_drop_up");
+    expect(ths[1].textContent).not.toContain("arrow_drop_down");
+    await user.click(ths[1].querySelector("div")!);
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(ths[1].textContent).toContain("arrow_drop_down");
+      [...rows]
+        .sort((a, b) => a.country.localeCompare(b.country))
+        .reverse()
+        .slice(0, 10)
+        .forEach((row) => {
+          const element = screen.getByTestId(row.id);
+          const tds = getAllByRole(element, "cell");
+          expect(tds.length).toBe(2);
+          expect(tds[0].textContent).toEqual(row.firstName);
+          within(tds[1]).getByRole("heading", { name: row.country, level: 1 });
+        });
+    });
+  });
   it("should render a grid with non-sortable columns", async () => {
     const rows = Array.from(Array(23))
       .map(() => ({
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.stories.tsx
index 0cf2e12..c4a4bf2 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.stories.tsx
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ export const FullServerSide = () => {
         lastName: faker.person.lastName(),
         email: faker.internet.email(),
         address: faker.location.streetAddress(),
+        country: faker.location.countryCode(),
       })),
     [],
   );
@@ -261,6 +262,24 @@ export const FullServerSide = () => {
           field: "address",
           headerName: "Address",
         },
+        {
+          headerName: "Country",
+          field: "country",
+          renderCell: (context) => {
+            return (
+              <span
+                style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: "8px" }}
+              >
+                <img
+                  style={{ height: "24px" }}
+                  src={`https://flagsapi.com/${context.row.country}/shiny/64.png`}
+                  alt="Flag"
+                />
+                {context.row.country}
+              </span>
+            );
+          },
+        },
         {
           id: "actions",
           renderCell: () => (
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.tsx
index 0f3edf8..a5003e6 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/index.tsx
@@ -30,12 +30,19 @@ export interface ColumnField {
 }
 
 export interface ColumnCustomCell<T extends Row = Row> {
+  id?: string;
+  field: string;
+  renderCell: (params: { row: T }) => React.ReactNode;
+}
+export interface ColumnDisplayCell<T extends Row = Row> {
   id: string;
+  field?: never;
   renderCell: (params: { row: T }) => React.ReactNode;
 }
 
 export type Column<T extends Row = Row> = (
   | ColumnCustomCell<T>
+  | ColumnDisplayCell<T>
   | ColumnField
 ) & {
   headerName?: string;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/utils.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/utils.tsx
index 48a6276..61e79ad 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/utils.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/DataGrid/utils.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  CellContext,
   ColumnDef,
   createColumnHelper,
   PaginationState,
@@ -23,23 +24,23 @@ export const useHeadlessColumns = <T extends Row>({
   const { t } = useCunningham();
   const columnHelper = createColumnHelper<T>();
   let headlessColumns = columns.map((column) => {
+    // Based on types we can assume that at least one of both is defined.
+    const id = (column.id ?? column.field) as string;
     const opts = {
-      id: column.renderCell ? column.id : column.id ?? column.field,
+      id,
       enableSorting: column.enableSorting,
       header: column.headerName,
+      cell: (info: CellContext<any, any>) => {
+        if (column.renderCell) {
+          return column.renderCell({ row: info.row.original });
+        }
+        return info.cell.getValue();
+      },
     };
-    if (!column.renderCell) {
-      // The any cast is needed because the type of the accessor is hard-defined on react-table.
-      // On our side we only use string as type for simplicity purpose.
+    if (column.field) {
       return columnHelper.accessor(column.field as any, opts);
     }
-
-    return columnHelper.display({
-      ...opts,
-      cell: (info) => {
-        return column.renderCell({ row: info.row.original });
-      },
-    });
+    return columnHelper.display(opts);
   });
   if (enableRowSelection) {
     headlessColumns = [