diff --git a/gramps/gui/views/listview.py b/gramps/gui/views/listview.py
index 97261acd4..825daaefa 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/views/listview.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/views/listview.py
@@ -620,11 +620,14 @@ class ListView(NavigationView):
             filter_info = (False, value, value[0] in self.exact_search())
 
         if same_col:
-            ##TODO GTK3 rows_reordered not exposed by gi, we need to reconnect
-            ## model to obtain desired effect, but this collapses nodes ...
-            self.list.set_model(None)
-            self.model.reverse_order()
-            self.list.set_model(self.model)
+            if (Gtk.get_major_version(), Gtk.get_minor_version()) >= (3,8):
+                self.model.reverse_order()
+            else:
+                ## GTK 3.6 rows_reordered not exposed by gi, we need to reconnect
+                ## model to obtain desired effect, but this collapses nodes ...
+                self.list.set_model(None)
+                self.model.reverse_order()
+                self.list.set_model(self.model)
         else:
             self.model = self.make_model(self.dbstate.db, self.sort_col, 
                                          self.sort_order, 
diff --git a/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py b/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py
index 8ec76dede..41dbf2ebb 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/views/treemodels/treebasemodel.py
@@ -699,10 +699,11 @@ class TreeBaseModel(GObject.Object, Gtk.TreeModel):
         
     def reverse_order(self):
         """
-        Reverse the order of the map. This does not signal rows_reordered,
-        so to propagate the change to the view, you need to reattach the
-        model to the view. 
+        Reverse the order of the map. Only for Gtk 3.9+ does this signal
+        rows_reordered, so to propagate the change to the view, you need to
+        reattach the model to the view. 
         """
+        self.GTK38PLUS = (Gtk.get_major_version(), Gtk.get_minor_version()) >= (3,8)
         self.__reverse = not self.__reverse
         top_node = self.tree[None]
         self._reverse_level(top_node)
@@ -722,8 +723,9 @@ class TreeBaseModel(GObject.Object, Gtk.TreeModel):
             else:
                 iternode = self.get_iter(node)
                 path = self.do_get_path(iternode)
-            ##TODO GTK3: rows_reordered is not exposed in gi
-            #self.rows_reordered(path, iter, rows)
+            if self.GTK38PLUS:
+                ##rows_reordered is only exposed in gi starting GTK 3.8
+                self.rows_reordered(path, iter, rows)
             if self.nrgroups > 1:
                 for child in node.children:
                     self._reverse_level(self.nodemap.node(child[1]))