diff --git a/js/api/api.draw.js b/js/api/api.draw.js
index 312df3514..55f57dcd7 100644
--- a/js/api/api.draw.js
+++ b/js/api/api.draw.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ _api_register( 'draw()', function ( paging ) {
 		if ( paging === 'page' ) {
 			_fnDraw( settings );
 		}
+		// To update the data without re-sorting, re-filtering, or changing the page, the hold-order option was added.
+		// This sets the ignoreSortAndFilter falg on _fnReDraw.
+		else if (paging === 'hold-order') {
+					_fnReDraw(settings, true, true);
+		}
 		else {
 			if ( typeof paging === 'string' ) {
 				paging = paging === 'full-hold' ?
diff --git a/js/core/core.draw.js b/js/core/core.draw.js
index a175fc6a1..e9cc33f49 100644
--- a/js/core/core.draw.js
+++ b/js/core/core.draw.js
@@ -449,14 +449,16 @@ function _fnDraw( oSettings )
  *  @param {object} oSettings dataTables settings object
  *  @param {boolean} [holdPosition] Keep the current paging position. By default
  *    the paging is reset to the first page
+ *  @param {boolean} [ignoreSortAndFilter] Keep the rows as they are rather than
+ *    resorting and filtering based on the table settings
  *  @memberof DataTable#oApi
  */
-function _fnReDraw( settings, holdPosition )
+function _fnReDraw( settings, holdPosition, ignoreSortAndFilter )
 {
 	var
 		features = settings.oFeatures,
-		sort     = features.bSort,
-		filter   = features.bFilter;
+		sort     = ignoreSortAndFilter === true ? false : features.bSort,
+		filter   = ignoreSortAndFilter === true ? false : features.bFilter;
 
 	if ( sort ) {
 		_fnSort( settings );