diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/utils.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/utils.go
index 7eeb79a8877..8c3c47e19b5 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/utils.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/utils.go
@@ -711,14 +711,30 @@ func getCommitInfoWithOptions(queryist cli.Queryist, sqlCtx *sql.Context, ref st
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing timestamp '%s': %v", row[3], err)
 	}
 	message := row[4].(string)
-	parent := row[5].(string)
-	height := uint64(len(rows))
+
+	var commitOrder uint64
+	switch v := row[5].(type) {
+	case uint64:
+		commitOrder = v
+	case string:
+		var err error
+		commitOrder, err = strconv.ParseUint(v, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error parsing commit_order '%s': %v", v, err)
+		}
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected type for commit_order: %T", v)
+	}
+
+	parent := row[6].(string)
+	height := commitOrder
 
 	isHead := commitHash == hashOfHead
 
 	var signature string
-	if len(row) > 7 {
-		signature = row[7].(string)
+	if opts.showSignature {
+		// Signature is always the last column when present
+		signature = row[len(row)-1].(string)
 	}
 
 	localBranchesForHash, err := getBranchesForHash(queryist, sqlCtx, commitHash, true)
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtablefunctions/dolt_log_table_function.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtablefunctions/dolt_log_table_function.go
index f9d01a542da..df52aab797a 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtablefunctions/dolt_log_table_function.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtablefunctions/dolt_log_table_function.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ var logTableSchema = sql.Schema{
 	&sql.Column{Name: "email", Type: types.Text},
 	&sql.Column{Name: "date", Type: types.Datetime},
 	&sql.Column{Name: "message", Type: types.Text},
+	&sql.Column{Name: "commit_order", Type: types.Uint64},
 }
 
 // NewInstance creates a new instance of TableFunction interface
@@ -764,7 +765,12 @@ func (itr *logTableFunctionRowIter) Next(ctx *sql.Context) (sql.Row, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	row := sql.NewRow(commitHash.String(), meta.Name, meta.Email, meta.Time(), meta.Description)
+	height, err := commit.Height()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	row := sql.NewRow(commitHash.String(), meta.Name, meta.Email, meta.Time(), meta.Description, height)
 
 	if itr.showParents {
 		prStr, err := getParentsString(ctx, commit)
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables/log_table.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables/log_table.go
index 4d5bbb137be..009c12cf9e8 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables/log_table.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/dtables/log_table.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func (dt *LogTable) Schema() sql.Schema {
 		{Name: "email", Type: types.Text, Source: dt.tableName, PrimaryKey: false, DatabaseSource: dt.dbName},
 		{Name: "date", Type: types.Datetime, Source: dt.tableName, PrimaryKey: false, DatabaseSource: dt.dbName},
 		{Name: "message", Type: types.Text, Source: dt.tableName, PrimaryKey: false, DatabaseSource: dt.dbName},
+		{Name: "commit_order", Type: types.Uint64, Source: dt.tableName, PrimaryKey: false, DatabaseSource: dt.dbName},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -109,7 +110,11 @@ func (dt *LogTable) Partitions(*sql.Context) (sql.PartitionIter, error) {
 func (dt *LogTable) PartitionRows(ctx *sql.Context, p sql.Partition) (sql.RowIter, error) {
 	switch p := p.(type) {
 	case *doltdb.CommitPart:
-		return sql.RowsToRowIter(sql.NewRow(p.Hash().String(), p.Meta().Name, p.Meta().Email, p.Meta().Time(), p.Meta().Description)), nil
+		height, err := p.Commit().Height()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return sql.RowsToRowIter(sql.NewRow(p.Hash().String(), p.Meta().Name, p.Meta().Email, p.Meta().Time(), p.Meta().Description, height)), nil
 	default:
 		return NewLogItr(ctx, dt.ddb, dt.head)
 	}
@@ -246,7 +251,12 @@ func (itr *LogItr) Next(ctx *sql.Context) (sql.Row, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return sql.NewRow(h.String(), meta.Name, meta.Email, meta.Time(), meta.Description), nil
+	height, err := cm.Height()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return sql.NewRow(h.String(), meta.Name, meta.Email, meta.Time(), meta.Description, height), nil
 }
 
 // Close closes the iterator.
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries.go
index 85d7626bdbf..22a5a77f117 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/enginetest/dolt_queries.go
@@ -4786,6 +4786,65 @@ var LogTableFunctionScriptTests = []queries.ScriptTest{
 			},
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		Name: "commit_order column in dolt_log system table and function",
+		SetUpScript: []string{
+			"create table t (pk int primary key);",
+			"call dolt_add('.')",
+			"set @Commit1 = '';",
+			"call dolt_commit_hash_out(@Commit1, '-am', 'commit 1');",
+			"call dolt_commit('--allow-empty', '-m', 'commit 2');",
+			"call dolt_checkout('-b', 'feature');",
+			"call dolt_commit('--allow-empty', '-m', 'feature commit');",
+			"call dolt_checkout('main');",
+			"call dolt_commit('--allow-empty', '-m', 'main commit');",
+			"call dolt_merge('feature', '-m', 'merge feature');",
+		},
+		Assertions: []queries.ScriptTestAssertion{
+			{
+				Query: "describe dolt_log;",
+				Expected: []sql.Row{
+					{"commit_hash", "text", "NO", "PRI", nil, ""},
+					{"committer", "text", "NO", "", nil, ""},
+					{"email", "text", "NO", "", nil, ""},
+					{"date", "datetime", "NO", "", nil, ""},
+					{"message", "text", "NO", "", nil, ""},
+					{"commit_order", "bigint unsigned", "NO", "", nil, ""},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Query: "select commit_order from dolt_log where message = 'commit 1';",
+				Expected: []sql.Row{
+					{uint64(2)},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Query: "select commit_order from dolt_log() where message = 'commit 1';",
+				Expected: []sql.Row{
+					{uint64(2)},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Query: "select (select commit_order from dolt_log where message = 'commit 1') = (select commit_order from dolt_log() where message = 'commit 1') as same_order;",
+				Expected: []sql.Row{
+					{true},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				Query: "select count(distinct commit_order) = 5 as has_five_orders from dolt_log;",
+				Expected: []sql.Row{
+					{true},
+				},
+			},
+			// Test that commits on parallel branches can have the same commit_order (height)
+			{
+				Query: "select count(*) from (select commit_order, count(*) as cnt from dolt_log group by commit_order having cnt > 1) as duplicate_orders;",
+				Expected: []sql.Row{
+					{1}, // feature and main commits should have same order
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 var LargeJsonObjectScriptTests = []queries.ScriptTest{
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlselect_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlselect_test.go
index 68b818bf255..26dba3a6991 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlselect_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/sqlselect_test.go
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ func BasicSelectTests() []SelectTest {
 					"bigbillieb@fake.horse",
 					time.Date(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).In(LoadedLocalLocation()),
 					"Initialize data repository",
+					uint64(1), // commit_order for the initial commit
 				},
 			},
 			ExpectedSqlSchema: sql.Schema{
@@ -761,6 +762,7 @@ func BasicSelectTests() []SelectTest {
 				&sql.Column{Name: "email", Type: gmstypes.Text},
 				&sql.Column{Name: "date", Type: gmstypes.Datetime},
 				&sql.Column{Name: "message", Type: gmstypes.Text},
+				&sql.Column{Name: "commit_order", Type: gmstypes.Uint64},
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/system-tables.bats b/integration-tests/bats/system-tables.bats
index 5ed19accf29..af0c88ca2c0 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/system-tables.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/system-tables.bats
@@ -67,6 +67,86 @@ teardown() {
     [[ ! "$output" =~ "Added test table" ]] || false
 }
 
+@test "system-tables: dolt_log system table includes commit_order column" {
+    dolt sql -q "create table test (pk int, c1 int, primary key(pk))"
+    dolt add test
+    dolt commit -m "Added test table"
+    dolt commit --allow-empty -m "Empty commit"
+    
+    # Test that dolt_log system table has commit_order column
+    run dolt sql -q "describe dolt_log"
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "commit_order" ]] || false
+    
+    # Test that commit_order values are present and numeric
+    run dolt sql -q "select commit_order from dolt_log where message = 'Added test table'"
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ [0-9]+ ]] || false
+    
+    # Test that we have 3 distinct commit orders (init commit + 2 new commits)
+    run dolt sql -q "select count(distinct commit_order) from dolt_log"
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "3" ]] || false
+}
+
+@test "system-tables: dolt_log() table function includes commit_order column" {
+    dolt sql -q "create table test2 (pk int, c1 int, primary key(pk))"
+    dolt add test2
+    dolt commit -m "Added test2 table"
+    
+    # Test that dolt_log() function has commit_order column
+    run dolt sql -q "select commit_order from dolt_log() where message = 'Added test2 table'"
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ [0-9]+ ]] || false
+    
+    # Test that the function and system table return the same commit_order for the same commit
+    run dolt sql -q "select (select commit_order from dolt_log where message = 'Added test2 table') = (select commit_order from dolt_log() where message = 'Added test2 table') as orders_match"
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "true" ]] || false
+}
+
+@test "system-tables: commit_order reflects topological order for branches" {
+    if [ "$SQL_ENGINE" = "remote-engine" ]; then
+      skip "needs checkout which is unsupported for remote-engine"
+    fi
+    
+    # Create initial commit
+    dolt sql -q "create table test (pk int, c1 int, primary key(pk))"
+    dolt add test
+    dolt commit -m "initial commit"
+    
+    # Create a branch
+    dolt checkout -b feature
+    dolt commit --allow-empty -m "feature commit"
+    
+    # Go back to main and make another commit
+    dolt checkout main
+    dolt commit --allow-empty -m "main commit"
+    
+    # Both feature and main commits should have the same commit_order (height)
+    # since they branched from the same parent
+    # Get the commit hashes and compare their heights using dolt_log() function
+    run dolt sql -q "select commit_hash from dolt_commits where message = 'feature commit'"
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+    feature_hash=$(echo "$output" | tail -n 1 | tr -d ' |')
+    
+    run dolt sql -q "select commit_hash from dolt_commits where message = 'main commit'"
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+    main_hash=$(echo "$output" | tail -n 1 | tr -d ' |')
+    
+    run dolt sql -q "select (select commit_order from dolt_log('$feature_hash') limit 1) = (select commit_order from dolt_log('$main_hash') limit 1) as same_height"
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "true" ]] || false
+    
+    # Merge feature into main
+    dolt merge feature -m "merge feature"
+    
+    # The merge commit should have a higher commit_order than both branch commits
+    run dolt sql -q "select (select commit_order from dolt_log where message = 'merge feature') > (select commit_order from dolt_log where message = 'main commit') as merge_higher"
+    [ $status -eq 0 ]
+    [[ "$output" =~ "true" ]] || false
+}
+
 @test "system-tables: query dolt_branches system table" {
     dolt checkout -b create-table-branch
     dolt sql -q "create table test (pk int, c1 int, primary key(pk))"
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/logs.js b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/logs.js
index 72283645d84..3b7aa16b534 100644
--- a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/logs.js
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/logs.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const logTests = [
         email: "mysql-test-runner@liquidata.co",
         date: "",
         message: "Initialize data repository",
+        commit_order: 1,
         parents: [],
       },
     ],
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export const logTests = [
         email: "dolt@dolthub.com",
         date: "",
         message: "Create table test",
+        commit_order: 2,
       },
       {
         commit_hash: "",
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ export const logTests = [
         email: "mysql-test-runner@liquidata.co",
         date: "",
         message: "Initialize data repository",
+        commit_order: 1,
       },
     ],
     matcher: logsMatcher,
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ export const logTests = [
         email: "dolt@dolthub.com",
         date: "",
         message: "Create table test",
+        commit_order: 2,
         parents: [""],
       },
     ],
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/matchers.js b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/matchers.js
index 132eed21653..f3b079c4f13 100644
--- a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/matchers.js
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/matchers.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function branchesMatcher(rows, exp) {
 }
 
 export function logsMatcher(rows, exp) {
-  const exceptionKeys = ["commit_hash", "date", "parents"];
+  const exceptionKeys = ["commit_hash", "date", "parents", "commit_order"];
 
   function getExceptionIsValid(row, key, expRow) {
     const val = row[key];
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export function logsMatcher(rows, exp) {
           val.split(", ").filter((v) => !!v.length).length ===
           expRow.parents.length
         );
+      case "commit_order":
+        return typeof val === "number" && val > 0;
       default:
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/merge.js b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/merge.js
index a9e4af5e481..21995be0623 100644
--- a/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/merge.js
+++ b/integration-tests/mysql-client-tests/node/workbenchTests/merge.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export const mergeTests = [
         committer: "dolt",
         email: "dolt@%",
         date: "",
+        commit_order: 3,
         parents: ["", ""],
       },
       {
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ export const mergeTests = [
         committer: "Dolt",
         email: "dolt@dolthub.com",
         date: "",
+        commit_order: 2,
         parents: [""],
       },
       {
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ export const mergeTests = [
         committer: "mysql-test-runner",
         email: "mysql-test-runner@liquidata.co",
         date: "",
+        commit_order: 1,
         parents: [],
       },
     ],