diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 4120f65e..13ec2675 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ repos:
         additional_dependencies:
         -    checkmate
         -    data.table
+        -    mlr3
         -    ggplot2
         -    mlr3misc
         -    scales
diff --git a/R/BenchmarkResult.R b/R/BenchmarkResult.R
index a3cba7b6..0bd771de 100644
--- a/R/BenchmarkResult.R
+++ b/R/BenchmarkResult.R
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #' * `"prc"`: Precision recall curve. See `"roc"`.
 #'
 #' @param object ([mlr3::BenchmarkResult]).
+#' @param custom_facet_order (`character()`)\cr
+#'   Vector specyfing a custom facet order. Only applies for `type = "boxplot"`.
 #' @template param_type
 #' @template param_measure
 #' @param ... (`any`):
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
 autoplot.BenchmarkResult = function(object, # nolint
   type = "boxplot",
   measure = NULL,
+  custom_facet_order = NULL,
   ...) {
 
   assert_string(type)
@@ -62,6 +65,10 @@ autoplot.BenchmarkResult = function(object, # nolint
 
   switch(type,
     "boxplot" = {
+      if (!is.null(custom_facet_order)) {
+        checkmate::assert_character(custom_facet_order)
+        tab$task_id = factor(tab$task_id, levels = custom_facet_order, ordered = TRUE)
+      }
       ggplot(tab, mapping = aes(x = .data$nr, y = .data[[measure_id]])) +
         geom_boxplot(...) +
         labs(x = "") +
diff --git a/man/autoplot.BenchmarkResult.Rd b/man/autoplot.BenchmarkResult.Rd
index 83358b75..13adbffe 100644
--- a/man/autoplot.BenchmarkResult.Rd
+++ b/man/autoplot.BenchmarkResult.Rd
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
 \alias{autoplot.BenchmarkResult}
 \title{Plot for BenchmarkResult}
 \usage{
-\method{autoplot}{BenchmarkResult}(object, type = "boxplot", measure = NULL, ...)
+\method{autoplot}{BenchmarkResult}(
+  object,
+  type = "boxplot",
+  measure = NULL,
+  custom_facet_order = NULL,
+  ...
+)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{object}{(\link[mlr3:BenchmarkResult]{mlr3::BenchmarkResult}).}
@@ -15,6 +21,9 @@ Type of the plot. See description.}
 \item{measure}{(\link[mlr3:Measure]{mlr3::Measure})\cr
 Performance measure to use.}
 
+\item{custom_facet_order}{(\code{character()})\cr
+Vector specyfing a custom facet order. Only applies for \code{type = "boxplot"}.}
+
 \item{...}{(\code{any}):
 Additional arguments, passed down to the respective \code{geom} or plotting function.}
 }