diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/JsonConverters/SabnzbdStringArrayConverter.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/JsonConverters/SabnzbdStringArrayConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84a5a1bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/JsonConverters/SabnzbdStringArrayConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd.JsonConverters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// On some properties sab serializes array of single item as plain string.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class SabnzbdStringArrayConverter : JsonConverter
+    {
+        public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
+        {
+            var stringArray = (string[])value;
+            writer.WriteStartArray();
+
+            for (int i = 0; i < stringArray.Length; i++)
+            {
+                writer.WriteValue(stringArray[i]);
+            }
+
+            writer.WriteEnd();
+        }
+
+        public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
+        {
+            if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.String || reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)
+            {
+                return new string[] { JValue.Load(reader).ToObject<string>() };
+            }
+            else if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.StartArray)
+            {
+                return JArray.Load(reader).ToObject<string[]>();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                throw new JsonReaderException("Expected array");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
+        {
+            return objectType == typeof(string[]);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs
index 06054da8c..8632de04e 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs
@@ -376,6 +376,34 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
                 }
             }
 
+            if (config.Misc.enable_movie_sorting)
+            {
+                if (!config.Misc.movie_categories.Any<string>() ||
+                    config.Misc.movie_categories.Contains(Settings.TvCategory) ||
+                    (Settings.TvCategory.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() && config.Misc.movie_categories.Contains("Default")))
+                {
+                    return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("TvCategory", "Disable Movie Sorting")
+                    {
+                        InfoLink = string.Format("http://{0}:{1}/sabnzbd/config/sorting/", Settings.Host, Settings.Port),
+                        DetailedDescription = "You must disable Sabnzbd Movie Sorting for the category Sonarr uses to prevent import issues. Go to Sabnzbd to fix it."
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (config.Misc.enable_date_sorting)
+            {
+                if (!config.Misc.date_categories.Any<string>() ||
+                    config.Misc.date_categories.Contains(Settings.TvCategory) ||
+                    (Settings.TvCategory.IsNullOrWhiteSpace() && config.Misc.date_categories.Contains("Default")))
+                {
+                    return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("TvCategory", "Disable Date Sorting")
+                    {
+                        InfoLink = string.Format("http://{0}:{1}/sabnzbd/config/sorting/", Settings.Host, Settings.Port),
+                        DetailedDescription = "You must disable Sabnzbd Date Sorting for the category Sonarr uses to prevent import issues. Go to Sabnzbd to fix it."
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+
             return null;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdCategory.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdCategory.cs
index d8885c567..08df67a74 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdCategory.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdCategory.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using NzbDrone.Common.Disk;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd.JsonConverters;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
 {
@@ -18,6 +20,11 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
         public string complete_dir { get; set; }
         public string[] tv_categories { get; set; }
         public bool enable_tv_sorting { get; set; }
+        public string[] movie_categories { get; set; }
+        public bool enable_movie_sorting { get; set; }
+        [JsonConverter(typeof(SabnzbdStringArrayConverter))]
+        public string[] date_categories { get; set; }
+        public bool enable_date_sorting { get; set; }
         public bool pre_check { get; set; }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
index 4a0eb35b5..d3640bc17 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/NzbDrone.Core.csproj
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Download\Clients\qBittorrent\QBittorrentSettings.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Download\Clients\qBittorrent\QBittorrentTorrent.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Download\Clients\Sabnzbd\JsonConverters\SabnzbdPriorityTypeConverter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Download\Clients\Sabnzbd\JsonConverters\SabnzbdStringArrayConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Download\Clients\Sabnzbd\JsonConverters\SabnzbdQueueTimeConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Download\Clients\Sabnzbd\Responses\SabnzbdRetryResponse.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Download\Clients\Sabnzbd\Responses\SabnzbdAddResponse.cs" />