diff --git a/bundle/QueryType/SearchQueryType.php b/bundle/QueryType/SearchQueryType.php
index 08e82590..c7cc002f 100644
--- a/bundle/QueryType/SearchQueryType.php
+++ b/bundle/QueryType/SearchQueryType.php
@@ -7,18 +7,25 @@
 use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Values\Content\LocationQuery;
 use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Query;
 use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Query\Criterion;
+use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Query\SortClause;
 use Ibexa\Contracts\Core\SiteAccess\ConfigResolverInterface;
 use Ibexa\Core\QueryType\OptionsResolverBasedQueryType;
 use Netgen\Bundle\SiteBundle\API\Search\Criterion\FullText;
 use Netgen\IbexaSiteApi\API\Site;
 use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver;
 
+use function class_exists;
 use function count;
+use function in_array;
+use function is_a;
 use function trim;
 
 final class SearchQueryType extends OptionsResolverBasedQueryType
 {
-    public function __construct(private Site $site, private ConfigResolverInterface $configResolver) {}
+    public function __construct(
+        private readonly Site $site,
+        private readonly ConfigResolverInterface $configResolver,
+    ) {}
 
     public static function getName(): string
     {
@@ -27,10 +34,11 @@ public static function getName(): string
 
     protected function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $optionsResolver): void
     {
-        $optionsResolver->setRequired(['search_text', 'content_types', 'subtree']);
+        $optionsResolver->setRequired(['search_text', 'content_types', 'subtree', 'sort', 'order']);
 
         $optionsResolver->setAllowedTypes('search_text', 'string');
         $optionsResolver->setAllowedTypes('content_types', 'string[]');
+        $optionsResolver->setAllowedTypes('sort', 'string[]');
         $optionsResolver->setAllowedTypes('subtree', ['int', 'string']);
 
         $optionsResolver->setAllowedValues(
@@ -38,8 +46,20 @@ protected function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $optionsResolver): void
             static fn (string $searchText): bool => trim($searchText) !== '',
         );
 
+        $optionsResolver->setAllowedValues(
+            'sort',
+            fn (array $classNames): bool => $this->validateSortConfig($classNames),
+        );
+
+        $optionsResolver->setAllowedValues(
+            'order',
+            static fn (string $order): bool => in_array($order, [Query::SORT_ASC, Query::SORT_DESC], true),
+        );
+
         $optionsResolver->setDefault('content_types', $this->configResolver->getParameter('search.content_types', 'ngsite'));
         $optionsResolver->setDefault('subtree', $this->site->getSettings()->rootLocationId);
+        $optionsResolver->setDefault('sort', [SortClause\DatePublished::class]);
+        $optionsResolver->setDefault('order', Query::SORT_DESC);
     }
 
     protected function doGetQuery(array $parameters): Query
@@ -59,6 +79,29 @@ protected function doGetQuery(array $parameters): Query
         $query->query = new FullText(trim($parameters['search_text']));
         $query->filter = new Criterion\LogicalAnd($criteria);
 
+        $sortClauses = [];
+
+        /** @var class-string<\Ibexa\Contracts\Core\Repository\Values\Content\Query\SortClause> $className */
+        foreach ($parameters['sort'] as $className) {
+            $sortClauses[] = new $className($parameters['order']);
+        }
+
+        $query->sortClauses = $sortClauses;
+
         return $query;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string[] $classNames
+     */
+    private function validateSortConfig(array $classNames): bool
+    {
+        foreach ($classNames as $className) {
+            if (!class_exists($className) || !is_a($className, SortClause::class, true)) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
 }