diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/search/search/LexicographicSearchSortSpec.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/search/search/LexicographicSearchSortSpec.java
index 9f84a47292f..04c931112f1 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/search/search/LexicographicSearchSortSpec.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/search/search/LexicographicSearchSortSpec.java
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ public class LexicographicSearchSortSpec implements SearchSortSpec
       @Override
       public int compare(SearchHit searchHit, SearchHit searchHit1)
       {
-        return searchHit.getValue().compareTo(searchHit1.getValue());
+        int retVal = searchHit.getValue().compareTo(searchHit1.getValue());
+        if (retVal == 0) {
+          retVal = searchHit.getDimension().compareTo(searchHit1.getDimension());
+        }
+        return retVal;
       }
     };
   }
diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/search/SearchQueryRunnerTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/search/SearchQueryRunnerTest.java
index e5abe9b5d7f..17f2e090989 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/search/SearchQueryRunnerTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/search/SearchQueryRunnerTest.java
@@ -93,6 +93,29 @@ public class SearchQueryRunnerTest
     checkSearchQuery(searchQuery, expectedResults);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSearchSameValueInMultiDims()
+  {
+    SearchQuery searchQuery = Druids.newSearchQueryBuilder()
+                                    .dataSource(QueryRunnerTestHelper.dataSource)
+                                    .granularity(QueryRunnerTestHelper.allGran)
+                                    .intervals(QueryRunnerTestHelper.fullOnInterval)
+                                    .dimensions(
+                                        Arrays.asList(
+                                            QueryRunnerTestHelper.placementDimension,
+                                            QueryRunnerTestHelper.placementishDimension
+                                        )
+                                    )
+                                    .query("e")
+                                    .build();
+
+    Map<String, Set<String>> expectedResults = Maps.newTreeMap(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
+    expectedResults.put(QueryRunnerTestHelper.placementDimension.toLowerCase(), Sets.newHashSet("preferred"));
+    expectedResults.put(QueryRunnerTestHelper.placementishDimension, Sets.newHashSet("e", "preferred"));
+
+    checkSearchQuery(searchQuery, expectedResults);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testFragmentSearch()
   {