diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
index 1999239bb..61cf750ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.FilterBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortOrder;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageImpl;
@@ -100,13 +101,13 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations {
 
     @Override
     public <T> Page<T> queryForPage(SearchQuery query, Class<T> clazz) {
-        SearchResponse response = doSearch(prepareSearch(query,clazz), query.getElasticsearchQuery(), query.getElasticsearchFilter());
+        SearchResponse response = doSearch(prepareSearch(query,clazz), query.getElasticsearchQuery(), query.getElasticsearchFilter(),query.getElasticsearchSort());
         return mapResults(response, clazz, query.getPageable());
     }
 
 
     public <T> Page<T> queryForPage(SearchQuery query, ResultsMapper<T> resultsMapper) {
-        SearchResponse response = doSearch(prepareSearch(query), query.getElasticsearchQuery(), query.getElasticsearchFilter());
+        SearchResponse response = doSearch(prepareSearch(query), query.getElasticsearchQuery(), query.getElasticsearchFilter(),query.getElasticsearchSort());
         return resultsMapper.mapResults(response);
     }
 
@@ -121,10 +122,15 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations {
         return extractIds(response);
     }
 
-    private SearchResponse doSearch(SearchRequestBuilder searchRequest, QueryBuilder query,  FilterBuilder filter ){
+    private SearchResponse doSearch(SearchRequestBuilder searchRequest, QueryBuilder query,  FilterBuilder filter, SortBuilder sortBuilder){
         if(filter != null){
             searchRequest.setFilter(filter);
         }
+
+        if(sortBuilder != null){
+            searchRequest.addSort(sortBuilder);
+        }
+
         return searchRequest.setQuery(query).execute().actionGet();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/SearchQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/SearchQuery.java
index 3f61075bf..0ec210f12 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/SearchQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/SearchQuery.java
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.FilterBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortBuilder;
 
 public class SearchQuery extends AbstractQuery{
 
     private QueryBuilder elasticsearchQuery;
     private FilterBuilder elasticsearchFilter;
+    private SortBuilder elasticsearchSort;
 
     public QueryBuilder getElasticsearchQuery() {
         return elasticsearchQuery;
@@ -25,4 +27,11 @@ public class SearchQuery extends AbstractQuery{
         this.elasticsearchFilter = elasticsearchFilter;
     }
 
+    public SortBuilder getElasticsearchSort() {
+        return elasticsearchSort;
+    }
+
+    public void setElasticsearchSort(SortBuilder elasticsearchSort) {
+        this.elasticsearchSort = elasticsearchSort;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTest.java
index e1cd4ecaa..7ef0898e6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.FieldSortBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortOrder;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -249,6 +252,65 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplateTest {
         assertThat(sampleEntities.getTotalElements(), equalTo(1L));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void shouldTestSortBuilder(){
+        //given
+        List<IndexQuery> indexQueries = new ArrayList<IndexQuery>();
+        //first document
+        String documentId = randomNumeric(5);
+        SampleEntity sampleEntity1 = new SampleEntity();
+        sampleEntity1.setId(documentId);
+        sampleEntity1.setMessage("abc");
+        sampleEntity1.setRate(10);
+        sampleEntity1.setVersion(System.currentTimeMillis());
+
+        IndexQuery indexQuery1 = new IndexQuery();
+        indexQuery1.setId(documentId);
+        indexQuery1.setObject(sampleEntity1);
+
+        //second document
+        String documentId2 = randomNumeric(5);
+        SampleEntity sampleEntity2 = new SampleEntity();
+        sampleEntity2.setId(documentId2);
+        sampleEntity2.setMessage("xyz");
+        sampleEntity2.setRate(5);
+        sampleEntity2.setVersion(System.currentTimeMillis());
+
+        IndexQuery indexQuery2 = new IndexQuery();
+        indexQuery2.setId(documentId2);
+        indexQuery2.setObject(sampleEntity2);
+
+        //third document
+        String documentId3 = randomNumeric(5);
+        SampleEntity sampleEntity3 = new SampleEntity();
+        sampleEntity3.setId(documentId3);
+        sampleEntity3.setMessage("xyz");
+        sampleEntity3.setRate(15);
+        sampleEntity3.setVersion(System.currentTimeMillis());
+
+        IndexQuery indexQuery3 = new IndexQuery();
+        indexQuery3.setId(documentId3);
+        indexQuery3.setObject(sampleEntity3);
+
+        indexQueries.add(indexQuery1);
+        indexQueries.add(indexQuery2);
+        indexQueries.add(indexQuery3);
+
+        elasticsearchTemplate.bulkIndex(indexQueries);
+        elasticsearchTemplate.refresh(SampleEntity.class, true);
+
+        SearchQuery searchQuery = new SearchQuery();
+        searchQuery.setElasticsearchQuery(matchAllQuery());
+        SortBuilder sortBuilder = new FieldSortBuilder("rate").ignoreUnmapped(true).order(SortOrder.ASC);
+
+        searchQuery.setElasticsearchSort(sortBuilder);
+        //when
+        Page<SampleEntity> sampleEntities = elasticsearchTemplate.queryForPage(searchQuery,SampleEntity.class);
+        //then
+        assertThat(sampleEntities.getTotalElements(), equalTo(3L));
+        assertThat(sampleEntities.getContent().get(0).getRate(),is(sampleEntity2.getRate()));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void shouldExecuteStringQuery(){
         //given
@@ -414,5 +476,4 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplateTest {
         assertThat(page.getTotalElements(), is(equalTo(1L)));
         assertThat(page.getContent().get(0), is(message));
     }
-
 }