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 7c78cfa22..b82969477 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplate.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.facet.FacetBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.highlight.HighlightBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortOrder;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
@@ -451,8 +452,10 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplate implements ElasticsearchOperations {
 			searchRequest.setPostFilter(searchQuery.getFilter());
 		}
 
-		if (searchQuery.getElasticsearchSort() != null) {
-			searchRequest.addSort(searchQuery.getElasticsearchSort());
+		if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(searchQuery.getElasticsearchSorts())) {
+			for (SortBuilder sort : searchQuery.getElasticsearchSorts()) {
+				searchRequest.addSort(sort);
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(searchQuery.getFacets())) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQuery.java
index f668829b0..55b2687b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQuery.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class NativeSearchQuery extends AbstractQuery implements SearchQuery {
 
 	private QueryBuilder query;
 	private FilterBuilder filter;
-	private SortBuilder sort;
+	private List<SortBuilder> sorts;
 	private List<FacetRequest> facets;
 	private HighlightBuilder.Field[] highlightFields;
 
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ public class NativeSearchQuery extends AbstractQuery implements SearchQuery {
 		this.filter = filter;
 	}
 
-	public NativeSearchQuery(QueryBuilder query, FilterBuilder filter, SortBuilder sort) {
+	public NativeSearchQuery(QueryBuilder query, FilterBuilder filter, List<SortBuilder> sorts) {
 		this.query = query;
 		this.filter = filter;
-		this.sort = sort;
+		this.sorts = sorts;
 	}
 
-	public NativeSearchQuery(QueryBuilder query, FilterBuilder filter, SortBuilder sort, HighlightBuilder.Field[] highlightFields) {
+	public NativeSearchQuery(QueryBuilder query, FilterBuilder filter, List<SortBuilder> sorts, HighlightBuilder.Field[] highlightFields) {
 		this.query = query;
 		this.filter = filter;
-		this.sort = sort;
+		this.sorts = sorts;
 		this.highlightFields = highlightFields;
 	}
 
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ public class NativeSearchQuery extends AbstractQuery implements SearchQuery {
 		return filter;
 	}
 
-	public SortBuilder getElasticsearchSort() {
-		return sort;
+	public List<SortBuilder> getElasticsearchSorts() {
+		return sorts;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQueryBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQueryBuilder.java
index dfb896d5f..ca8e1c139 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/query/NativeSearchQueryBuilder.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class NativeSearchQueryBuilder {
 
 	private QueryBuilder queryBuilder;
 	private FilterBuilder filterBuilder;
-	private SortBuilder sortBuilder;
+	private List<SortBuilder> sortBuilders = new ArrayList<SortBuilder>();
 	private List<FacetRequest> facetRequests = new ArrayList<FacetRequest>();
 	private HighlightBuilder.Field[] highlightFields;
 	private Pageable pageable;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class NativeSearchQueryBuilder {
 	}
 
 	public NativeSearchQueryBuilder withSort(SortBuilder sortBuilder) {
-		this.sortBuilder = sortBuilder;
+		this.sortBuilders.add(sortBuilder);
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class NativeSearchQueryBuilder {
 	}
 
 	public NativeSearchQuery build() {
-		NativeSearchQuery nativeSearchQuery = new NativeSearchQuery(queryBuilder, filterBuilder, sortBuilder, highlightFields);
+		NativeSearchQuery nativeSearchQuery = new NativeSearchQuery(queryBuilder, filterBuilder, sortBuilders, highlightFields);
 		if (pageable != null) {
 			nativeSearchQuery.setPageable(pageable);
 		}
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 80ed5f126..e96b99ed3 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
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public interface SearchQuery extends Query {
 
 	FilterBuilder getFilter();
 
-	SortBuilder getElasticsearchSort();
+	List<SortBuilder> getElasticsearchSorts();
 
 	List<FacetRequest> getFacets();
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
index 223674a26..7f9451d11 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchTemplateTests.java
@@ -322,6 +322,64 @@ public class ElasticsearchTemplateTests {
 		assertThat(sampleEntities.getContent().get(0).getRate(), is(sampleEntity2.getRate()));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void shouldSortResultsGivenMultipleSortCriteria() {
+		// 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(15);
+		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 NativeSearchQueryBuilder().withQuery(matchAllQuery())
+				.withSort(new FieldSortBuilder("rate").ignoreUnmapped(true).order(SortOrder.ASC))
+				.withSort(new FieldSortBuilder("message").ignoreUnmapped(true).order(SortOrder.ASC)).build();
+		// when
+		Page<SampleEntity> sampleEntities = elasticsearchTemplate.queryForPage(searchQuery, SampleEntity.class);
+		// then
+		assertThat(sampleEntities.getTotalElements(), equalTo(3L));
+		assertThat(sampleEntities.getContent().get(0).getRate(), is(sampleEntity2.getRate()));
+		assertThat(sampleEntities.getContent().get(1).getMessage(), is(sampleEntity1.getMessage()));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void shouldExecuteStringQuery() {
 		// given