diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2012Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2012Dialect.java
index 79467066f1..9ede59ead1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2012Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServer2012Dialect.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.dialect;
 
+import org.hibernate.NullPrecedence;
+
 
 /**
  * Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Dialect
@@ -65,4 +67,9 @@ public class SQLServer2012Dialect extends SQLServer2008Dialect {
 	public String getQuerySequencesString() {
 		return "select name from sys.sequences";
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String renderOrderByElement(String expression, String collation, String order, NullPrecedence nulls) {
+		return renderOrderByElementDefaultBehavior( expression, collation, order, nulls );
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
index c8dba6137c..4f98e73d29 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.sql.Types;
 
 import org.hibernate.LockMode;
 import org.hibernate.LockOptions;
+import org.hibernate.NullPrecedence;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.function.AnsiTrimEmulationFunction;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.function.SQLFunctionTemplate;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.function.StandardSQLFunction;
@@ -208,5 +209,30 @@ public class SQLServerDialect extends AbstractTransactSQLDialect {
 	public int getInExpressionCountLimit() {
 		return PARAM_LIST_SIZE_LIMIT;
 	}
+	@Override
+	public String renderOrderByElement(String expression, String collation, String order, NullPrecedence nulls) {
+		final StringBuilder orderByElement = new StringBuilder();
+
+		if ( nulls != null && !NullPrecedence.NONE.equals( nulls ) ) {
+			// Workaround for NULLS FIRST / LAST support.
+			orderByElement.append( "case when " ).append( expression ).append( " is null then " );
+			if ( NullPrecedence.FIRST.equals( nulls ) ) {
+				orderByElement.append( "0 else 1" );
+			}
+			else {
+				orderByElement.append( "1 else 0" );
+			}
+			orderByElement.append( " end, " );
+		}
+
+		// Nulls precedence has already been handled so passing NONE value.
+		orderByElement.append( super.renderOrderByElement( expression, collation, order, NullPrecedence.NONE ) );
+
+		return orderByElement.toString();
+	}
+	
+	String renderOrderByElementDefaultBehavior(String expression, String collation, String order, NullPrecedence nulls) {
+		return super.renderOrderByElement( expression, collation, order, nulls );
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/onetomany/OrderByTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/onetomany/OrderByTest.java
index c30fef4081..f0ad03e497 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/onetomany/OrderByTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/onetomany/OrderByTest.java
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ import org.hibernate.Session;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle8iDialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServer2008Dialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServer2012Dialect;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.persister.collection.CollectionPersister;
 import org.hibernate.persister.collection.QueryableCollection;
@@ -97,10 +100,10 @@ public class OrderByTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 
 	@Test
 	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-465")
-	@RequiresDialect(value = { H2Dialect.class, MySQLDialect.class },
+	@RequiresDialect(value = { H2Dialect.class, MySQLDialect.class, SQLServer2008Dialect.class },
 			comment = "By default H2 places NULL values first, so testing 'NULLS LAST' expression. " +
-					"For MySQL testing overridden Dialect#renderOrderByElement(String, String, String, NullPrecedence) method. " +
-					"MySQL does not support NULLS FIRST / LAST syntax at the moment, so transforming the expression to 'CASE WHEN ...'.")
+					"For MySQL and SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 testing overridden Dialect#renderOrderByElement(String, String, String, NullPrecedence) method. " +
+					"MySQL and SQLServer 2000/2005/2008 does not support NULLS FIRST / LAST syntax at the moment, so transforming the expression to 'CASE WHEN ...'.")
 	public void testAnnotationNullsFirstLast() {
 		Session session = openSession();
 
@@ -156,10 +159,10 @@ public class OrderByTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 
 	@Test
 	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-465")
-	@RequiresDialect(value = { H2Dialect.class, MySQLDialect.class },
+	@RequiresDialect(value = { H2Dialect.class, MySQLDialect.class, SQLServer2008Dialect.class },
 			comment = "By default H2 places NULL values first, so testing 'NULLS LAST' expression. " +
-					"For MySQL testing overridden Dialect#renderOrderByElement(String, String, String, NullPrecedence) method. " +
-					"MySQL does not support NULLS FIRST / LAST syntax at the moment, so transforming the expression to 'CASE WHEN ...'.")
+					"For MySQL and SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 testing overridden Dialect#renderOrderByElement(String, String, String, NullPrecedence) method. " +
+					"MySQL and SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 does not support NULLS FIRST / LAST syntax at the moment, so transforming the expression to 'CASE WHEN ...'.")
 	public void testCriteriaNullsFirstLast() {
 		Session session = openSession();
 
@@ -194,10 +197,10 @@ public class OrderByTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 
 	@Test
 	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-465")
-	@RequiresDialect(value = { H2Dialect.class, MySQLDialect.class },
+	@RequiresDialect(value = { H2Dialect.class, MySQLDialect.class, SQLServer2008Dialect.class },
 			comment = "By default H2 places NULL values first, so testing 'NULLS LAST' expression. " +
-					"For MySQL testing overridden Dialect#renderOrderByElement(String, String, String, NullPrecedence) method. " +
-					"MySQL does not support NULLS FIRST / LAST syntax at the moment, so transforming the expression to 'CASE WHEN ...'.")
+					"For MySQL and SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 testing overridden Dialect#renderOrderByElement(String, String, String, NullPrecedence) method. " +
+					"MySQL and SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 does not support NULLS FIRST / LAST syntax at the moment, so transforming the expression to 'CASE WHEN ...'.")
 	public void testNullsFirstLastSpawnMultipleColumns() {
 		Session session = openSession();
 
@@ -243,10 +246,10 @@ public class OrderByTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 
 	@Test
 	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-465")
-	@RequiresDialect(value = { H2Dialect.class, MySQLDialect.class },
+	@RequiresDialect(value = { H2Dialect.class, MySQLDialect.class, SQLServer2008Dialect.class },
 			comment = "By default H2 places NULL values first, so testing 'NULLS LAST' expression. " +
-					"For MySQL testing overridden Dialect#renderOrderByElement(String, String, String, NullPrecedence) method. " +
-					"MySQL does not support NULLS FIRST / LAST syntax at the moment, so transforming the expression to 'CASE WHEN ...'.")
+					"For MySQL and SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 testing overridden Dialect#renderOrderByElement(String, String, String, NullPrecedence) method. " +
+					"MySQL and SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 does not support NULLS FIRST / LAST syntax at the moment, so transforming the expression to 'CASE WHEN ...'.")
 	public void testHqlNullsFirstLast() {
 		Session session = openSession();