diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlighterSearchIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlighterSearchIT.java
index 3d8b0813179..ac87482c09f 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlighterSearchIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/fetch/subphase/highlight/HighlighterSearchIT.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchHit;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.subphase.highlight.HighlightBuilder.BoundaryScannerType;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.subphase.highlight.HighlightBuilder.Field;
+import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortBuilders;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.sort.SortOrder;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.InternalSettingsPlugin;
@@ -129,20 +130,33 @@ public class HighlighterSearchIT extends ESIntegTestCase {
                 .startObject("tags")
                     .field("type", "keyword")
                 .endObject()
+                .startObject("sort")
+                    .field("type", "long")
+                .endObject()
             .endObject().endObject();
         mappings.endObject();
         assertAcked(prepareCreate("test")
             .addMapping("type", mappings));
         client().prepareIndex("test", "_doc").setId("1")
-            .setSource(jsonBuilder().startObject().array("tags", "foo bar", "foo bar", "foo bar", "foo baz").endObject())
+            .setSource(jsonBuilder()
+                .startObject()
+                    .array("tags", "foo bar", "foo bar", "foo bar", "foo baz")
+                    .field("sort", 1)
+                .endObject())
             .get();
         client().prepareIndex("test", "_doc").setId("2")
-            .setSource(jsonBuilder().startObject().array("tags", "foo baz", "foo baz", "foo baz", "foo bar").endObject())
+            .setSource(jsonBuilder()
+                .startObject()
+                    .array("tags", "foo baz", "foo baz", "foo baz", "foo bar")
+                    .field("sort", 2)
+                .endObject())
             .get();
         refresh();
 
         for (BoundaryScannerType scanner : BoundaryScannerType.values()) {
-            SearchResponse search = client().prepareSearch().setQuery(matchQuery("tags", "foo bar"))
+            SearchResponse search = client().prepareSearch()
+                .addSort(SortBuilders.fieldSort("sort"))
+                .setQuery(matchQuery("tags", "foo bar"))
                 .highlighter(new HighlightBuilder().field(new Field("tags")).numOfFragments(2).boundaryScannerType(scanner)).get();
             assertHighlight(search, 0, "tags", 0, 2, equalTo("<em>foo bar</em>"));
             assertHighlight(search, 0, "tags", 1, 2, equalTo("<em>foo bar</em>"));