diff --git a/Paginator/RawPaginatorAdapter.php b/Paginator/RawPaginatorAdapter.php
index 8bd4ee2..9136bc0 100644
--- a/Paginator/RawPaginatorAdapter.php
+++ b/Paginator/RawPaginatorAdapter.php
@@ -126,4 +126,14 @@ class RawPaginatorAdapter implements PaginatorAdapterInterface
 
         return $this->facets;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the Query
+     *
+     * @return Query the search query
+     */
+    public function getQuery()
+    {
+        return $this->query;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Resources/config/config.xml b/Resources/config/config.xml
index 4419b4a..b9da716 100644
--- a/Resources/config/config.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/config.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@
 
         <service id="fos_elastica.paginator.subscriber" class="FOS\ElasticaBundle\Subscriber\PaginateElasticaQuerySubscriber">
             <tag name="knp_paginator.subscriber" />
+            <call method="setContainer">
+                <argument type="service" id="service_container" />
+            </call>
         </service>
 
         <service id="fos_elastica.property_accessor" class="%fos_elastica.property_accessor.class%" />
diff --git a/Subscriber/PaginateElasticaQuerySubscriber.php b/Subscriber/PaginateElasticaQuerySubscriber.php
index cbe508d..fc775c7 100644
--- a/Subscriber/PaginateElasticaQuerySubscriber.php
+++ b/Subscriber/PaginateElasticaQuerySubscriber.php
@@ -9,9 +9,20 @@ use FOS\ElasticaBundle\Paginator\PartialResultsInterface;
 
 class PaginateElasticaQuerySubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
 {
+    private $container;
+
+    public function setContainer($container)
+    {
+        $this->container = $container;
+    }
+
     public function items(ItemsEvent $event)
     {
         if ($event->target instanceof PaginatorAdapterInterface) {
+
+            // Add sort to query
+            $this->addPagingSort($event);
+
             /** @var $results PartialResultsInterface */
             $results = $event->target->getResults($event->getOffset(), $event->getLimit());
 
@@ -26,6 +37,38 @@ class PaginateElasticaQuerySubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds knp paging sort to query
+     *
+     * @param ItemsEvent $event 
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function addPagingSort(ItemsEvent $event)
+    {
+        $request = $this->container->get('request');
+        $options = $event->options;
+        $sortField = $request->get($options['sortFieldParameterName']);
+
+        if (!empty($sortField)) {
+            // determine sort direction
+            $dir = 'asc';
+            $sortDirection = $request->get($options['sortDirectionParameterName']);
+            if ('desc' === strtolower($sortDirection)) {
+                $dir = 'desc';
+            }
+
+            // check if the requested sort field is in the sort whitelist
+            if (isset($options['sortFieldWhitelist']) && !in_array($sortField, $options['sortFieldWhitelist'])) {
+                throw new \UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('Cannot sort by: [%s] this field is not in whitelist', $sortField));
+            }
+
+            // set sort on active query
+            $event->target->getQuery()->setSort(array(
+                $sortField => array('order' => $dir),
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
     public static function getSubscribedEvents()
     {
         return array(