diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index ff0131f0..38cb8388 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Version 1.5 ()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    * Added 'orderby' parameter to plugin API hooks for the serendipity
+      fulltext search function (garvinhicking)
+
     * Added new event hook frontend_sidebar_plugins to iterate through
       sidebar plugins and modify their output. $eventData is the array
       of their data. (garvinhicking)
diff --git a/include/functions_entries.inc.php b/include/functions_entries.inc.php
index d8f29c65..33df7dcd 100644
--- a/include/functions_entries.inc.php
+++ b/include/functions_entries.inc.php
@@ -787,6 +787,7 @@ function &serendipity_searchEntries($term, $limit = '', $searchresults = '') {
         }
     }
 
+    $cond['orderby'] = "timestamp DESC";
     $cond['and'] = " AND isdraft = 'false' " . (!serendipity_db_bool($serendipity['showFutureEntries']) ? " AND timestamp <= " . serendipity_db_time() : '');
     serendipity_plugin_api::hook_event('frontend_fetchentries', $cond, array('source' => 'search', 'term' => $term));
     serendipity_ACL_SQL($cond, 'limited');
@@ -823,7 +824,7 @@ function &serendipity_searchEntries($term, $limit = '', $searchresults = '') {
                     {$serendipity['fullCountQuery']}
                     {$cond['group']}
                     {$cond['having']}
-                  ORDER BY  timestamp DESC
+                  ORDER BY  {$cond['orderby']}
                     $limit";
 
     $search =& serendipity_db_query($querystring);