diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 85f4547..5e3b353 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changelog
 5.9.4 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
+- backport https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi/pull/1954 sort_order in search handler
+  [mamico]
 - Fix bug search event restapi (#148)
   [mamico]
 
diff --git a/src/redturtle/volto/monkey.py b/src/redturtle/volto/monkey.py
index 963da2f..4bd4d4f 100644
--- a/src/redturtle/volto/monkey.py
+++ b/src/redturtle/volto/monkey.py
@@ -218,3 +218,12 @@ def plone_restapi_blocks_linkintegrity_blocksretriever_retrieveLinks(self):
         ):
             links |= set(handler(block))
     return links
+
+
+def restapi_handler_filter_query(self, query):
+    if query:
+        sort_order = query.get("sort_order")
+    query = self._old_filter_query(query)
+    if sort_order and not query.get("sort_order"):
+        query["sort_order"] = sort_order
+    return query
diff --git a/src/redturtle/volto/monkey.zcml b/src/redturtle/volto/monkey.zcml
index 60786fa..50f89e1 100644
--- a/src/redturtle/volto/monkey.zcml
+++ b/src/redturtle/volto/monkey.zcml
@@ -74,4 +74,12 @@
       preserveOriginal="True"
       />
 
+  <monkey:patch
+      original="filter_query"
+      replacement=".monkey.restapi_handler_filter_query"
+      class="plone.restapi.search.handler.SearchHandler"
+      description="https://github.com/plone/plone.restapi/pull/1954"
+      preserveOriginal="True"
+      />
+
 </configure>