diff --git a/framework/ActiveSync/lib/Horde/ActiveSync/Imap/Adapter.php b/framework/ActiveSync/lib/Horde/ActiveSync/Imap/Adapter.php
index ff66c83a018..3e7b18c9fa6 100644
--- a/framework/ActiveSync/lib/Horde/ActiveSync/Imap/Adapter.php
+++ b/framework/ActiveSync/lib/Horde/ActiveSync/Imap/Adapter.php
@@ -1517,7 +1517,9 @@ protected function _doQuery(array $query)
                 $search_res = $this->_getImapOb()->search(
                     $mbox,
                     $imap_query,
-                    array('results' => array(Horde_Imap_Client::SEARCH_RESULTS_MATCH, Horde_Imap_Client::SEARCH_RESULTS_SAVE, Horde_Imap_Client::SEARCH_RESULTS_COUNT))
+                    array(
+                        'results' => array(Horde_Imap_Client::SEARCH_RESULTS_MATCH, Horde_Imap_Client::SEARCH_RESULTS_SAVE, Horde_Imap_Client::SEARCH_RESULTS_COUNT),
+                        'sort' => array(Horde_Imap_Client::SORT_REVERSE, Horde_Imap_Client::SORT_ARRIVAL))
                 );
             } catch (Horde_Imap_Client_Exception $e) {
                 throw new Horde_ActiveSync_Exception($e);