diff --git a/js/DataTables.js b/js/DataTables.js
index f4afa7e1d..c9f6cc00a 100644
--- a/js/DataTables.js
+++ b/js/DataTables.js
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@
 	require('ext.js');
 	require('ext.classes.js');
 	require('ext.paging.js');
-	require('ext.sorting.js');
 	require('ext.types.js');
 	require('ext.filter.js');
+	require('ext.sorting.js');
 	require('ext.renderer.js');
 	require('ext.helpers.js');
 	require('api.internal.js');
diff --git a/js/ext/ext.filter.js b/js/ext/ext.filter.js
index 868e47171..aaefe4c63 100644
--- a/js/ext/ext.filter.js
+++ b/js/ext/ext.filter.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 // Filter formatting functions. See model.ext.ofnSearch for information about
 // what is required from these methods.
+// 
+// Note that additional search methods are added for the html numbers and
+// html formatted numbers by `_addNumericSort()` when we know what the decimal
+// place is
 
 
 $.extend( DataTable.ext.type.search, {
diff --git a/js/ext/ext.sorting.js b/js/ext/ext.sorting.js
index 495190796..9e9d43ff9 100644
--- a/js/ext/ext.sorting.js
+++ b/js/ext/ext.sorting.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ var __numericReplace = function ( d, decimalPlace, re1, re2 ) {
 };
 
 
-// Add the numeric 'deformatting' functions for sorting. This is done in a
-// function to provide an easy ability for the language options to add
+// Add the numeric 'deformatting' functions for sorting and search. This is done
+// in a function to provide an easy ability for the language options to add
 // additional methods if a non-period decimal place is used.
 function _addNumericSort ( decimalPlace ) {
 	$.each(
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ function _addNumericSort ( decimalPlace ) {
 			}
 		},
 		function ( key, fn ) {
+			// Add the ordering method
 			_ext.type.order[ key+decimalPlace+'-pre' ] = fn;
+
+			// For HTML types add a search formatter that will strip the HTML
+			if ( key.match(/^html\-/) ) {
+				_ext.type.search[ key+decimalPlace ] = _ext.type.search.html;
+			}
 		}
 	);
 }