diff --git a/ckan/templates/snippets/sort_by.html b/ckan/templates/snippets/sort_by.html
index a2a6076c3bc..09eeb9cf742 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/snippets/sort_by.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/snippets/sort_by.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <span class="form-select control-group control-order-by">
   <label for="field-order-by">{{ _('Order by') }}</label>
   <select id="field-order-by" name="sort">
-    <option value="relevance asc"{% if sort =='relevance asc' %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Relevance') }}</option>
+    <option value="score desc, name asc"{% if sort =='score desc, name asc' %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Relevance') }}</option>
     <option value="title_string asc"{% if sort=='title_string asc' %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Name Ascending') }}</option>
     <option value="title_string desc"{% if sort=='title_string desc' %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Name Descending') }}</option>
     <option value="metadata_modified desc"{% if sort=='metadata_modified desc' %} selected="selected"{% endif %}>{{ _('Last Modified') }}</option>