diff --git a/rest-api/resources/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/api/resources/v1/resources/DeviceEvents.java b/rest-api/resources/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/api/resources/v1/resources/DeviceEvents.java
index 17c13a72dfb..fafda9d71ff 100644
--- a/rest-api/resources/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/api/resources/v1/resources/DeviceEvents.java
+++ b/rest-api/resources/src/main/java/org/eclipse/kapua/app/api/resources/v1/resources/DeviceEvents.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 package org.eclipse.kapua.app.api.resources.v1.resources;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+
 import org.eclipse.kapua.KapuaEntityNotFoundException;
 import org.eclipse.kapua.KapuaException;
 import org.eclipse.kapua.app.api.core.resources.AbstractKapuaResource;
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ public DeviceEventListResult simpleQuery(
 
         query.setPredicate(andPredicate);
 
+        if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(sortParam)) {
+            query.setSortCriteria(query.fieldSortCriteria(sortParam, sortDir));
+        }
         query.setOffset(offset);
         query.setLimit(limit);