diff --git a/src/Nest/DSL/SortDescriptor.cs b/src/Nest/DSL/SortDescriptor.cs
index 663e0ac58b3..06946b9493f 100644
--- a/src/Nest/DSL/SortDescriptor.cs
+++ b/src/Nest/DSL/SortDescriptor.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ public class SortDescriptor<T> where T : class
 		[JsonProperty("order")]
 		internal string _Order { get; set; }
 
+        [JsonProperty("mode")]
+        internal string _Mode { get; set; }
+
 		[JsonProperty("nested_filter")]
 		internal BaseFilter _NestedFilter { get; set; }
 
@@ -70,6 +73,31 @@ public virtual SortDescriptor<T> Descending()
 			this._Order = "desc";
 			return this;
 		}
+
+        public virtual SortDescriptor<T> NestedMin()
+        {
+            this._Mode = "min";
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public virtual SortDescriptor<T> NestedMax()
+        {
+            this._Mode = "max";
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public virtual SortDescriptor<T> NestedSum()
+        {
+            this._Mode = "sum";
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public virtual SortDescriptor<T> NestedAvg()
+        {
+            this._Mode = "avg";
+            return this;
+        }
+
 		public virtual SortDescriptor<T> NestedFilter(Func<FilterDescriptor<T>, BaseFilter> filterSelector)
 		{
 			filterSelector.ThrowIfNull("filterSelector");
diff --git a/src/Nest/Domain/Mapping/Attributes/ElasticPropertyAttribute.cs b/src/Nest/Domain/Mapping/Attributes/ElasticPropertyAttribute.cs
index 42bc6297542..42ce5ad160c 100644
--- a/src/Nest/Domain/Mapping/Attributes/ElasticPropertyAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Nest/Domain/Mapping/Attributes/ElasticPropertyAttribute.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class ElasticPropertyAttribute : Attribute, IElasticPropertyAttribute
 		public string Analyzer { get; set; }
 		public string IndexAnalyzer { get; set; }
 		public string SearchAnalyzer { get; set; }
+	    public string SortAnalyzer { get; set; }
 		public string NullValue { get; set; }
 		public string Similarity { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/src/Nest/Domain/Mapping/Attributes/IElasticPropertyAttribute.cs b/src/Nest/Domain/Mapping/Attributes/IElasticPropertyAttribute.cs
index 836368772e8..0cff2759418 100644
--- a/src/Nest/Domain/Mapping/Attributes/IElasticPropertyAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Nest/Domain/Mapping/Attributes/IElasticPropertyAttribute.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public interface IElasticPropertyAttribute
         string Analyzer { get; set; }
         string IndexAnalyzer { get; set; }
         string SearchAnalyzer { get; set; }
+        string SortAnalyzer { get; set; }
         string NullValue { get; set; }
 
         bool OmitNorms { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/Nest/Resolvers/Writers/WritePropertiesFromAttributeVisitor.cs b/src/Nest/Resolvers/Writers/WritePropertiesFromAttributeVisitor.cs
index c08d7eeba9e..c5d805ac182 100644
--- a/src/Nest/Resolvers/Writers/WritePropertiesFromAttributeVisitor.cs
+++ b/src/Nest/Resolvers/Writers/WritePropertiesFromAttributeVisitor.cs
@@ -131,8 +131,17 @@ public void VisitBaseAttribute(IElasticPropertyAttribute att) {
                     this._jsonWriter.WritePropertyName("type");
                     this._jsonWriter.WriteValue(this._type);
                 }
-                this._jsonWriter.WritePropertyName("index");
-                this._jsonWriter.WriteValue(Enum.GetName(typeof (FieldIndexOption), FieldIndexOption.not_analyzed));
+                if (att.SortAnalyzer.IsNullOrEmpty())
+                {
+                    this._jsonWriter.WritePropertyName("index");
+                    this._jsonWriter.WriteValue(Enum.GetName(typeof(FieldIndexOption), FieldIndexOption.not_analyzed));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    this._jsonWriter.WritePropertyName("index_analyzer");
+                    this._jsonWriter.WriteValue(att.SortAnalyzer);
+                }
+
                 this._jsonWriter.WriteEnd();
                 this._jsonWriter.WriteEnd();
             }
diff --git a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/Map/Properties/PropertiesTests.cs b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/Map/Properties/PropertiesTests.cs
index 1835f641c67..de7ff2dd534 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/Map/Properties/PropertiesTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/Map/Properties/PropertiesTests.cs
@@ -200,6 +200,22 @@ public void IPProperty()
 			);
 			this.JsonEquals(result.ConnectionStatus.Request, MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod());
 		}
+
+	    public class Foo
+	    {
+	        public int Id { get; set; }
+            [ElasticProperty(AddSortField = true, SortAnalyzer = "simple")]
+	        public string Name { get; set; }
+	    }
+
+	    [Test]
+	    public void SortAnalyzeryReadFromAttribute()
+	    {
+            var result = _client.Map<Foo>(m => m.MapFromAttributes());
+            this.JsonEquals(result.ConnectionStatus.Request, MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod());
+	        
+	    }
+
 		[Test]
 		public void GeoPointProperty()
 		{
@@ -215,6 +231,7 @@ public void GeoPointProperty()
 			);
 			this.JsonEquals(result.ConnectionStatus.Request, MethodInfo.GetCurrentMethod());
 		}
+
 		[Test]
 		public void GeoShapeProperty()
 		{
diff --git a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/Map/Properties/SortAnalyzeryReadFromAttribute.json b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/Map/Properties/SortAnalyzeryReadFromAttribute.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74227dab5a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Core/Map/Properties/SortAnalyzeryReadFromAttribute.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "foo": {
+    "properties": {
+      "id": {
+        "type": "integer"
+      },
+      "name": {
+        "type": "multi_field",
+        "fields": {
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "sort": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "index_analyzer": "simple"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Search/Sort/SortTests.cs b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Search/Sort/SortTests.cs
index 076fd7ee388..26ab993c176 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Search/Sort/SortTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Nest.Tests.Unit/Search/Sort/SortTests.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,32 @@ public void TestSortOnSortField()
 			Assert.True(json.JsonEquals(expected), json);
 		}
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestSortOnNestedField()
+        {
+            var s = new SearchDescriptor<ElasticsearchProject>()
+                .From(0)
+                .Size(10)
+                .Sort(sort => sort
+                    .OnField(e => e.Contributors.Suffix("age")) // Sort projects by oldest contributor
+                    .NestedMax()
+                    .Descending()
+                );
+            var json = TestElasticClient.Serialize(s);
+            var expected = @"
+                {
+                  from: 0,
+                  size: 10,
+                  sort: {
+                    ""contributors.age"": {
+                        ""order"": ""desc"",
+                        ""mode"": ""max""
+                    }
+                  }
+                }";
+            Assert.True(json.JsonEquals(expected), json);
+        }
+
 		[Test]
 		public void TestSortAscending()
 		{