diff --git a/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb b/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb
index e7c1bcc5..e70d7703 100644
--- a/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/catalog_controller.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ def unique_custom_fields
     config.add_search_field 'all_fields', label: 'Everything'
 
     config.add_sort_field 'relevance', sort: 'score desc', label: 'Relevance'
+    config.add_sort_field 'sort_title', sort: 'sort_title_ssi asc, sort_date_ssi desc', label: 'Title'
+    config.add_sort_field 'sort_date', sort: 'sort_date_ssi desc, sort_title_ssi asc', label: 'Date'
+    config.add_sort_field 'sort_author', sort: 'sort_author_ssi asc, sort_title_ssi asc', label: 'Author'
+    # TODO: place of publication
 
     config.add_facet_field 'spotlight_resource_type_ssim'
     config.index.thumbnail_field = 'thumbnail_ssim'
diff --git a/app/services/iiif_manifest.rb b/app/services/iiif_manifest.rb
index f2084fa0..fd168242 100644
--- a/app/services/iiif_manifest.rb
+++ b/app/services/iiif_manifest.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 class IiifManifest < Spotlight::Resources::IiifManifest
   def to_solr
     add_noid
+    # this is called in super, but idempotent so safe to call here also; we need the metadata
+    add_metadata
+    add_sort_title
+    add_sort_date
+    add_sort_author
     super
   end
 
@@ -8,6 +13,20 @@ def add_noid
     solr_hash["access_identifier_ssim"] = [noid]
   end
 
+  def add_sort_title
+    # Once we upgrade we should probably use this json_ld_value?
+    #solr_hash['sort_title_ssi'] = Array.wrap(json_ld_value(manifest.label)).first
+    solr_hash['sort_title_ssi'] = Array.wrap(manifest.label).first
+  end
+
+  def add_sort_date
+    solr_hash['sort_date_ssi'] = Array.wrap(solr_hash['readonly_date_ssim']).first
+  end
+
+  def add_sort_author
+    solr_hash['sort_author_ssi'] = Array.wrap(solr_hash['readonly_author_ssim']).first
+  end
+
   def full_image_url
     return super unless manifest['thumbnail'] && manifest['thumbnail']['service'] && manifest['thumbnail']['service']['@id']
     "#{manifest['thumbnail']['service']['@id']}/full/!600,600/0/default.jpg"
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/iiif_responses.rb b/spec/fixtures/iiif_responses.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f60bebc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/iiif_responses.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# pulled and pared down from spotlight
+# https://github.com/projectblacklight/spotlight/blob/b4608610ed0405f1d8ed4d6c9c17a02b06b9bcf6/spec/fixtures/iiif_responses.rb
+module IiifResponses
+  def test_manifest1
+    {
+      "@id": 'uri://for-manifest1/manifest',
+      "@type": 'sc:Manifest',
+      "label": 'Test Manifest 1',
+      "attribution": 'Attribution Data',
+      "description": 'A test IIIF manifest',
+      "license": 'http://www.example.org/license.html',
+      "metadata": [
+        {
+          "label": 'Author',
+          "value": 'John Doe'
+        },
+        {
+          "label": 'Author',
+          "value": 'Jane Doe'
+        },
+        {
+          "label": 'Another Field',
+          "value": 'Some data'
+        },
+        {
+          "label": 'Date',
+          "value": '1929'
+        }
+      ],
+      "thumbnail": {
+        "@id": 'uri://to-thumbnail'
+      },
+      "sequences": [
+        {
+          "@type": 'sc:Sequence',
+          "canvases": [
+            {
+              "@type": 'sc:Canvas',
+              "images": [
+                {
+                  "@type": 'oa:Annotation',
+                  "resource": {
+                    "@type": 'dcterms:Image',
+                    "@id": 'uri://full-image',
+                    "service": {
+                      "@id": 'uri://to-image-service'
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }.to_json
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/services/iiif_manifest_spec.rb b/spec/services/iiif_manifest_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b707dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/services/iiif_manifest_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe IiifManifest do
+  subject { described_class.new(url: url, manifest: manifest, collection: collection) }
+  let(:url) { 'uri://some_id/manifest' }
+  let(:collection) { double(compound_id: '1') }
+  let(:manifest_fixture) { test_manifest1 }
+  before do
+    stub_iiif_response_for_url(url, manifest_fixture)
+    subject.with_exhibit(exhibit)
+  end
+
+  describe '#to_solr' do
+    let(:manifest) { IiifService.new(url).send(:object) }
+    let(:exhibit) { FactoryBot.create(:exhibit) }
+    describe 'sort_title' do
+      it 'is a single-value text field' do
+        expect(subject.to_solr["sort_title_ssi"]).to eq "Test Manifest 1"
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'sort_date' do
+      it 'is a single-value text field' do
+        expect(subject.to_solr["sort_date_ssi"]).to eq "1929"
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'sort_author' do
+      it 'is a single-value text field' do
+        expect(subject.to_solr["sort_author_ssi"]).to eq "John Doe"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/support/stub_iiif_response.rb b/spec/support/stub_iiif_response.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab824a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/stub_iiif_response.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# pulled and pared down from spotlight
+# https://github.com/projectblacklight/spotlight/blob/b4608610ed0405f1d8ed4d6c9c17a02b06b9bcf6/spec/support/stub_iiif_response.rb
+require 'fixtures/iiif_responses'
+module StubIiifResponse
+  def stub_iiif_response_for_url(url, response)
+    allow(IiifService).to receive(:iiif_response).with(url).and_return(response)
+  end
+
+  def stub_default_collection
+    allow_any_instance_of(Spotlight::Resources::IiifHarvester).to receive_messages(url_is_iiif?: true)
+
+    stub_iiif_response_for_url('uri://for-manifest1/manifest', test_manifest1)
+  end
+end
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.include IiifResponses
+  config.include StubIiifResponse
+end