diff --git a/http-ui/src/main.rs b/http-ui/src/main.rs
index 108ec0549..89f3dcab2 100644
--- a/http-ui/src/main.rs
+++ b/http-ui/src/main.rs
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     struct QueryBody {
         query: Option<String>,
         filters: Option<String>,
+        sorters: Option<String>,
         facet_filters: Option<Vec<UntaggedEither<Vec<String>, String>>>,
         facet_distribution: Option<bool>,
         limit: Option<usize>,
@@ -754,6 +755,10 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 search.limit(limit);
             }
 
+            if let Some(sort) = query.sorters {
+                search.sort_criteria(vec![sort.parse().unwrap()]);
+            }
+
             let SearchResult { matching_words, candidates, documents_ids } =
                 search.execute().unwrap();