diff --git a/meilisearch/tests/search/geo.rs b/meilisearch/tests/search/geo.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4253bc210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meilisearch/tests/search/geo.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+
+use crate::common::Server;
+
+pub(self) static DOCUMENTS: Lazy<Value> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    json!([
+        {
+            "id": 1,
+            "name": "Taco Truck",
+            "address": "444 Salsa Street, Burritoville",
+            "type": "Mexican",
+            "rating": 9,
+            "_geo": {
+                "lat": 34.0522,
+                "lng": -118.2437
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "id": 2,
+            "name": "La Bella Italia",
+            "address": "456 Elm Street, Townsville",
+            "type": "Italian",
+            "rating": 9,
+            "_geo": {
+                "lat": "45.4777599",
+                "lng": "9.1967508"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "id": 3,
+            "name": "Crêpe Truck",
+            "address": "2 Billig Avenue, Rouenville",
+            "type": "French",
+            "rating": 10
+        }
+    ])
+});
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn geo_sort_with_geo_strings() {
+    let server = Server::new().await;
+    let index = server.index("test");
+
+    let documents = DOCUMENTS.clone();
+    index.update_settings_filterable_attributes(json!(["_geo"])).await;
+    index.update_settings_sortable_attributes(json!(["_geo"])).await;
+    index.add_documents(documents, None).await;
+    index.wait_task(2).await;
+
+    index
+        .search(
+            json!({
+                "filter": "_geoRadius(45.472735, 9.184019, 10000)",
+                "sort": ["_geoPoint(0.0, 0.0):asc"]
+            }),
+            |response, code| {
+                assert_eq!(code, 200, "{}", response);
+            },
+        )
+        .await;
+}
diff --git a/meilisearch/tests/search/mod.rs b/meilisearch/tests/search/mod.rs
index 9c80aed31..d560ba734 100644
--- a/meilisearch/tests/search/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/tests/search/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 mod errors;
 mod facet_search;
 mod formatted;
+mod geo;
 mod multi;
 mod pagination;
 mod restrict_searchable;