diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index ca99955f41a..e8c074b1288 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ if ($op eq "do_search") {
 	$resultsperpage= $query->param('resultsperpage');
 	$resultsperpage = 19 if(!defined $resultsperpage);
 	my $orderby = $query->param('orderby');
+	my $desc_or_asc = $query->param('desc_or_asc');
 
 	# builds tag and subfield arrays
 	my @tags;
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ if ($op eq "do_search") {
 	findseealso($dbh,\@tags);
 	my ($results,$total) = catalogsearch($dbh, \@tags,\@and_or,
 										\@excluding, \@operator, \@value,
-										$startfrom*$resultsperpage, $resultsperpage,$orderby);
+										$startfrom*$resultsperpage, $resultsperpage,$orderby, $desc_or_asc);
 
 	($template, $loggedinuser, $cookie)
 		= get_template_and_user({template_name => "opac-searchresults.tmpl",