diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Search/ResultSet/ResultSetReconstitutionProcessor.php b/Classes/Domain/Search/ResultSet/ResultSetReconstitutionProcessor.php
index 1ba812b2f..a1e8dad10 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Search/ResultSet/ResultSetReconstitutionProcessor.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Search/ResultSet/ResultSetReconstitutionProcessor.php
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ protected function parseSortingIntoObjects(SearchResultSet $resultSet): SearchRe
             $field = $sortingOptions['field'];
             $label = $sortingOptions['label'] ?? '';
 
-            $isResetOption = $field === 'relevance';
+            $sortBy = explode(' ', $configuration->getSearchQuerySortBy())[0];
+            if ($sortBy === '') {
+                $sortBy = 'relevance';
+            }
+
+            $isResetOption = $field === $sortBy;
 
             // Allow stdWrap on label:
             $labelHasSubConfiguration = is_array($sortingOptions['label.'] ?? null);
diff --git a/Classes/System/Configuration/TypoScriptConfiguration.php b/Classes/System/Configuration/TypoScriptConfiguration.php
index 095b81555..936cd48ce 100644
--- a/Classes/System/Configuration/TypoScriptConfiguration.php
+++ b/Classes/System/Configuration/TypoScriptConfiguration.php
@@ -1203,11 +1203,21 @@ public function getSearchQueryReturnFieldsAsArray(array $defaultIfEmpty = []): a
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the configured target page for the search.
-     * By default, the contextPageId will be used
+     * Return the configured query sortBy value.
      *
      * plugin.tx_solr.search.targetPage
      */
+    public function getSearchQuerySortBy($defaultIfEmpty = ''): string
+    {
+        return $this->getValueByPathOrDefaultValue('plugin.tx_solr.search.query.sortBy', $defaultIfEmpty);
+    }
+
+    /**
+      * Returns the configured target page for the search.
+      * By default, the contextPageId will be used
+      *
+      * plugin.tx_solr.search.targetPage
+      */
     public function getSearchTargetPage(): int
     {
         $targetPage = (int)$this->getValueByPathOrDefaultValue('plugin.tx_solr.search.targetPage', 0);