diff --git a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic.php b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic.php
index be0cf71653..beada59da5 100644
--- a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic.php
+++ b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic.php
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+/**
+ * @group search
+ */
 final class PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic extends PhabricatorSearchEngine {
   private $uri;
   private $timeout;
@@ -177,6 +180,12 @@ final class PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic extends PhabricatorSearchEngine {
       }
     }
 
+    if (!$query->getQuery()) {
+      $spec['sort'] = array(
+        array('dateCreated' => 'desc'),
+      );
+    }
+
     $spec['from'] = (int)$query->getParameter('offset', 0);
     $spec['size'] = (int)$query->getParameter('limit', 25);