diff --git a/rhodecode/apps/search/views.py b/rhodecode/apps/search/views.py
--- a/rhodecode/apps/search/views.py
+++ b/rhodecode/apps/search/views.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def perform_search(request, tmpl_context
     search_tags = []
     search_params = {}
     errors = []
+
     try:
         search_params = schema.deserialize(
             dict(
@@ -61,8 +62,8 @@ def perform_search(request, tmpl_context
     def url_generator(**kw):
         q = urllib.quote(safe_str(search_query))
         return update_params(
-            "?q=%s&type=%s&max_lines=%s" % (
-                q, safe_str(search_type), search_max_lines), **kw)
+            "?q=%s&type=%s&max_lines=%s&sort=%s" % (
+                q, safe_str(search_type), search_max_lines, search_sort), **kw)
 
     c = tmpl_context
     search_query = search_params.get('search_query')
@@ -99,7 +100,6 @@ def perform_search(request, tmpl_context
     c.perm_user = c.auth_user
     c.repo_name = repo_name
     c.repo_group_name = repo_group_name
-    c.sort = search_sort
     c.url_generator = url_generator
     c.errors = errors
     c.formatted_results = formatted_results
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ def perform_search(request, tmpl_context
     c.searcher = searcher
     c.search_tags = search_tags
 
+    direction, sort_field = searcher.get_sort(search_type, search_sort)
+    c.sort = '{}:{}'.format(direction, sort_field)
+    c.sort_tag = sort_field
+    c.sort_tag_dir = direction
+
 
 class SearchView(BaseAppView):
     def load_default_context(self):
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/index/__init__.py b/rhodecode/lib/index/__init__.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/index/__init__.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/index/__init__.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ class BaseSearcher(object):
     query_lang_doc = ''
     es_version = None
     name = None
+    DIRECTION_ASC = 'asc'
+    DIRECTION_DESC = 'desc'
 
     def __init__(self):
         pass
@@ -87,6 +89,37 @@ class BaseSearcher(object):
         """
         return val
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_sort(search_type, search_val):
+        """
+        Method used to parse the GET search sort value to a field and direction.
+        e.g asc:lines == asc, lines
+
+        There's also a legacy support for newfirst/oldfirst which defines commit
+        sorting only
+        """
+
+        direction = BaseSearcher.DIRECTION_ASC
+        sort_field = None
+
+        if not search_val:
+            return direction, sort_field
+
+        if search_val.startswith('asc:'):
+            sort_field = search_val[4:]
+            direction = BaseSearcher.DIRECTION_ASC
+        elif search_val.startswith('desc:'):
+            sort_field = search_val[5:]
+            direction = BaseSearcher.DIRECTION_DESC
+        elif search_val == 'newfirst' and search_type == 'commit':
+            sort_field = 'date'
+            direction = BaseSearcher.DIRECTION_DESC
+        elif search_val == 'oldfirst' and search_type == 'commit':
+            sort_field = 'date'
+            direction = BaseSearcher.DIRECTION_ASC
+
+        return direction, sort_field
+
 
 def search_config(config, prefix='search.'):
     _config = {}
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/validation_schema/schemas/search_schema.py b/rhodecode/model/validation_schema/schemas/search_schema.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/validation_schema/schemas/search_schema.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/validation_schema/schemas/search_schema.py
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@
 import colander
 
 
+def sort_validator(node, value):
+    if value in ['oldfirst', 'newfirst']:
+        return value
+    if value.startswith('asc:'):
+        return value
+    if value.startswith('desc:'):
+        return value
+
+    msg = u'Invalid search sort, must be `oldfirst`, `newfirst`, or start with asc: or desc:'
+    raise colander.Invalid(node, msg)
+
+
 class SearchParamsSchema(colander.MappingSchema):
     search_query = colander.SchemaNode(
         colander.String(),
@@ -33,7 +45,7 @@ class SearchParamsSchema(colander.Mappin
     search_sort = colander.SchemaNode(
         colander.String(),
         missing='newfirst',
-        validator=colander.OneOf(['oldfirst', 'newfirst']))
+        validator=sort_validator)
     search_max_lines = colander.SchemaNode(
         colander.Integer(),
         missing=10)
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/search/search.mako b/rhodecode/templates/search/search.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/search/search.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/search/search.mako
@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@
     <i class="icon-repo-group"></i>
 </%def>
 
+
+<%def name="field_sort(field_name)">
+
+    <%
+    if c.sort.startswith('asc:'):
+        return c.url_generator(sort='desc:{}'.format(field_name))
+    elif c.sort.startswith('desc:'):
+        return c.url_generator(sort='asc:{}'.format(field_name))
+
+    return 'asc:{}'.format(field_name)
+    %>
+</%def>
+
+
 <%def name="main()">
 <div class="box">
     %if c.repo_name:
@@ -114,6 +128,16 @@
                 </span>
             %endif
 
+            % if c.sort_tag:
+                <span class="tag tag8">
+                    % if c.sort_tag_dir == 'asc':
+                        <i class="icon-angle-down"></i>
+                    % elif c.sort_tag_dir == 'desc':
+                        <i class="icon-angle-up"></i>
+                    % endif
+                    ${_('sort')}:${c.sort_tag}
+                </span>
+            % endif
 
             % for search_tag in c.search_tags:
                 <br/><span class="tag disabled" style="margin-top: 3px">${search_tag}</span>
@@ -130,7 +154,7 @@
               </span>
             % endfor
             <div class="field">
-                <p class="filterexample" style="position: inherit" onclick="$('#search-help').toggle()">${_('Query Langague examples')}</p>
+                <p class="filterexample" style="position: inherit" onclick="$('#search-help').toggle()">${_('Query Language examples')}</p>
 <pre id="search-help" style="display: none">\
 
 % if c.searcher.name == 'whoosh':
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/search/search_commit.mako b/rhodecode/templates/search/search_commit.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/search/search_commit.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/search/search_commit.mako
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
         <th>${_('Repository')}</th>
         <th>${_('Commit')}</th>
         <th></th>
-        <th>${_('Commit message')}</th>
+        <th>
+            <a href="${search.field_sort('message.raw')}">${_('Commit message')}</a>
+        </th>
         <th>
-        %if c.sort == 'newfirst':
-            <a href="${c.url_generator(sort='oldfirst')}">${_('Age (new first)')}</a>
-        %else:
-            <a href="${c.url_generator(sort='newfirst')}">${_('Age (old first)')}</a>
-        %endif
+            <a href="${search.field_sort('date')}">${_('Age')}</a>
         </th>
-        <th>${_('Author')}</th>
+        <th>
+            <a href="${search.field_sort('author.email.raw')}">${_('Author')}</a>
+        </th>
     </tr>
     %for entry in c.formatted_results:
         ## search results are additionally filtered, and this check is just a safe gate
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/search/search_path.mako b/rhodecode/templates/search/search_path.mako
--- a/rhodecode/templates/search/search_path.mako
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/search/search_path.mako
@@ -5,9 +5,15 @@
 <table class="rctable search-results">
     <tr>
         <th>${_('Repository')}</th>
-        <th>${_('File')}</th>
-        <th>${_('Size')}</th>
-        <th>${_('Lines')}</th>
+        <th>
+            <a href="${search.field_sort('file.raw')}">${_('File')}</a>
+        </th>
+        <th>
+            <a href="${search.field_sort('size')}">${_('Size')}</a>
+        </th>
+        <th>
+            <a href="${search.field_sort('lines')}">${_('Lines')}</a>
+        </th>
     </tr>
     %for entry in c.formatted_results:
         ## search results are additionally filtered, and this check is just a safe gate
@@ -19,6 +25,7 @@
                     ${h.link_to(entry['repository'], h.route_path('repo_summary',repo_name=entry['repository']))}
                 </td>
                 <td class="td-componentname">
+                    <i class="icon-file"></i>
                     ${h.link_to(h.literal(entry['f_path']),
                         h.route_path('repo_files',repo_name=entry['repository'],commit_id='tip',f_path=entry['f_path']))}
                 </td>
@@ -29,7 +36,7 @@
                 </td>
                 <td>
                     %if entry.get('lines'):
-                      ${entry.get('lines', 0.)} ${_ungettext('line', 'lines', entry.get('lines', 0.))}
+                      ${entry.get('lines', 0.)}
                     %endif
                 </td>
             </tr>