diff --git a/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/metadata-field-selector/metadata-field-selector.component.spec.ts b/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/metadata-field-selector/metadata-field-selector.component.spec.ts
index 37ee299613..de8736df94 100644
--- a/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/metadata-field-selector/metadata-field-selector.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/metadata-field-selector/metadata-field-selector.component.spec.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { createPaginatedList } from '../../../shared/testing/utils.test';
 import { followLink } from '../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 
 describe('MetadataFieldSelectorComponent', () => {
   let component: MetadataFieldSelectorComponent;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ describe('MetadataFieldSelectorComponent', () => {
     });
 
     it('should query the registry service for metadata fields and include the schema', () => {
-      expect(registryService.queryMetadataFields).toHaveBeenCalledWith(query, { elementsPerPage: 10 }, true, false, followLink('schema'));
+      expect(registryService.queryMetadataFields).toHaveBeenCalledWith(query, { elementsPerPage: 10, sort: new SortOptions('fieldName', SortDirection.ASC) }, true, false, followLink('schema'));
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/metadata-field-selector/metadata-field-selector.component.ts b/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/metadata-field-selector/metadata-field-selector.component.ts
index a1097a8bd4..73c34d4635 100644
--- a/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/metadata-field-selector/metadata-field-selector.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/dso-shared/dso-edit-metadata/metadata-field-selector/metadata-field-selector.component.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ import {
   Output,
   ViewChild
 } from '@angular/core';
-import { switchMap, debounceTime, distinctUntilChanged, map, tap, take } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { debounceTime, distinctUntilChanged, map, switchMap, take, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { followLink } from '../../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 import {
-  getAllSucceededRemoteData, getFirstCompletedRemoteData,
+  getAllSucceededRemoteData,
+  getFirstCompletedRemoteData,
   metadataFieldsToString
 } from '../../../core/shared/operators';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/internal/Subscription';
 import { of } from 'rxjs/internal/observable/of';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../../../shared/notifications/notifications.service';
 import { TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
+import { SortDirection, SortOptions } from '../../../core/cache/models/sort-options.model';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ds-metadata-field-selector',
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ export class MetadataFieldSelectorComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy, AfterV
       switchMap((query: string) => {
         this.showInvalid = false;
         if (query !== null) {
-          return this.registryService.queryMetadataFields(query, { elementsPerPage: 10 }, true, false, followLink('schema')).pipe(
+          return this.registryService.queryMetadataFields(query, { elementsPerPage: 10, sort: new SortOptions('fieldName', SortDirection.ASC) }, true, false, followLink('schema')).pipe(
             getAllSucceededRemoteData(),
             metadataFieldsToString(),
           );