diff --git a/C4/XSLT.pm b/C4/XSLT.pm
index 6a10206359..aa0684cc35 100644
--- a/C4/XSLT.pm
+++ b/C4/XSLT.pm
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ sub get_xslt_sysprefs {
                               OPACResultsLibrary OPACShowOpenURL
                               OpenURLResolverURL OpenURLImageLocation
                               OPACResultsMaxItems OPACResultsMaxItemsUnavailable OPACResultsUnavailableGroupingBy
-                              OpenURLText OPACShowMusicalInscripts OPACPlayMusicalInscripts ContentWarningField / )
+                              OpenURLText OPACShowMusicalInscripts OPACPlayMusicalInscripts ContentWarningField
+                              AuthorLinkSortBy AuthorLinkSortOrder / )
     {
         my $sp = C4::Context->preference( $syspref );
         next unless defined($sp);
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/sysprefs.sql b/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/sysprefs.sql
index 241b43b502..3e6715120d 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/sysprefs.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/sysprefs.sql
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ INSERT INTO systempreferences ( `variable`, `value`, `options`, `explanation`, `
 ('AuthorityXSLTOpacDetailsDisplay','','','Enable XSL stylesheet control over authority details page in the OPAC','Free'),
 ('AuthorityXSLTOpacResultsDisplay','','','Enable XSL stylesheet control over authority results page in the OPAC','Free'),
 ('AuthorityXSLTResultsDisplay','','','Enable XSL stylesheet control over authority results page display on intranet','Free'),
+('AuthorLinkSortBy','default','call_number|pubdate|acqdate|title','Specify the default field used for sorting when click author links','Choice'),
+('AuthorLinkSortOrder','asc','asc|dsc|az|za','Specify the default sort order for author links','Choice'),
 ('AuthSuccessLog','0',NULL,'If enabled, log successful authentications','YesNo'),
 ('autoBarcode','OFF','incremental|annual|hbyymmincr|EAN13|OFF','Used to autogenerate a barcode: incremental will be of the form 1, 2, 3; annual of the form 2007-0001, 2007-0002; hbyymmincr of the form HB08010001 where HB=Home Branch','Choice'),
 ('autoControlNumber','OFF','biblionumber|OFF','Used to autogenerate a Control Number: biblionumber will be as biblionumber, OFF will leave the field as it is;','Choice'),
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/searching.pref b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/searching.pref
index 93084ee641..2ef55887dd 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/searching.pref
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/searching.pref
@@ -174,6 +174,23 @@ Searching:
                   dsc: descending.
                   az: from A to Z.
                   za: from Z to A.
+        -
+            - By default, sort search results from author links by
+            - pref: AuthorLinkSortBy
+              default: default
+              choices:
+                  default: obey default sort field and order specified in defaultSortField or OPACdefaultSortField
+                  call_number: call number
+                  pubdate: date of publication
+                  acqdate: date added
+                  title: title
+            - ','
+            - pref: AuthorLinkSortOrder
+              choices:
+                  asc: ascending.
+                  dsc: descending.
+                  az: from A to Z.
+                  za: from Z to A.
         -
             - When limiting search results with a library or library group, limit by the item's
             - pref: SearchLimitLibrary
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slim2intranetDetail.xsl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slim2intranetDetail.xsl
index 4428d3f6ca..ef97b98579 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slim2intranetDetail.xsl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slim2intranetDetail.xsl
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
         <xsl:variable name="OPACBaseURL" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='OPACBaseURL']"/>
         <xsl:variable name="SubjectModifier"><xsl:if test="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='TraceCompleteSubfields']='1'">,complete-subfield</xsl:if></xsl:variable>
         <xsl:variable name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='UseAuthoritiesForTracings']"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="AuthorLinkSortBy" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AuthorLinkSortBy']"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="AuthorLinkSortOrder" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AuthorLinkSortOrder']"/>
         <xsl:variable name="TraceSubjectSubdivisions" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='TraceSubjectSubdivisions']"/>
         <xsl:variable name="Show856uAsImage" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='Display856uAsImage']"/>
         <xsl:variable name="DisplayIconsXSLT" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='DisplayIconsXSLT']"/>
@@ -155,12 +157,16 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="showAuthor">
             <xsl:with-param name="authorfield" select="marc:datafield[@tag=100 or @tag=110 or @tag=111]"/>
             <xsl:with-param name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings" select="$UseAuthoritiesForTracings"/>
+            <xsl:with-param name="AuthorLinkSortOrder" select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder"/>
+            <xsl:with-param name="AuthorLinkSortBy" select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
         </xsl:call-template>
 
         <!-- #13382 Suppress 700$i and 7xx/@ind2=2 -->
         <xsl:call-template name="showAuthor">
             <xsl:with-param name="authorfield" select="marc:datafield[(@tag=700 or @tag=710 or @tag=711) and not(@ind2=2) and not(marc:subfield[@code='i'])]"/>
             <xsl:with-param name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings" select="$UseAuthoritiesForTracings"/>
+            <xsl:with-param name="AuthorLinkSortOrder" select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder"/>
+            <xsl:with-param name="AuthorLinkSortBy" select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
         </xsl:call-template>
 
     <xsl:if test="$DisplayIconsXSLT!='0' and $materialTypeCode!=''">
@@ -1608,6 +1614,8 @@
     <xsl:template name="showAuthor">
 	<xsl:param name="authorfield"/>
     <xsl:param name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings"/>
+    <xsl:param name="AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+    <xsl:param name="AuthorLinkSortOrder"/>
 	<xsl:if test="count($authorfield)&gt;0">
         <h5 class="author">
         <xsl:for-each select="$authorfield">
@@ -1621,10 +1629,29 @@
         <a>
         <xsl:choose>
             <xsl:when test="marc:subfield[@code=9] and $UseAuthoritiesForTracings='1'">
-                <xsl:attribute name="href">/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=an:<xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code=9], true())"/></xsl:attribute>
+                <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                    <xsl:text>/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=an:</xsl:text>
+                    <xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code=9], true())"/>
+                    <xsl:if test="$AuthorLinkSortBy!='default'">
+                        <xsl:text>&amp;sort_by=</xsl:text>
+                        <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+                        <xsl:text>_</xsl:text>
+                        <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder"/>
+                    </xsl:if>
+                </xsl:attribute>
             </xsl:when>
             <xsl:otherwise>
-            <xsl:attribute name="href">/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=au:"<xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code='a'], true())"/>"</xsl:attribute>
+                <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                    <xsl:text>/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=au:"</xsl:text>
+                    <xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code='a'], true())"/>
+                    <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
+                    <xsl:if test="$AuthorLinkSortBy!='default'">
+                        <xsl:text>&amp;sort_by=</xsl:text>
+                        <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+                        <xsl:text>_</xsl:text>
+                        <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder"/>
+                    </xsl:if>
+                </xsl:attribute>
             </xsl:otherwise>
         </xsl:choose>
         <xsl:choose>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slim2intranetResults.xsl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slim2intranetResults.xsl
index 5dbf57d1e7..ac1a7c54aa 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slim2intranetResults.xsl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/xslt/MARC21slim2intranetResults.xsl
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
         <xsl:variable name="AlternateHoldingsSubfields" select="substring(marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AlternateHoldingsField'], 4)"/>
         <xsl:variable name="AlternateHoldingsSeparator" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AlternateHoldingsSeparator']"/>
         <xsl:variable name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='UseAuthoritiesForTracings']"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="AuthorLinkSortBy" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AuthorLinkSortBy']"/>
+        <xsl:variable name="AuthorLinkSortOrder" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AuthorLinkSortOrder']"/>
         <xsl:variable name="DisplayIconsXSLT" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='DisplayIconsXSLT']"/>
         <xsl:variable name="IntranetBiblioDefaultView" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='IntranetBiblioDefaultView']"/>
         <xsl:variable name="OpacSuppression" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='OpacSuppression']"/>
@@ -350,10 +352,29 @@
             <a>
                 <xsl:choose>
                     <xsl:when test="marc:subfield[@code=9] and $UseAuthoritiesForTracings='1'">
-                        <xsl:attribute name="href">/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=an:<xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code=9], true())"/></xsl:attribute>
+                        <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                            <xsl:text>/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=an:</xsl:text>
+                            <xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code=9], true())"/>
+                            <xsl:if test="$AuthorLinkSortBy!='default'">
+                                <xsl:text>&amp;sort_by=</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+                                <xsl:text>_</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder" />
+                            </xsl:if>
+                        </xsl:attribute>
                     </xsl:when>
                     <xsl:otherwise>
-                        <xsl:attribute name="href">/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=au:"<xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code='a'], true())"/>"</xsl:attribute>
+                        <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                            <xsl:text>/cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?q=au:"</xsl:text>
+                            <xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code='a'], true())"/>
+                            <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
+                            <xsl:if test="$AuthorLinkSortBy!='default'">
+                                <xsl:text>&amp;sort_by=</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+                                <xsl:text>_</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder" />
+                            </xsl:if>
+                        </xsl:attribute>
                     </xsl:otherwise>
                 </xsl:choose>
                 <xsl:call-template name="chopPunctuation">
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slim2OPACDetail.xsl b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slim2OPACDetail.xsl
index 047d56eae1..31af6ee9a4 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slim2OPACDetail.xsl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slim2OPACDetail.xsl
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
     <xsl:variable name="SubjectModifier"><xsl:if test="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='TraceCompleteSubfields']='1'">,complete-subfield</xsl:if></xsl:variable>
     <xsl:variable name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='UseAuthoritiesForTracings']"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="AuthorLinkSortBy" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AuthorLinkSortBy']"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="AuthorLinkSortOrder" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AuthorLinkSortOrder']"/>
     <xsl:variable name="TraceSubjectSubdivisions" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='TraceSubjectSubdivisions']"/>
     <xsl:variable name="Show856uAsImage" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='OPACDisplay856uAsImage']"/>
     <xsl:variable name="OPACTrackClicks" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='TrackClicks']"/>
@@ -174,6 +176,8 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="showAuthor">
             <xsl:with-param name="authorfield" select="marc:datafield[(@tag=100 or @tag=110 or @tag=111)]"/>
             <xsl:with-param name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings" select="$UseAuthoritiesForTracings"/>
+            <xsl:with-param name="AuthorLinkSortOrder" select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder"/>
+            <xsl:with-param name="AuthorLinkSortBy" select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
             <xsl:with-param name="materialTypeLabel" select="$materialTypeLabel"/>
             <xsl:with-param name="theme" select="$theme"/>
         </xsl:call-template>
@@ -182,6 +186,8 @@
             <!-- #13382 suppress 700$i and 7xx/@ind2=2 -->
             <xsl:with-param name="authorfield" select="marc:datafield[(@tag=700 or @tag=710 or @tag=711) and not(@ind2=2) and not(marc:subfield[@code='i'])]"/>
             <xsl:with-param name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings" select="$UseAuthoritiesForTracings"/>
+            <xsl:with-param name="AuthorLinkSortOrder" select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder"/>
+            <xsl:with-param name="AuthorLinkSortBy" select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
             <xsl:with-param name="materialTypeLabel" select="$materialTypeLabel"/>
             <xsl:with-param name="theme" select="$theme"/>
         </xsl:call-template>
@@ -1802,6 +1808,8 @@
     <xsl:template name="showAuthor">
         <xsl:param name="authorfield" />
         <xsl:param name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings" />
+        <xsl:param name="AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+        <xsl:param name="AuthorLinkSortOrder"/>
         <xsl:param name="materialTypeLabel" />
         <xsl:param name="theme" />
         <xsl:if test="count($authorfield)&gt;0">
@@ -1831,10 +1839,29 @@
             <a>
                 <xsl:choose>
                     <xsl:when test="marc:subfield[@code=9] and $UseAuthoritiesForTracings='1'">
-                        <xsl:attribute name="href">/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=an:"<xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code=9], true())"/>"</xsl:attribute>
+                        <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                            <xsl:text>/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=an:</xsl:text>
+                            <xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code=9], true())"/>
+                            <xsl:if test="$AuthorLinkSortBy!='default'">
+                                <xsl:text>&amp;sort_by=</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+                                <xsl:text>_</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder" />
+                            </xsl:if>
+                        </xsl:attribute>
                     </xsl:when>
                     <xsl:otherwise>
-                        <xsl:attribute name="href">/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=au:"<xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code='a'], true())"/>"</xsl:attribute>
+                        <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                            <xsl:text>/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=au:"</xsl:text>
+                            <xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code='a'], true())"/>
+                            <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
+                            <xsl:if test="$AuthorLinkSortBy!='default'">
+                                <xsl:text>&amp;sort_by=</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+                                <xsl:text>_</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder" />
+                            </xsl:if>
+                        </xsl:attribute>
                     </xsl:otherwise>
                 </xsl:choose>
                 <xsl:attribute name="class">contributors</xsl:attribute>
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slim2OPACResults.xsl b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slim2OPACResults.xsl
index 0c2b499049..57d8547cc9 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slim2OPACResults.xsl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/en/xslt/MARC21slim2OPACResults.xsl
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
     <xsl:variable name="OPACResultsUnavailableGroupingBy" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='OPACResultsUnavailableGroupingBy']"/>
     <xsl:variable name="UseControlNumber" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='UseControlNumber']"/>
     <xsl:variable name="UseAuthoritiesForTracings" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='UseAuthoritiesForTracings']"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="AuthorLinkSortBy" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AuthorLinkSortBy']"/>
+    <xsl:variable name="AuthorLinkSortOrder" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='AuthorLinkSortOrder']"/>
     <xsl:variable name="OPACResultsLibrary" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='OPACResultsLibrary']"/>
     <xsl:variable name="hidelostitems" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='hidelostitems']"/>
     <xsl:variable name="DisplayOPACiconsXSLT" select="marc:sysprefs/marc:syspref[@name='DisplayOPACiconsXSLT']"/>
@@ -525,10 +527,29 @@
                 <a>
                     <xsl:choose>
                         <xsl:when test="marc:subfield[@code=9] and $UseAuthoritiesForTracings='1'">
-                            <xsl:attribute name="href">/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=an:<xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code=9], true())"/></xsl:attribute>
+                            <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                                <xsl:text>/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=an:</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code=9], true())"/>
+                                <xsl:if test="$AuthorLinkSortBy!='default'">
+                                    <xsl:text>&amp;sort_by=</xsl:text>
+                                    <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+                                    <xsl:text>_</xsl:text>
+                                    <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder" />
+                                </xsl:if>
+                            </xsl:attribute>
                         </xsl:when>
                         <xsl:otherwise>
-                            <xsl:attribute name="href">/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=au:"<xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code='a'], true())"/>"</xsl:attribute>
+                            <xsl:attribute name="href">
+                                <xsl:text>/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=au:"</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:value-of select="str:encode-uri(marc:subfield[@code='a'], true())"/>
+                                <xsl:text>"</xsl:text>
+                                <xsl:if test="$AuthorLinkSortBy!='default'">
+                                    <xsl:text>&amp;sort_by=</xsl:text>
+                                    <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortBy"/>
+                                    <xsl:text>_</xsl:text>
+                                    <xsl:value-of select="$AuthorLinkSortOrder" />
+                                </xsl:if>
+                            </xsl:attribute>
                         </xsl:otherwise>
                     </xsl:choose>
                     <xsl:call-template name="chopPunctuation">