diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs
index 827d30753..e4243aadc 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index/mod.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ impl Index {
 
         let filterable_attributes = self.filterable_fields(txn)?.into_iter().collect();
 
+        let sortable_attributes = self.sortable_fields(txn)?.into_iter().collect();
+
         let criteria = self
             .criteria(txn)?
             .into_iter()
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ impl Index {
                 None => Setting::Reset,
             },
             filterable_attributes: Setting::Set(filterable_attributes),
+            sortable_attributes: Setting::Set(sortable_attributes),
             ranking_rules: Setting::Set(criteria),
             stop_words: Setting::Set(stop_words),
             distinct_attribute: match distinct_field {
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index/updates.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index/updates.rs
index abfb55d1d..dd94f2cd2 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index/updates.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index/updates.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ pub struct Settings<T> {
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Setting::is_not_set")]
     pub filterable_attributes: Setting<HashSet<String>>,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Setting::is_not_set")]
+    pub sortable_attributes: Setting<HashSet<String>>,
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Setting::is_not_set")]
     pub ranking_rules: Setting<Vec<String>>,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Setting::is_not_set")]
     pub stop_words: Setting<BTreeSet<String>>,
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ impl Settings<Checked> {
             displayed_attributes: Setting::Reset,
             searchable_attributes: Setting::Reset,
             filterable_attributes: Setting::Reset,
+            sortable_attributes: Setting::Reset,
             ranking_rules: Setting::Reset,
             stop_words: Setting::Reset,
             synonyms: Setting::Reset,
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ impl Settings<Checked> {
             displayed_attributes,
             searchable_attributes,
             filterable_attributes,
+            sortable_attributes,
             ranking_rules,
             stop_words,
             synonyms,
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@ impl Settings<Checked> {
             displayed_attributes,
             searchable_attributes,
             filterable_attributes,
+            sortable_attributes,
             ranking_rules,
             stop_words,
             synonyms,
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ impl Settings<Unchecked> {
             displayed_attributes,
             searchable_attributes,
             filterable_attributes: self.filterable_attributes,
+            sortable_attributes: self.sortable_attributes,
             ranking_rules: self.ranking_rules,
             stop_words: self.stop_words,
             synonyms: self.synonyms,
@@ -253,6 +259,12 @@ impl Index {
             Setting::NotSet => (),
         }
 
+        match settings.sortable_attributes {
+            Setting::Set(ref facet_types) => builder.set_sortable_fields(facet_types.clone()),
+            Setting::Reset => builder.set_sortable_fields(HashSet::new()),
+            Setting::NotSet => (),
+        }
+
         match settings.ranking_rules {
             Setting::Set(ref criteria) => builder.set_criteria(criteria.clone()),
             Setting::Reset => builder.reset_criteria(),
@@ -328,6 +340,7 @@ mod test {
             displayed_attributes: Setting::Set(vec![String::from("hello")]),
             searchable_attributes: Setting::Set(vec![String::from("hello")]),
             filterable_attributes: Setting::NotSet,
+            sortable_attributes: Setting::NotSet,
             ranking_rules: Setting::NotSet,
             stop_words: Setting::NotSet,
             synonyms: Setting::NotSet,
@@ -348,6 +361,7 @@ mod test {
             displayed_attributes: Setting::Set(vec![String::from("*")]),
             searchable_attributes: Setting::Set(vec![String::from("hello"), String::from("*")]),
             filterable_attributes: Setting::NotSet,
+            sortable_attributes: Setting::NotSet,
             ranking_rules: Setting::NotSet,
             stop_words: Setting::NotSet,
             synonyms: Setting::NotSet,
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v1.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v1.rs
index 9bcc4dd7b..6a505c077 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v1.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/index_controller/dump_actor/loaders/v1.rs
@@ -158,15 +158,12 @@ impl From<Settings> for index_controller::Settings<Unchecked> {
                 Some(None) => Setting::Reset,
                 None => Setting::NotSet
             },
-            // we previously had a `Vec<String>` but now we have a `HashMap<String, String>`
-            // representing the name of the faceted field + the type of the field. Since the type
-            // was not known in the V1 of the dump we are just going to assume everything is a
-            // String
             filterable_attributes: match settings.attributes_for_faceting {
                 Some(Some(attrs)) => Setting::Set(attrs.into_iter().collect()),
                 Some(None) => Setting::Reset,
                 None => Setting::NotSet
             },
+            sortable_attributes: Setting::NotSet,
             // we need to convert the old `Vec<String>` into a `BTreeSet<String>`
             ranking_rules: match settings.ranking_rules {
                 Some(Some(ranking_rules)) => Setting::Set(ranking_rules.into_iter().filter(|criterion| {
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/indexes/settings.rs b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/indexes/settings.rs
index 9cdf515aa..a7ab2f7e0 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/src/routes/indexes/settings.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/src/routes/indexes/settings.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ make_setting_route!(
     "filterableAttributes"
 );
 
+make_setting_route!(
+    "/sortable-attributes",
+    std::collections::HashSet<String>,
+    sortable_attributes,
+    "sortableAttributes"
+);
+
 make_setting_route!(
     "/displayed-attributes",
     Vec<String>,
@@ -132,6 +139,7 @@ macro_rules! generate_configure {
 
 generate_configure!(
     filterable_attributes,
+    sortable_attributes,
     displayed_attributes,
     searchable_attributes,
     distinct_attribute,
diff --git a/meilisearch-http/tests/settings/get_settings.rs b/meilisearch-http/tests/settings/get_settings.rs
index 2816ea38d..3b3ab5735 100644
--- a/meilisearch-http/tests/settings/get_settings.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-http/tests/settings/get_settings.rs
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@ async fn get_settings() {
     let (response, code) = index.settings().await;
     assert_eq!(code, 200);
     let settings = response.as_object().unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(settings.keys().len(), 7);
+    assert_eq!(settings.keys().len(), 8);
     assert_eq!(settings["displayedAttributes"], json!(["*"]));
     assert_eq!(settings["searchableAttributes"], json!(["*"]));
     assert_eq!(settings["filterableAttributes"], json!([]));
+    assert_eq!(settings["sortableAttributes"], json!([]));
     assert_eq!(settings["distinctAttribute"], json!(null));
     assert_eq!(
         settings["rankingRules"],