diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/mini-tag-chooser.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/mini-tag-chooser.js.es6
index bc5d8c0b07..f0ebb00151 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/mini-tag-chooser.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/select-kit/components/mini-tag-chooser.js.es6
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export default ComboBox.extend(TagsMixin, {
     context.set("termMatchErrorMessage", json.forbidden_message);
 
     if (context.get("siteSettings.tags_sort_alphabetically")) {
-      results = results.sort((a, b) => a.id > b.id);
+      results = results.sort((a, b) => a.text.localeCompare(b.text));
     }
 
     results = results.filter(r => !context.get("selection").includes(r.id));
diff --git a/test/javascripts/components/mini-tag-chooser-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/components/mini-tag-chooser-test.js.es6
index ae52da4c70..27918e20b2 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/components/mini-tag-chooser-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/components/mini-tag-chooser-test.js.es6
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ componentTest("default", {
   beforeEach() {
     this.siteSettings.max_tag_length = 24;
     this.siteSettings.force_lowercase_tags = true;
+    this.siteSettings.tags_sort_alphabetically = true;
 
     this.site.set("can_create_tag", true);
     this.set("tags", ["jeff", "neil", "arpit"]);
@@ -35,11 +36,10 @@ componentTest("default", {
       }
 
       return response({
-        results: [{ text: "bianca", count: 3 }, { text: "régis", count: 5 }]
+        results: [{ text: "penar", count: 3 }, { text: "bianca", count: 3 }, { text: "régis", count: 5 }]
       });
     });
   },
-  skip: true,
   async test(assert) {
     await this.subject.expand();
 
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ componentTest("default", {
 
     assert.equal(
       this.subject.rowByIndex(1).name(),
+      "penar",
+      "it has the correct tag at the correct position after alphabetical sorting"
+    );
+
+    assert.equal(
+      this.subject.rowByIndex(2).name(),
       "régis",
       "it has the correct tag"
     );