diff --git a/btreeidx.hh b/btreeidx.hh
index 30817a96..8aaaa652 100644
--- a/btreeidx.hh
+++ b/btreeidx.hh
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ public:
   virtual uint32_t getFtsIndexVersion()
   { return 0; }
 
+  // Sort articles offsets for full-text search in dictionary-specific order
+  // to increase of articles retrieving speed
+  // Default - simple sorting in increase order
+  virtual void sortArticlesOffsetsForFTS( QVector< uint32_t > & offsets )
+  { qSort( offsets ); }
+
   /// Called before each matching operation to ensure that any child init
   /// has completed. Mainly used for deferred init. The default implementation
   /// does nothing.
diff --git a/ftshelpers.cc b/ftshelpers.cc
index 965cdf95..f8ef1f8a 100644
--- a/ftshelpers.cc
+++ b/ftshelpers.cc
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void makeFTSIndex( BtreeIndexing::BtreeDictionary * dict, QAtomicInt & isCancell
   if( Qt4x5::AtomicInt::loadAcquire( isCancelled ) )
     throw exUserAbort();
 
-  qSort( offsets );
+  dict->sortArticlesOffsetsForFTS( offsets );
 
   QMap< QString, QVector< uint32_t > > ftsWords;
 
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ void FTSResultsRequest::indexSearch( BtreeIndexing::BtreeIndex & ftsIndex,
 
   setOfOffsets.clear();
 
-  qSort( offsets );
+  dict.sortArticlesOffsetsForFTS( offsets );
 
   checkArticles( offsets, searchWords );
 }
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ void FTSResultsRequest::combinedIndexSearch( BtreeIndexing::BtreeIndex & ftsInde
 
   setOfOffsets.clear();
 
-  qSort( offsets );
+  dict.sortArticlesOffsetsForFTS( offsets );
 
   checkArticles( offsets, searchWords, regexp );
 }
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ void FTSResultsRequest::fullIndexSearch( BtreeIndexing::BtreeIndex & ftsIndex,
 
   setOfOffsets.clear();
 
-  qSort( offsets );
+  dict.sortArticlesOffsetsForFTS( offsets );
 
   checkArticles( offsets, searchWords, regexp );
 }
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ void FTSResultsRequest::fullSearch( QStringList & searchWords, QRegExp & regexp
 
   setOfOffsets.clear();
 
-  qSort( offsets );
+  dict.sortArticlesOffsetsForFTS( offsets );
 
   if( Qt4x5::AtomicInt::loadAcquire( isCancelled ) )
     return;
diff --git a/zim.cc b/zim.cc
index 17a40c47..2a983e6a 100644
--- a/zim.cc
+++ b/zim.cc
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ class ZimDictionary: public BtreeIndexing::BtreeDictionary
                 && ( fts.maxDictionarySize == 0 || getArticleCount() <= fts.maxDictionarySize );
     }
 
+    virtual void sortArticlesOffsetsForFTS( QVector< uint32_t > & offsets );
+
 protected:
 
     virtual void loadIcon() throw();
@@ -1083,6 +1085,21 @@ void ZimDictionary::makeFTSIndex( QAtomicInt & isCancelled, bool firstIteration
   }
 }
 
+void ZimDictionary::sortArticlesOffsetsForFTS( QVector< uint32_t > & offsets )
+{
+  QVector< QPair< quint32, uint32_t > > offsetsWithClusters;
+  offsetsWithClusters.reserve( offsets.size() );
+
+  for( QVector< uint32_t >::ConstIterator it = offsets.constBegin();
+       it != offsets.constEnd(); ++it )
+    offsetsWithClusters.append( QPair< uint32_t, quint32 >( getArticleCluster( df, *it ), *it ) );
+
+  qSort( offsetsWithClusters );
+
+  for( int i = 0; i < offsetsWithClusters.size(); i++ )
+    offsets[ i ] = offsetsWithClusters.at( i ).second;
+}
+
 void ZimDictionary::getArticleText( uint32_t articleAddress, QString & headword, QString & text )
 {
   try