diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php
index 61d1e0c827..3ea857a34e 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.etemplate_widget_nextmatch.inc.php
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ class etemplate_widget_nextmatch extends etemplate_widget
 		$value = array_merge($value, $filters);
 		$result = array('rows' => array());
 
+		// Parse sort into something that get_rows functions are expecting: db_field ASC/DESC
+		if(is_array($value['sort']))
+			$value['sort'] = $value['sort']['id']  . ' ' . $value['sort']['asc'] ? 'ASC' : 'DESC';
+
 		foreach ($fetchList as $entry)
 		{
 			$value['start'] = $entry['startIdx'];