diff --git a/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php b/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php
index 042891c501..01a372885a 100644
--- a/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php
+++ b/etemplate/inc/class.so_sql.inc.php
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ class so_sql
 		$num_rows = 0;	// as spec. in max_matches in the user-prefs
 		if (is_array($start)) list($start,$num_rows) = $start;
 
-		if ($order_by && stripos($order_by,'ORDER BY')===false && stripos($order_by,'GROUP BY')===false)
+		if ($order_by && stripos($order_by,'ORDER BY')===false && stripos($order_by,'GROUP BY')===false && stripos($order_by,'HAVING')===false)
 		{
 			$order_by = 'ORDER BY '.$order_by;
 		}