diff --git a/C4/Search.pm b/C4/Search.pm
index 5d6f3c6e33..df3a0ab592 100644
--- a/C4/Search.pm
+++ b/C4/Search.pm
@@ -593,6 +593,9 @@ sub getRecords {
                     $f->{facets} = $sorted_facets;
                 }
             }
+            if ( C4::Context->preference('FacetOrder') eq 'Stringwise' ) {
+                @{ $f->{facets} } = sort { $a->{facet_label_value} cmp $b->{facet_label_value} } @{ $f->{facets} };
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.pm b/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.pm
index b0356ec8a5..ccf502c96c 100644
--- a/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.pm
+++ b/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.pm
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ sub _convert_facets {
             if ($sorted_facets) {
                 $facet->{facets} = $sorted_facets;
             }
+        } elsif ( C4::Context->preference('FacetOrder') eq 'Stringwise' ) {
+            @{ $facet->{facets} } = sort { $a->{facet_label_value} cmp $b->{facet_label_value} } @{ $facet->{facets} };
         }
         push @facets, $facet if exists $facet->{facets};
     }
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_41287.pl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_41287.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a3e4b61a6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/bug_41287.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use Modern::Perl;
+use Koha::Installer::Output qw(say_warning say_success say_info);
+
+return {
+    bug_number  => "41287",
+    description => "Add option for stringwise sorting of facets",
+    up          => sub {
+        my ($args) = @_;
+        my ( $dbh, $out ) = @$args{qw(dbh out)};
+
+        # Do you stuffs here
+        $dbh->do(
+            q{
+            INSERT IGNORE INTO systempreferences
+            ( variable, value, options, explanation, type ) VALUES
+            ('FacetOrder','Alphabetical','Alphabetical|Usage|Stringwise','Specify the order of facets within each category','Choice')
+        }
+        );
+        $dbh->do(
+            q{
+            UPDATE systempreferences
+            SET options = 'Alphabetical|Usage|Stringwise'
+            WHERE variable = 'FacetOrder'
+        }
+        );
+
+        say $out "Added new 'Stringwise' option to system preference 'FacetOrder'";
+    },
+};
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/sysprefs.sql b/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/sysprefs.sql
index 35a5d15dd8..734150ba93 100644
--- a/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/sysprefs.sql
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/mandatory/sysprefs.sql
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ INSERT INTO systempreferences ( `variable`, `value`, `options`, `explanation`, `
 ('ExtendedPatronAttributes','1',NULL,'Use extended patron IDs and attributes','YesNo'),
 ('FacetLabelTruncationLength','20',NULL,'Specify the facet max length in OPAC','Integer'),
 ('FacetMaxCount','20',NULL,'Specify the max facet count for each category','Integer'),
-('FacetOrder','Alphabetical','Alphabetical|Usage','Specify the order of facets within each category','Choice'),
+('FacetOrder','Alphabetical','Alphabetical|Usage|Stringwise','Specify the order of facets within each category','Choice'),
 ('FacetSortingLocale','default','','Choose the locale for sorting facet names when FacetOrder is set to Alphabetical. This enables proper Unicode-aware sorting of accented characters and locale-specific alphabetical ordering.','Choice'),
 ('FailedLoginAttempts','','','Number of login attempts before lockout the patron account','Integer'),
 ('FallbackToSMSIfNoEmail', 0, 'Enable|Disable', 'Send messages by SMS if no patron email is defined', 'YesNo'),
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/searching.pref b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/searching.pref
index 6c7e8d0e78..a8498f8ff4 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/searching.pref
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/admin/preferences/searching.pref
@@ -301,10 +301,11 @@ Searching:
             - pref: FacetOrder
               type: choice
               choices:
-                  Alphabetical: "alphabetically"
+                  Alphabetical: "alphabetically using locale"
                   Usage: "by usage count"
+                  Stringwise: "simple alphabetical"
               default: Alphabetical
-            - for each category.
+            - for each category. Locale can be set using the <a href="/cgi-bin/koha/admin/preferences.pl?op=search&searchfield=FacetSortingLocale">FacetSortingLocale</a> preference.
         -
             - By default, show
             - pref: OPACnumSearchResults