diff --git a/eZ/Publish/API/Repository/Tests/FieldType/RichTextIntegrationTest.php b/eZ/Publish/API/Repository/Tests/FieldType/RichTextIntegrationTest.php
index 06305ab5e94..ab8b12bb8e2 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/API/Repository/Tests/FieldType/RichTextIntegrationTest.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/API/Repository/Tests/FieldType/RichTextIntegrationTest.php
@@ -772,18 +772,6 @@ private function getDocumentWithLocationLink(Location $location)
         return $document;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @todo Drop this once Legacy Engine is able to do basic searching on this; shortened text like Search on sort_key_string.
-     */
-    protected function checkSearchEngineSupport()
-    {
-        if (ltrim(get_class($this->getSetupFactory()), '\\') === 'eZ\\Publish\\API\\Repository\\Tests\\SetupFactory\\Legacy') {
-            $this->markTestSkipped(
-                "'ezrichtext' field type is not searchable with Legacy Search Engine"
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
     protected function getValidSearchValueOne()
     {
         return <<<EOT
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/RichText/SearchField.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/RichText/SearchField.php
index cf8947eb422..6a8772da18c 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/RichText/SearchField.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/RichText/SearchField.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public function getIndexData(Field $field, FieldDefinition $fieldDefinition)
         return array(
             new Search\Field(
                 'value',
-                $this->extractShortText($document),
+                self::extractShortText($document),
                 new Search\FieldType\StringField()
             ),
             new Search\Field(
@@ -72,13 +72,16 @@ private function extractText(DOMNode $node)
     /**
      * Extracts short text content of the given $document.
      *
+     * @internal Only for use by RichText FieldType itself.
+     *
      * @param \DOMDocument $document
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    private function extractShortText(DOMDocument $document)
+    public static function extractShortText(DOMDocument $document)
     {
         $result = null;
+        // try to extract first paragraph/tag
         if ($section = $document->documentElement->firstChild) {
             $textDom = $section->firstChild;
 
@@ -93,7 +96,11 @@ private function extractShortText(DOMDocument $document)
             $result = $document->documentElement->textContent;
         }
 
-        return trim($result);
+
+        // In case of newlines, extract first line. Also limit size to 255 which is maxsize on sql impl.
+        $lines = preg_split('/\r\n|\n|\r/', trim($result), -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
+
+        return empty($lines) ? '' : trim(mb_substr($lines[0], 0, 255));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/RichText/Type.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/RichText/Type.php
index a3f34f8f4e7..3ed67f1d227 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/RichText/Type.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/RichText/Type.php
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public function validate(FieldDefinition $fieldDefinition, SPIValue $value)
      */
     protected function getSortInfo(BaseValue $value)
     {
-        return false;
+        return SearchField::extractShortText($value->xml);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/Persistence/Legacy/Content/FieldValue/Converter/RichTextConverter.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/Persistence/Legacy/Content/FieldValue/Converter/RichTextConverter.php
index 319fa91b539..9b6b8deda00 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/Persistence/Legacy/Content/FieldValue/Converter/RichTextConverter.php
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/Persistence/Legacy/Content/FieldValue/Converter/RichTextConverter.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public static function create()
     public function toStorageValue(FieldValue $value, StorageFieldValue $storageFieldValue)
     {
         $storageFieldValue->dataText = $value->data;
+        $storageFieldValue->sortKeyString = $value->sortKey;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ public function toStorageValue(FieldValue $value, StorageFieldValue $storageFiel
     public function toFieldValue(StorageFieldValue $value, FieldValue $fieldValue)
     {
         $fieldValue->data = $value->dataText ?: Value::EMPTY_VALUE;
+        $fieldValue->sortKey = $value->sortKeyString;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -86,6 +88,6 @@ public function toFieldDefinition(StorageFieldDefinition $storageDefinition, Fie
      */
     public function getIndexColumn()
     {
-        return false;
+        return 'sort_key_string';
     }
 }