diff --git a/taiga/projects/issues/api.py b/taiga/projects/issues/api.py
index 5035418b..e1259e10 100644
--- a/taiga/projects/issues/api.py
+++ b/taiga/projects/issues/api.py
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ class IssueViewSet(OCCResourceMixin, VotedResourceMixin, HistoryResourceMixin, W
                        "modified_date",
                        "owner",
                        "assigned_to",
-                       "subject")
+                       "subject",
+                       "votes_count")
 
     def get_serializer_class(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.action in ["retrieve", "by_ref"]:
diff --git a/taiga/projects/userstories/api.py b/taiga/projects/userstories/api.py
index 9869159a..4c4ebf59 100644
--- a/taiga/projects/userstories/api.py
+++ b/taiga/projects/userstories/api.py
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ class UserStoryViewSet(OCCResourceMixin, VotedResourceMixin, HistoryResourceMixi
                      "status__is_closed"]
     order_by_fields = ["backlog_order",
                        "sprint_order",
-                       "kanban_order"]
+                       "kanban_order",
+                       "votes_count"]
 
     # Specific filter used for filtering neighbor user stories
     _neighbor_tags_filter = filters.TagsFilter('neighbor_tags')
diff --git a/taiga/projects/votes/utils.py b/taiga/projects/votes/utils.py
index bff72a6a..f82b17b0 100644
--- a/taiga/projects/votes/utils.py
+++ b/taiga/projects/votes/utils.py
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ def attach_votes_count_to_queryset(queryset, as_field="votes_count"):
     """
     model = queryset.model
     type = apps.get_model("contenttypes", "ContentType").objects.get_for_model(model)
-    sql = ("""SELECT coalesce(votes_votes.count, 0)
-                FROM votes_votes
-               WHERE votes_votes.content_type_id = {type_id}
-                 AND votes_votes.object_id = {tbl}.id""")
+    sql = """SELECT coalesce(SUM(votes_count), 0) FROM (
+                SELECT coalesce(votes_votes.count, 0) votes_count
+                  FROM votes_votes
+                 WHERE votes_votes.content_type_id = {type_id}
+                   AND votes_votes.object_id = {tbl}.id
+          ) as e"""
+
     sql = sql.format(type_id=type.id, tbl=model._meta.db_table)
     qs = queryset.extra(select={as_field: sql})
     return qs