Patrick Lübbecke ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=61a7428... ) *commented* on HHH-15599 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15599?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiODMxZG... ) Re: Support conditional order-by clauses in QueryBuilder ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15599?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiODMxZG... ) In the meantime I have found a different approach that works in 5.6. I used selectCase() to achieve what I needed: List<Order> orderStatements = new ArrayList<>(); orderStatements.add(cb.desc(cb.selectCase().when(cb.equal(root.get("rmgtnav_collection_type"), "PROFILE"), 0).otherwise(1))); ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15599#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15599#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100210- sha1:a51bb46 )