diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildOrderBy.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildOrderBy.ts
index da779bbb200..758b8854ce7 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildOrderBy.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildOrderBy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import type { Table } from 'drizzle-orm'
+import type { SQL, Table } from 'drizzle-orm'
 import type { FlattenedField, Sort } from 'payload'
 
-import { asc, desc } from 'drizzle-orm'
+import { asc, desc, or } from 'drizzle-orm'
 
 import type { DrizzleAdapter, GenericColumn } from '../types.js'
 import type { BuildQueryJoinAliases, BuildQueryResult } from './buildQuery.js'
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type Args = {
   joins: BuildQueryJoinAliases
   locale?: string
   parentIsLocalized: boolean
+  rawSort?: SQL
   selectFields: Record<string, GenericColumn>
   sort?: Sort
   tableName: string
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export const buildOrderBy = ({
   joins,
   locale,
   parentIsLocalized,
+  rawSort,
   selectFields,
   sort,
   tableName,
@@ -74,12 +76,18 @@ export const buildOrderBy = ({
         value: sortProperty,
       })
       if (sortTable?.[sortTableColumnName]) {
+        let order = sortDirection === 'asc' ? asc : desc
+
+        if (rawSort) {
+          order = () => rawSort
+        }
+
         orderBy.push({
           column:
             aliasTable && tableName === getNameFromDrizzleTable(sortTable)
               ? aliasTable[sortTableColumnName]
               : sortTable[sortTableColumnName],
-          order: sortDirection === 'asc' ? asc : desc,
+          order,
         })
 
         selectFields[sortTableColumnName] = sortTable[sortTableColumnName]
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildQuery.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildQuery.ts
index 9b5326b9cc8..b91869c46f7 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/buildQuery.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ const buildQuery = function buildQuery({
     joins,
     locale,
     parentIsLocalized,
+    rawSort: context.rawSort,
     selectFields,
     sort: context.sort,
     tableName,
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/parseParams.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/parseParams.ts
index 90bba4136e1..8ca75036694 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/queries/parseParams.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/queries/parseParams.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { buildAndOrConditions } from './buildAndOrConditions.js'
 import { getTableColumnFromPath } from './getTableColumnFromPath.js'
 import { sanitizeQueryValue } from './sanitizeQueryValue.js'
 
-export type QueryContext = { sort: Sort }
+export type QueryContext = { rawSort?: SQL; sort: Sort }
 
 type Args = {
   adapter: DrizzleAdapter
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ export function parseParams({
                       }
                       if (geoConstraints.length) {
                         context.sort = relationOrPath
+                        context.rawSort = sql`${table[columnName]} <-> ST_SetSRID(ST_MakePoint(${lng}, ${lat}), 4326)`
                         constraints.push(and(...geoConstraints))
                       }
                       break