diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/usersearches/UserSearchesDirective.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/usersearches/UserSearchesDirective.js
index 938e8c3837..32377f5866 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/usersearches/UserSearchesDirective.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/usersearches/UserSearchesDirective.js
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
           if (scope.showPortalSwitcher) {
             getPortals();
           }
+
+          scope.sortByLabel = function (portal) {
+            return portal.label[scope.lang];
+          };
         }
       };
     }
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/usersearches/partials/portalswitcher.html b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/usersearches/partials/portalswitcher.html
index 76c65de059..f092eae093 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/usersearches/partials/portalswitcher.html
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/usersearches/partials/portalswitcher.html
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <li
       class="gn-menuitem-xs"
       role="menuitem"
-      data-ng-repeat="p in portals | filter: {listableInHeaderSelector: true} |orderBy:'name'"
+      data-ng-repeat="p in portals | filter: {listableInHeaderSelector: true} |orderBy:sortByLabel"
     >
       <a href="../../{{p.uuid}}/{{lang}}/catalog.search">
         <img