diff --git a/src/c3nav/editor/wrappers.py b/src/c3nav/editor/wrappers.py
index 0ad950a9..0eafe1cf 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/editor/wrappers.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/editor/wrappers.py
@@ -901,7 +901,14 @@ class QuerySetWrapper(BaseQueryWrapper):
             for field in ordering:
                 fact = -1 if field[0] == '-' else 1
                 field = field.lstrip('-')
-                val = getattr(obj, field.lstrip('-'))
+
+                field_split = field.split('__')
+                field = field_split.pop()
+                final_obj = obj
+                for subfield in field_split:
+                    final_obj = getattr(final_obj, subfield)
+
+                val = getattr(obj, field)
                 if field in ('id', 'pk'):
                     if isinstance(val, int):
                         result.extend((1*fact, val*fact))