diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/search_options/order_by.js b/src/public/app/widgets/search_options/order_by.js
index 9d24a6e42..8e2085fd4 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/search_options/order_by.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/search_options/order_by.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const TPL = `
             <option value="ownedLabelCount">Number of labels</option>
             <option value="ownedRelationCount">Number of relations</option>
             <option value="targetRelationCount">Number of relations targeting the note</option>
+            <option value="random">Random order</option>
         </select>
         
         <select name="orderDirection" class="form-control w-auto d-inline">
diff --git a/src/services/search/value_extractor.js b/src/services/search/value_extractor.js
index 350be2ece..6ff099ae2 100644
--- a/src/services/search/value_extractor.js
+++ b/src/services/search/value_extractor.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class ValueExtractor {
 
                 i++;
             }
-            else if (pathEl in PROP_MAPPING) {
+            else if (pathEl in PROP_MAPPING || pathEl === 'random') {
                 if (i !== this.propertyPath.length - 1) {
                     return `${pathEl} is a terminal property specifier and must be at the end`;
                 }
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ class ValueExtractor {
             else if (cur() === 'children') {
                 cursor = cursor.children[0];
             }
+            else if (cur() === 'random') {
+                return Math.random();
+            }
             else if (cur() in PROP_MAPPING) {
                 return cursor[PROP_MAPPING[cur()]];
             }