diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6789f3e..9533b2bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## Adminer dev
 - Export: Fix tar (regression from 5.0.3)
+- Select: Allow ordering by COUNT(*) (bug #966, regression from 5.0.2)
 - Optimize retrieving columns for schema
 - Elasticsearch: Make it work with Elasticsearch 8
 - CSS: Hide menu on mobile
diff --git a/adminer/select.inc.php b/adminer/select.inc.php
index 0fbe7ba4..1324f61e 100644
--- a/adminer/select.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/select.inc.php
@@ -350,9 +350,9 @@ if (!$columns && support("table")) {
 						$column = idf_escape($key);
 						$href = remove_from_uri('(order|desc)[^=]*|page') . '&order%5B0%5D=' . urlencode($key);
 						$desc = "&desc%5B0%5D=1";
-						$sortable = isset($field["privileges"]["order"]);
 						echo "<th id='th[" . h(bracket_escape($key)) . "]'>" . script("mixin(qsl('th'), {onmouseover: partial(columnMouse), onmouseout: partial(columnMouse, ' hidden')});", "");
 						$fun = apply_sql_function($val["fun"], $name); //! columns looking like functions
+						$sortable = isset($field["privileges"]["order"]) || $fun;
 						echo ($sortable ? '<a href="' . h($href . ($order[0] == $column || $order[0] == $key || (!$order && $is_group && $group[0] == $column) ? $desc : '')) . '">' . "$fun</a>" : $fun); // $order[0] == $key - COUNT(*)
 						echo "<span class='column hidden'>";
 						if ($sortable) {