diff --git a/plone/app/querystring/registryreader.py b/plone/app/querystring/registryreader.py
index ad6e23f..52401de 100644
--- a/plone/app/querystring/registryreader.py
+++ b/plone/app/querystring/registryreader.py
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ def getVocabularyValues(self, values):
                 else:
                     title = item.title
                 translated.append((title, item.value))
+            # We don't need a values_order key if there aren't any values
+            if translated:
+                field["values_order"] = []
+            for title, value in translated:
+                field["values_order"].append(value)
             translated = sorted(translated, key=lambda x: id_normalize(safe_text(x[0])))
             for title, value in translated:
                 field["values"][value] = {"title": title}
diff --git a/plone/app/querystring/tests/registry_test_vocabulary.xml b/plone/app/querystring/tests/registry_test_vocabulary.xml
index 529d420..7879581 100644
--- a/plone/app/querystring/tests/registry_test_vocabulary.xml
+++ b/plone/app/querystring/tests/registry_test_vocabulary.xml
@@ -22,4 +22,18 @@
     <value key="vocabulary">plone.app.querystring.tests.testvocabulary</value>
     <value key="group">Metadata</value>
   </records>
+
+  <records interface="plone.app.querystring.interfaces.IQueryField"
+           prefix="plone.app.querystring.field.testvocabulary_manually_ordered"
+  >
+    <value key="title">Manually ordered test field</value>
+    <value key="enabled">True</value>
+    <value key="sortable">True</value>
+    <value key="operations">
+      <element>plone.app.querystring.operation.string.is</element>
+    </value>
+    <value key="vocabulary">plone.app.querystring.tests.testvocabulary_manually_ordered_field</value>
+    <value key="group">Metadata</value>
+  </records>
+
 </registry>
diff --git a/plone/app/querystring/tests/testRegistryReader.py b/plone/app/querystring/tests/testRegistryReader.py
index 962ad68..3c1b841 100644
--- a/plone/app/querystring/tests/testRegistryReader.py
+++ b/plone/app/querystring/tests/testRegistryReader.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from collections import OrderedDict
 from plone.app.querystring.interfaces import IQuerystringRegistryReader
 from plone.app.querystring.registryreader import DottedDict
 from plone.app.querystring.testing import PLONEAPPQUERYSTRING_INTEGRATION_TESTING
@@ -19,6 +20,20 @@ def __call__(self, context):
         return SimpleVocabulary([SimpleVocabulary.createTerm(term, term, term)])
 
 
+@implementer(IVocabularyFactory)
+class TestVocabularyManuallyOrdered:
+    def __call__(self, context):
+        return SimpleVocabulary.fromItems(
+            (
+                ("A", "id_a", "A"),
+                ("E", "id_e", "E"),
+                ("B", "id_b", "B"),
+                ("D", "id_d", "D"),
+                ("C", "id_c", "C"),
+            )
+        )
+
+
 class TestRegistryReader(unittest.TestCase):
     layer = PLONEAPPQUERYSTRING_INTEGRATION_TESTING
 
@@ -29,6 +44,11 @@ def setUp(self):
             IVocabularyFactory,
             "plone.app.querystring.tests.testvocabulary",
         )
+        gsm.registerUtility(
+            TestVocabularyManuallyOrdered(),
+            IVocabularyFactory,
+            "plone.app.querystring.tests.testvocabulary_manually_ordered_field",
+        )
 
     def getLogger(self, value):
         return "plone.app.querystring"
@@ -85,6 +105,60 @@ def test_get_vocabularies(self):
         vocabulary_result = result.get("plone.app.querystring.field.reviewState.values")
         self.assertEqual(vocabulary_result, {"term": {"title": "term"}})
 
+    def test_vocabulary_order_retained(self):
+        """tests if getVocabularyValues is returning the correct vocabulary
+        values in the correct format
+        """
+        registry = self.createRegistry(td.test_vocabulary_xml)
+        reader = IQuerystringRegistryReader(registry)
+        result = reader.parseRegistry()
+        result = reader.getVocabularyValues(result)
+        vocabulary_values = result.get(
+            "plone.app.querystring.field.testvocabulary_manually_ordered.values"
+        )
+
+        # This is here to prove that we are getting sorted titles. We'll check for the manual order shortly
+        self.assertEqual(
+            vocabulary_values,
+            OrderedDict(
+                {
+                    "id_a": {"title": "A"},
+                    "id_b": {"title": "B"},
+                    "id_c": {"title": "C"},
+                    "id_d": {"title": "D"},
+                    "id_e": {"title": "E"},
+                }
+            ),
+        )
+        vocabulary_values_order = result.get(
+            "plone.app.querystring.field.testvocabulary_manually_ordered.values_order"
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            vocabulary_values_order,
+            [
+                "id_a",
+                "id_e",
+                "id_b",
+                "id_d",
+                "id_c",
+            ],
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            # Re-sort the sorted dictionary based on the correct order
+            OrderedDict(
+                {token: vocabulary_values[token] for token in vocabulary_values_order}
+            ),
+            OrderedDict(
+                {
+                    "id_a": {"title": "A"},
+                    "id_e": {"title": "E"},
+                    "id_b": {"title": "B"},
+                    "id_d": {"title": "D"},
+                    "id_c": {"title": "C"},
+                }
+            ),
+        )
+
     def test_get_vocabularies_in_context(self):
         portal = self.layer["portal"]
         subsite = portal[portal.invokeFactory("Document", "subsite", title="Subsite")]