diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php
index f476f2d0c..eeebc7b8a 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/Collection/ManyToManyPersister.php
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ class ManyToManyPersister extends AbstractCollectionPersister
             . implode(' AND ', $onConditions)
             . ' WHERE ' . implode(' AND ', $whereClauses);
 
+        $sql .= $this->getOrderingSql($criteria);
+
         $stmt = $this->conn->executeQuery($sql, $params);
 
         return $this
@@ -740,4 +742,22 @@ class ManyToManyPersister extends AbstractCollectionPersister
 
         return $types;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Criteria $criteria
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function getOrderingSql(Criteria $criteria)
+    {
+        $orderings = $criteria->getOrderings();
+        if ($orderings) {
+            $orderBy = [];
+            foreach ($orderings as $field => $direction) {
+                $orderBy[] = $field . ' ' . $direction;
+            }
+
+            return ' ORDER BY ' . implode(', ', $orderBy);
+        }
+        return '';
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest.php
index e6e42f0a0..9a020a8aa 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest.php
@@ -377,6 +377,44 @@ class ManyToManyBasicAssociationTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCa
         $this->assertEquals(0, count($user->groups));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @group DDC-3952
+     */
+    public function testManyToManyOrderByIsNotIgnored()
+    {
+        $user = $this->addCmsUserGblancoWithGroups(1);
+
+        $group = new CmsGroup;
+        $group->name = 'C';
+        $user->addGroup($group);
+
+        $group = new CmsGroup;
+        $group->name = 'A';
+        $user->addGroup($group);
+
+        $group = new CmsGroup;
+        $group->name = 'B';
+        $user->addGroup($group);
+
+        $this->_em->persist($user);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        $user = $this->_em->find(get_class($user), $user->id);
+
+        $criteria = Criteria::create()
+            ->orderBy(['name' => Criteria::ASC]);
+        $groups   = $user->getGroups()->matching($criteria);
+
+        $existingOrder = [];
+        foreach ($groups as $group) {
+            $existingOrder[] = $group->getName();
+        }
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['A', 'B', 'C', 'Developers_0'], $existingOrder);
+    }
+
     public function testMatching()
     {
         $user = $this->addCmsUserGblancoWithGroups(2);