diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
index 3c4fc8ed1..eec9b6cc3 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
@@ -1093,6 +1093,10 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
 
         $this->orderedColumnsMap[$sql] = $type;
 
+        if ($expr instanceof Query\AST\Subselect) {
+            $sql = "($sql)";
+        }
+
         return $sql . ' ' . $type;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/PaginationTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/PaginationTest.php
index efd8a7c2c..eea2e8375 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/PaginationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/PaginationTest.php
@@ -669,6 +669,28 @@ class PaginationTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertCount(9, $paginator);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider useOutputWalkersAndFetchJoinCollection
+     */
+    public function testPaginationWithSubSelectOrderByExpression($useOutputWalker, $fetchJoinCollection)
+    {
+        $query = $this->_em->createQuery(
+            "SELECT u, 
+                (
+                    SELECT MAX(a.version)
+                    FROM Doctrine\\Tests\\Models\\CMS\\CmsArticle a
+                    WHERE a.user = u
+                ) AS HIDDEN max_version
+            FROM Doctrine\\Tests\\Models\\CMS\\CmsUser u
+            ORDER BY max_version DESC"
+        );
+
+        $paginator = new Paginator($query, $fetchJoinCollection);
+        $paginator->setUseOutputWalkers($useOutputWalker);
+
+        $this->assertCount(9, $paginator->getIterator());
+    }
+
     public function populate()
     {
         $groups = array();