diff --git a/cmd/helm/search/search.go b/cmd/helm/search/search.go
index 4d394e0f5..828ebeeb5 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/search/search.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/search/search.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const verSep = "$$"
 
 // AddRepo adds a repository index to the search index.
 func (i *Index) AddRepo(rname string, ind *repo.IndexFile, all bool) {
+	ind.SortEntries()
 	for name, ref := range ind.Entries {
 		if len(ref) == 0 {
 			// Skip chart names that have zero releases.
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ func (i *Index) SearchRegexp(re string, threshold int) ([]*Result, error) {
 	return buf, nil
 }
 
-// Chart returns the ChartRef for a particular name.
+// Chart returns the ChartVersion for a particular name.
 func (i *Index) Chart(name string) (*repo.ChartVersion, error) {
 	c, ok := i.charts[name]
 	if !ok {
@@ -220,6 +221,8 @@ func (s scoreSorter) Less(a, b int) bool {
 		if err != nil {
 			return true
 		}
+		// Sort so that the newest chart is higher than the oldest chart. This is
+		// the opposite of what you'd expect in a function called Less.
 		return v1.GreaterThan(v2)
 	}
 	return first.Name < second.Name
diff --git a/cmd/helm/search/search_test.go b/cmd/helm/search/search_test.go
index a57865031..5f09f5876 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/search/search_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/search/search_test.go
@@ -26,14 +26,16 @@ import (
 
 func TestSortScore(t *testing.T) {
 	in := []*Result{
-		{Name: "bbb", Score: 0},
+		{Name: "bbb", Score: 0, Chart: &repo.ChartVersion{Metadata: &chart.Metadata{Version: "1.2.3"}}},
 		{Name: "aaa", Score: 5},
 		{Name: "abb", Score: 5},
 		{Name: "aab", Score: 0},
 		{Name: "bab", Score: 5},
+		{Name: "ver", Score: 5, Chart: &repo.ChartVersion{Metadata: &chart.Metadata{Version: "1.2.4"}}},
+		{Name: "ver", Score: 5, Chart: &repo.ChartVersion{Metadata: &chart.Metadata{Version: "1.2.3"}}},
 	}
-	expect := []string{"aab", "bbb", "aaa", "abb", "bab"}
-	expectScore := []int{0, 0, 5, 5, 5}
+	expect := []string{"aab", "bbb", "aaa", "abb", "bab", "ver", "ver"}
+	expectScore := []int{0, 0, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5}
 	SortScore(in)
 
 	// Test Score
@@ -48,6 +50,14 @@ func TestSortScore(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("Sort error: expected %s, got %s", expect[i], in[i].Name)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Test version of last two items
+	if in[5].Chart.Version != "1.2.4" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 1.2.4, got %s", in[5].Chart.Version)
+	}
+	if in[6].Chart.Version != "1.2.3" {
+		t.Error("Expected 1.2.3 to be last")
+	}
 }
 
 var indexfileEntries = map[string]repo.ChartVersions{
@@ -123,6 +133,20 @@ func TestAll(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAddRepo_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	i := loadTestIndex(t, true)
+	sr, err := i.Search("testing/santa-maria", 100, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	ch := sr[0]
+	expect := "1.2.3"
+	if ch.Chart.Version != expect {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %q, got %q", expect, ch.Chart.Version)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSearchByName(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {
diff --git a/cmd/helm/search_test.go b/cmd/helm/search_test.go
index b81a3536d..f53480060 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/search_test.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/search_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestSearchCmd(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:   "search for 'alpine', expect two matches",
 			args:   []string{"alpine"},
-			expect: "NAME          \tVERSION\tDESCRIPTION                    \ntesting/alpine\t0.1.0  \tDeploy a basic Alpine Linux pod",
+			expect: "NAME          \tVERSION\tDESCRIPTION                    \ntesting/alpine\t0.2.0  \tDeploy a basic Alpine Linux pod",
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "search for 'alpine' with versions, expect three matches",
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func TestSearchCmd(t *testing.T) {
 			name:   "search for 'alp[a-z]+', expect two matches",
 			args:   []string{"alp[a-z]+"},
 			flags:  []string{"--regexp"},
-			expect: "NAME          \tVERSION\tDESCRIPTION                    \ntesting/alpine\t0.1.0  \tDeploy a basic Alpine Linux pod",
+			expect: "NAME          \tVERSION\tDESCRIPTION                    \ntesting/alpine\t0.2.0  \tDeploy a basic Alpine Linux pod",
 			regexp: true,
 		},
 		{