diff --git a/lib/dav/davProperties.ts b/lib/dav/davProperties.ts
index ac7b830e..9ca722b5 100644
--- a/lib/dav/davProperties.ts
+++ b/lib/dav/davProperties.ts
@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ export const getFavoritesReport = function(): string {
  * ```
  */
 export const getRecentSearch = function(lastModified: number, limit: number = 100): string {
-	const capabilities = getCapabilities() as { dav?: { search_supports_upload_time?: boolean } }
+	const capabilities = getCapabilities() as { dav?: { search_supports_upload_time?: boolean, search_supports_last_activity?: boolean } }
 	const supportsUploadTime = capabilities.dav?.search_supports_upload_time
+	const supportsLastActivity = capabilities.dav?.search_supports_last_activity
+	const orderByProp = supportsLastActivity ? '<nc:last_activity/>' : '<d:getlastmodified/>'
 
 	return `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <d:searchrequest ${getDavNameSpaces()}
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ export const getRecentSearch = function(lastModified: number, limit: number = 10
 		<d:orderby>
 			<d:order>
 				<d:prop>
-					<d:getlastmodified/>
+					${orderByProp}
 				</d:prop>
 				<d:descending/>
 			</d:order>