diff --git a/admin/woocommerce-admin-init.php b/admin/woocommerce-admin-init.php
index 5043f3281c3..c305ab9399d 100644
--- a/admin/woocommerce-admin-init.php
+++ b/admin/woocommerce-admin-init.php
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ function woocommerce_admin_scripts() {
 	endif;
 	
 	// Term ordering - only when sorting by term_order
-	if ( ( $screen->id == 'edit-product_cat' || strstr( $screen->id, 'edit-pa_' ) || in_array( $_GET['taxonomy'], apply_filters( 'woocommerce_sortable_taxonomies', array() ) ) ) && ! isset( $_GET['orderby'] ) ) :
+	if ( ( strstr( $screen->id, 'edit-pa_' ) || in_array( $_GET['taxonomy'], apply_filters( 'woocommerce_sortable_taxonomies', array( 'product_cat' ) ) ) ) && ! isset( $_GET['orderby'] ) ) :
 
 		wp_register_script( 'woocommerce_term_ordering', $woocommerce->plugin_url() . '/assets/js/admin/term-ordering.js', array('jquery-ui-sortable') );
 		wp_enqueue_script( 'woocommerce_term_ordering' );
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 48a33c95379..9179a6c62ec 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ Yes you can! Join in on our [GitHub repository](http://github.com/woothemes/wooc
 * Tweak - Orders page is now the first item in the WooCommerce menu
 * Tweak - If all variations are the same price, don't show the variation price.
 * Tweak - woocommerce_completed_order_customer_notification_subject hook renamed to for more sense: woocommerce_email_heading_customer_completed_order
+* Tweak - woocommerce_sortable_taxonomies filter
 * Fix - Widget init function conflict with widget logic
 * Fix - PLN currency code
 * Fix - Variation get shipping class ID
diff --git a/woocommerce-core-functions.php b/woocommerce-core-functions.php
index bdfd5e211c5..88da9716310 100644
--- a/woocommerce-core-functions.php
+++ b/woocommerce-core-functions.php
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ function woocommerce_terms_clauses($clauses, $taxonomies, $args ) {
 	// wordpress should give us the taxonomies asked when calling the get_terms function. Only apply to categories and pa_ attributes
 	$found = false;
 	foreach ((array) $taxonomies as $taxonomy) :
-		if ($taxonomy=='product_cat' || strstr($taxonomy, 'pa_') || in_array($taxonomy, apply_filters( 'woocommerce_sortable_taxonomies', array()))) :
+		if ( strstr($taxonomy, 'pa_') || in_array( $taxonomy, apply_filters( 'woocommerce_sortable_taxonomies', array( 'product_cat' ) ) ) ) :
 			$found = true;
 			break;
 		endif;