diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index 0d0f97f591e..491845215ca 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -2799,7 +2799,14 @@ fn compare_by<'a>(
     {
         Ordering::Equal
     } else {
-        a.line.cmp(b.line)
+        #[cfg(feature = "i18n-collator")]
+        {
+            locale_cmp(a.line, b.line)
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "i18n-collator"))]
+        {
+            a.line.cmp(b.line)
+        }
     };
 
     if global_settings.reverse {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
index 74b1e377ef9..8bd802d582a 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
@@ -303,6 +303,16 @@ fn test_numeric_with_trailing_invalid_chars() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_numeric_with_trailing_chars_and_same_number() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .env("LC_ALL", "en_US.UTF-8")
+        .arg("-n")
+        .pipe_in("1 x\n1 ./b\n1 a\n")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("1 a\n1 ./b\n1 x\n");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_numeric_sort_rejects_leading_plus_sign() {
     // GNU sort -n does not treat '+' as a number sign; lines sort lexicographically.