diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 521b85d..402bd76 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     ],
     "require": {
         "php": "^8.1",
-        "doctrine/orm": "^3"
+        "doctrine/orm": "^3.2"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "doctrine/collections": "^2.2",
diff --git a/src/EntityPreloader.php b/src/EntityPreloader.php
index bc0857d..49958aa 100644
--- a/src/EntityPreloader.php
+++ b/src/EntityPreloader.php
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ManyToManyAssociationMapping;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\OneToManyAssociationMapping;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ToManyAssociationMapping;
 use Doctrine\ORM\PersistentCollection;
 use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
 use LogicException;
@@ -59,10 +62,6 @@ public function preload(
             throw new LogicException('Preloading of indexed associations is not supported');
         }
 
-        if ($associationMapping->isOrdered()) {
-            throw new LogicException('Preloading of ordered associations is not supported');
-        }
-
         $maxFetchJoinSameFieldCount ??= 1;
         $sourceEntities = $this->loadProxies($sourceClassMetadata, $sourceEntities, $batchSize ?? self::PRELOAD_ENTITY_DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE, $maxFetchJoinSameFieldCount);
 
@@ -200,14 +199,21 @@ private function preloadToMany(
             }
         }
 
-        $innerLoader = match ($sourceClassMetadata->getAssociationMapping($sourcePropertyName)->type()) {
-            ClassMetadata::ONE_TO_MANY => $this->preloadOneToManyInner(...),
-            ClassMetadata::MANY_TO_MANY => $this->preloadManyToManyInner(...),
+        $associationMapping = $sourceClassMetadata->getAssociationMapping($sourcePropertyName);
+
+        if (!$associationMapping instanceof ToManyAssociationMapping) {
+            throw new LogicException('Unsupported association mapping type');
+        }
+
+        $innerLoader = match (true) {
+            $associationMapping instanceof OneToManyAssociationMapping => $this->preloadOneToManyInner(...),
+            $associationMapping instanceof ManyToManyAssociationMapping => $this->preloadManyToManyInner(...),
             default => throw new LogicException('Unsupported association mapping type'),
         };
 
         foreach (array_chunk($uninitializedSourceEntityIds, $batchSize, preserve_keys: true) as $uninitializedSourceEntityIdsChunk) {
             $targetEntitiesChunk = $innerLoader(
+                associationMapping: $associationMapping,
                 sourceClassMetadata: $sourceClassMetadata,
                 sourceIdentifierReflection: $sourceIdentifierReflection,
                 sourcePropertyName: $sourcePropertyName,
@@ -242,6 +248,7 @@ private function preloadToMany(
      * @template T of E
      */
     private function preloadOneToManyInner(
+        ToManyAssociationMapping $associationMapping,
         ClassMetadata $sourceClassMetadata,
         ReflectionProperty $sourceIdentifierReflection,
         string $sourcePropertyName,
@@ -260,7 +267,15 @@ private function preloadOneToManyInner(
             throw new LogicException('Doctrine should use RuntimeReflectionService which never returns null.');
         }
 
-        foreach ($this->loadEntitiesBy($targetClassMetadata, $targetPropertyName, $uninitializedSourceEntityIdsChunk, $maxFetchJoinSameFieldCount) as $targetEntity) {
+        $targetEntitiesList = $this->loadEntitiesBy(
+            $targetClassMetadata,
+            $targetPropertyName,
+            $uninitializedSourceEntityIdsChunk,
+            $maxFetchJoinSameFieldCount,
+            $associationMapping->orderBy(),
+        );
+
+        foreach ($targetEntitiesList as $targetEntity) {
             $sourceEntity = $targetPropertyReflection->getValue($targetEntity);
             $sourceEntityKey = (string) $sourceIdentifierReflection->getValue($sourceEntity);
             $uninitializedCollections[$sourceEntityKey]->add($targetEntity);
@@ -283,6 +298,7 @@ private function preloadOneToManyInner(
      * @template T of E
      */
     private function preloadManyToManyInner(
+        ToManyAssociationMapping $associationMapping,
         ClassMetadata $sourceClassMetadata,
         ReflectionProperty $sourceIdentifierReflection,
         string $sourcePropertyName,
@@ -293,6 +309,10 @@ private function preloadManyToManyInner(
         int $maxFetchJoinSameFieldCount,
     ): array
     {
+        if (count($associationMapping->orderBy()) > 0) {
+            throw new LogicException('Many-to-many associations with order by are not supported');
+        }
+
         $sourceIdentifierName = $sourceClassMetadata->getSingleIdentifierFieldName();
         $targetIdentifierName = $targetClassMetadata->getSingleIdentifierFieldName();
 
@@ -382,6 +402,7 @@ private function preloadToOne(
      * @param ClassMetadata<T> $targetClassMetadata
      * @param list<mixed> $fieldValues
      * @param non-negative-int $maxFetchJoinSameFieldCount
+     * @param array<string, 'asc'|'desc'> $orderBy
      * @return list<T>
      * @template T of E
      */
@@ -390,6 +411,7 @@ private function loadEntitiesBy(
         string $fieldName,
         array $fieldValues,
         int $maxFetchJoinSameFieldCount,
+        array $orderBy = [],
     ): array
     {
         if (count($fieldValues) === 0) {
@@ -406,6 +428,10 @@ private function loadEntitiesBy(
 
         $this->addFetchJoinsToPreventFetchDuringHydration($rootLevelAlias, $queryBuilder, $targetClassMetadata, $maxFetchJoinSameFieldCount);
 
+        foreach ($orderBy as $field => $direction) {
+            $queryBuilder->addOrderBy("{$rootLevelAlias}.{$field}", $direction);
+        }
+
         return $queryBuilder->getQuery()->getResult();
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/EntityPreloadBlogOneHasManyAbstractTest.php b/tests/EntityPreloadBlogOneHasManyAbstractTest.php
index 95ea11d..f048377 100644
--- a/tests/EntityPreloadBlogOneHasManyAbstractTest.php
+++ b/tests/EntityPreloadBlogOneHasManyAbstractTest.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public function testOneHasManyAbstractUnoptimized(): void
 
         self::assertAggregatedQueries([
             ['count' => 1, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM article t0'],
-            ['count' => 5, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM comment t0 WHERE t0.article_id = ?'],
+            ['count' => 5, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM comment t0 WHERE t0.article_id = ? ORDER BY t0.id DESC'],
             ['count' => 25, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM contributor t0 WHERE t0.id = ? AND t0.dtype IN (?)'],
         ]);
     }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public function testOneHasManyAbstractWithFetchJoin(): void
         $this->readComments($articles);
 
         self::assertAggregatedQueries([
-            ['count' => 1, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM article a0_ LEFT JOIN comment c1_ ON a0_.id = c1_.article_id LEFT JOIN contributor c2_ ON c1_.author_id = c2_.id AND c2_.dtype IN (?)'],
+            ['count' => 1, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM article a0_ LEFT JOIN comment c1_ ON a0_.id = c1_.article_id LEFT JOIN contributor c2_ ON c1_.author_id = c2_.id AND c2_.dtype IN (?) ORDER BY c1_.id DESC'],
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testOneHasManyAbstractWithEagerFetchMode(): void
 
         self::assertAggregatedQueries([
             ['count' => 1, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM article a0_'],
-            ['count' => 1, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM comment t0 WHERE t0.article_id IN (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)'],
+            ['count' => 1, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM comment t0 WHERE t0.article_id IN (?, ?, ?, ?, ?) ORDER BY t0.id DESC'],
             ['count' => 25, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM contributor t0 WHERE t0.id = ? AND t0.dtype IN (?)'],
         ]);
     }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function testOneHasManyAbstractWithPreload(): void
 
         self::assertAggregatedQueries([
             ['count' => 1, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM article t0'],
-            ['count' => 1, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM comment c0_ LEFT JOIN contributor c1_ ON c0_.author_id = c1_.id AND c1_.dtype IN (?) WHERE c0_.article_id IN (?, ?, ?, ?, ?)'],
+            ['count' => 1, 'query' => 'SELECT * FROM comment c0_ LEFT JOIN contributor c1_ ON c0_.author_id = c1_.id AND c1_.dtype IN (?) WHERE c0_.article_id IN (?, ?, ?, ?, ?) ORDER BY c0_.id DESC'],
         ]);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/Blog/Article.php b/tests/Fixtures/Blog/Article.php
index 3aacf8a..b17dc26 100644
--- a/tests/Fixtures/Blog/Article.php
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/Blog/Article.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ManyToMany;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ManyToOne;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\OneToMany;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\OrderBy;
 
 #[Entity]
 class Article
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class Article
      * @var Collection<int, Comment>
      */
     #[OneToMany(targetEntity: Comment::class, mappedBy: 'article')]
+    #[OrderBy(['id' => 'DESC'])]
     private Collection $comments;
 
     public function __construct(string $title, string $content, ?Category $category = null)