diff --git a/tabellio/documents/profiles/default/catalog.xml b/tabellio/documents/profiles/default/catalog.xml
index 167c14d..39a11b0 100644
--- a/tabellio/documents/profiles/default/catalog.xml
+++ b/tabellio/documents/profiles/default/catalog.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
   <index name="topics" meta_type="KeywordIndex">
     <indexed_attr value="topics"/>
   </index>
+  <index name="publication_date" meta_type="FieldIndex">
+    <indexed_attr value="publication_date"/>
+  </index>
   <column value="doctype"/>
   <column value="dostype"/>
   <column value="questype"/>
@@ -40,5 +43,6 @@
   <column value="nodoc"/>
   <column value="session"/>
   <column value="topics"/>
+  <column value="publication_date"/>
 </object>