diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/OrderBy.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/OrderBy.java
index 438396109..7ce78f340 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/OrderBy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/OrderBy.java
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package io.ebean;
 
+import io.ebean.util.StringHelper;
+
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
-
-import io.ebean.util.StringHelper;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * Represents an Order By for a Query.
@@ -311,10 +312,10 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
       }
       Property e = (Property) obj;
       if (ascending != e.ascending) return false;
-      if (collation != e.collation) return false;
       if (!property.equals(e.property)) return false;
-      if (nulls != null ? !nulls.equals(e.nulls) : e.nulls != null) return false;
-      return highLow != null ? highLow.equals(e.highLow) : e.highLow == null;
+      if (!Objects.equals(collation, e.collation)) return false;
+      if (!Objects.equals(nulls, e.nulls)) return false;
+      return Objects.equals(highLow, e.highLow);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -331,15 +332,13 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
         }
       } else {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-
-        // collate
         if (collation != null)  {
           if (collation.contains("${}")) {
             // this is a complex collation, e.g. DB2 - we must replace the property
             sb.append(StringHelper.replaceString(collation, "${}", property));
           } else {
             sb.append(property);
-            sb.append(" COLLATE ").append(collation);
+            sb.append(" collate ").append(collation);
           }
         } else {
           sb.append(property);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/unitinternal/TestOrderByParse.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/unitinternal/TestOrderByParse.java
index 0dc23eccb..37ea83782 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/tests/unitinternal/TestOrderByParse.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/unitinternal/TestOrderByParse.java
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import io.ebean.BaseTestCase;
 import io.ebean.OrderBy;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
  * Test the OrderBy object and especially its parsing.
@@ -162,14 +165,14 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().size() == 1);
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(0).getProperty().equals("id"));
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
-    assertEquals("id COLLATE latin_1", o1.toStringFormat());
+    assertEquals("id collate latin_1", o1.toStringFormat());
 
     o1 = new OrderBy<>();
     o1.desc("id", "latin_1");
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().size() == 1);
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(0).getProperty().equals("id"));
     assertTrue(!o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
-    assertEquals("id COLLATE latin_1 desc", o1.toStringFormat());
+    assertEquals("id collate latin_1 desc", o1.toStringFormat());
 
     o1 = new OrderBy<>();
     o1.desc("id", "latin_1");
@@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(1).getProperty().equals("date"));
     assertTrue(!o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(1).isAscending());
-    assertEquals("id COLLATE latin_1 desc, date", o1.toStringFormat());
+    assertEquals("id collate latin_1 desc, date", o1.toStringFormat());
 
     o1 = new OrderBy<>();
     o1.desc("id", "latin_1");
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(1).getProperty().equals("name"));
     assertTrue(!o1.getProperties().get(0).isAscending());
     assertTrue(o1.getProperties().get(1).isAscending());
-    assertEquals("id COLLATE latin_1 desc, name COLLATE latin_2", o1.toStringFormat());
+    assertEquals("id collate latin_1 desc, name collate latin_2", o1.toStringFormat());
 
     // functional (DB2) syntax
     o1 = new OrderBy<>();
@@ -200,4 +203,45 @@ public class TestOrderByParse extends BaseTestCase {
     assertEquals("COLLATION_KEY(id, 'latin_1') desc", o1.toStringFormat());
 
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void equals_with_nulls() {
+
+    OrderBy<Object> o1 = new OrderBy<>("id desc nulls high");
+    OrderBy<Object> o2 = new OrderBy<>("id desc nulls high");
+    OrderBy<Object> o3 = new OrderBy<>();
+    o3.add("id desc nulls high");
+
+    assertEquals(o1, o2);
+    assertEquals(o1, o3);
+
+
+    OrderBy<Object> o4 = new OrderBy<>("id desc");
+    OrderBy<Object> o5 = new OrderBy<>("oid desc nulls high");
+    OrderBy<Object> o6 = new OrderBy<>("id desc nulls low");
+
+    assertNotEquals(o1, o4);
+    assertNotEquals(o1, o5);
+    assertNotEquals(o1, o6);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void equals_with_collation() {
+
+    OrderBy<Object> o1 = new OrderBy<>();
+    o1.asc("name", "latin_1");
+
+    OrderBy<Object> o2 = new OrderBy<>();
+    o2.asc("name", null);
+
+    OrderBy<Object> o3 = new OrderBy<>();
+    o2.asc("name", "bar");
+
+    assertNotEquals(o1, o2);
+    assertNotEquals(o1, o3);
+
+    OrderBy<Object> o4 = new OrderBy<>();
+    o4.asc("name", "latin_1");
+    assertEquals(o1, o4);
+  }
 }