diff --git a/src/insets/InsetIndexMacro.cpp b/src/insets/InsetIndexMacro.cpp
index e4dc167ca3..80ba766b53 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetIndexMacro.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetIndexMacro.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ void InsetIndexMacro::getLatex(otexstream & os, OutputParams const & runparams)
 		if (hasSortKey()) {
 			getSortkey(os, runparams);
 			os << "@";
+			InsetText::latex(os, runparams);
 		} else {
 			odocstringstream ourlatex;
 			otexstream ots(ourlatex);