diff --git a/resources/default_tweaks.py b/resources/default_tweaks.py
index ae595a7cf8..bff4ce3e72 100644
--- a/resources/default_tweaks.py
+++ b/resources/default_tweaks.py
@@ -226,8 +226,11 @@ per_language_title_sort_articles = {
         'fra'  : (r'Le\s+', r'La\s+', r"L'", u'L´', r'Les\s+', r'Un\s+', r'Une\s+',
                   r'Des\s+', r'De\s+La\s+', r'De\s+', r"D'", u'D´'),
         # Italian
-        'ita'  : (r'Lo\s+', r'Il\s+', r"L'", r'La\s+', r'Gli\s+', r'I\s+',
-                  r'Le\s+', ),
+        'ita': ('Lo\\s+', 'Il\\s+', "L'", 'L\xb4', 'La\\s+', 'Gli\\s+',
+                'I\\s+', 'Le\\s+', 'Uno\\s+', 'Un\\s+', 'Una\\s+', "Un'",
+                'Un\xb4', 'Dei\\s+', 'Degli\\s+', 'Delle\\s+', 'Del\\s+',
+                'Della\\s+', 'Dello\\s+', "Dell'", 'Dell\xb4'),
+
         # Portuguese
         'por'  : (r'A\s+', r'O\s+', r'Os\s+', r'As\s+', r'Um\s+', r'Uns\s+',
                   r'Uma\s+', r'Umas\s+', ),