diff --git a/lib/dialects/mssql/query-generator.js b/lib/dialects/mssql/query-generator.js
index 7f52f89aa5ca..9a87164dfd79 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/mssql/query-generator.js
+++ b/lib/dialects/mssql/query-generator.js
@@ -988,6 +988,8 @@ class MSSQLQueryGenerator extends AbstractQueryGenerator {
     }
 
     if (options.limit || options.offset) {
+      // TODO: document why this is adding the primary key of the model in ORDER BY
+      //  if options.include is set
       if (!options.order || options.order.length === 0 || options.include && orders.subQueryOrder.length === 0) {
         const tablePkFragment = `${this.quoteTable(options.tableAs || model.name)}.${this.quoteIdentifier(model.primaryKeyField)}`;
         if (!options.order || options.order.length === 0) {
diff --git a/test/support.js b/test/support.js
index f9e2fc424873..5f8337e64d6a 100644
--- a/test/support.js
+++ b/test/support.js
@@ -276,7 +276,12 @@ const Support = {
    * @returns {string} the SQL string with insignificant whitespace removed.
    */
   minifySql(sql) {
-    return sql.replace(/\s+/g, ' ').trim();
+    // replace all consecutive whitespaces with a single plain space character
+    return sql.replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+      // remove space before coma
+      .replace(/ ,/g, ',')
+      // remove whitespace at start & end
+      .trim();
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/test/unit/sql/select.test.js b/test/unit/sql/select.test.js
index e3bb62d74d96..3a30bf91be9a 100644
--- a/test/unit/sql/select.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/sql/select.test.js
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ describe(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
           FROM [users] AS [user] LEFT OUTER JOIN [post] AS [POSTS]
           ON [user].[id_user] = [POSTS].[user_id]
           ORDER BY [user].[last_name] ASC
-          ${sql.addLimitAndOffset({ limit: 30, offset: 10, order: [['`user`.`last_name`', 'ASC']] })};
+          ${sql.addLimitAndOffset({ limit: 30, offset: 10, order: [['last_name', 'ASC']], include }, User)};
         `),
       });