diff --git a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
index 3e43f78479..8188a2ef7e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
@@ -945,6 +945,7 @@ function get_term_to_edit( $id, $taxonomy ) {
  *
  * @since 2.3.0
  * @since 4.2.0 Introduced 'name' and 'childless' parameters.
+ * @since 4.4.0 Introduced the ability to pass 'term_id' as an alias of 'id' for the `orderby` parameter.
  *
  * @global wpdb  $wpdb WordPress database abstraction object.
  * @global array $wp_filter
@@ -1132,7 +1133,7 @@ function get_terms( $taxonomies, $args = '' ) {
 		$orderby = 'tt.description';
 	} elseif ( 'none' == $_orderby ) {
 		$orderby = '';
-	} elseif ( empty($_orderby) || 'id' == $_orderby ) {
+	} elseif ( empty( $_orderby ) || 'id' == $_orderby || 'term_id' === $_orderby ) {
 		$orderby = 't.term_id';
 	} else {
 		$orderby = 't.name';
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerms.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerms.php
index 333e87ec6a..b1706488cd 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerms.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/getTerms.php
@@ -1186,6 +1186,33 @@ class Tests_Term_getTerms extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( array( $t2, $t1, $t4, $t3 ), $found );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 33726
+	 */
+	public function test_orderby_term_id() {
+		register_taxonomy( 'wptests_tax', 'post' );
+		$t1 = $this->factory->term->create( array(
+			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
+			'name' => 'AAA',
+		) );
+		$t2 = $this->factory->term->create( array(
+			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
+			'name' => 'ZZZ',
+		) );
+		$t3 = $this->factory->term->create( array(
+			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
+			'name' => 'JJJ',
+		) );
+
+		$found = get_terms( 'wptests_tax', array(
+			'orderby' => 'term_id',
+			'hide_empty' => false,
+			'fields' => 'ids',
+		) );
+
+		$this->assertEquals( array( $t1, $t2, $t3 ), $found );
+	}
+
 	public function test_hierarchical_false_with_parent() {
 		$initial_terms = $this->create_hierarchical_terms();