How to make JQuery UI Sortable mobile friendly (work on touch devices)?

Question

Here is good solution of sorting elements using jQuery: jQuery UI Sortable, then write order into a database

$('#element').sortable({
    axis: 'y',
    update: function (event, ui) {
        var data = $(this).sortable('serialize');

        // POST to server using $.post or $.ajax
        $.ajax({
            data: data,
            type: 'POST',
            url: '/your/url/here'
        });
    }
});

But how change the code to make it mobile friendly? Sorting on the touch screens don't work at all.