diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/package.py b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
index 70040f09e7..9d70925b9b 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/package.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/package.py
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ def get_conffiles(pkg, d):
         conf_list[i] = conf_list[i][1:]
 
     os.chdir(cwd)
-    return conf_list
+    return sorted(conf_list)
 
 def legitimize_package_name(s):
     """