diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass
index f8dc1bb..7a36262 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/package.bbclass
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@
         shlibs_file = os.path.join(shlibswork_dir, pkg + ".list")
         if len(sonames):
             with open(shlibs_file, 'w') as fd:
-                for s in sonames:
+                for s in sorted(sonames):
                     if s[0] in shlib_provider and s[1] in shlib_provider[s[0]]:
                         (old_pkg, old_pkgver) = shlib_provider[s[0]][s[1]]
                         if old_pkg != pkg: