diff --git a/m4macros/gsettings.m4 b/m4macros/gsettings.m4
index 35ee5aa..b230ca9 100644
--- a/m4macros/gsettings.m4
+++ b/m4macros/gsettings.m4
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ clean-gsettings-schemas:
 
 ifdef gsettings_ENUM_NAMESPACE
 $(gsettings__enum_file): $(gsettings_ENUM_FILES)
-	$(AM_V_GEN) glib-mkenums --comments '\''<!-- @comment@ -->'\'' --fhead "<schemalist>" --vhead "  <@type@ id='\''$(gsettings_ENUM_NAMESPACE).@EnumName@'\''>" --vprod "    <value nick='\''@valuenick@'\'' value='\''@valuenum@'\''/>" --vtail "  </@type@>" --ftail "</schemalist>" [$]^ > [$]@.tmp && mv [$]@.tmp [$]@
+	$(AM_V_GEN) glib-mkenums --comments '\''<!-- @comment@ -->'\'' --fhead "<schemalist>" --vhead "  <@type@ id='\''$(gsettings_ENUM_NAMESPACE).@EnumName@'\''>" --vprod "    <value nick='\''@valuenick@'\'' value='\''@valuenum@'\''/>" --vtail "  </@type@>" --ftail "</schemalist>" [$](shell echo [$]^ | tr ' ' '\n' | LC_ALL=C sort) > [$]@.tmp && mv [$]@.tmp [$]@
 endif
 '
   _GSETTINGS_SUBST(GSETTINGS_RULES)