diff --git a/lib/Parse/RecDescent.pm b/lib/Parse/RecDescent.pm
index 28149d7..2d22e71 100644
--- a/lib/Parse/RecDescent.pm
+++ b/lib/Parse/RecDescent.pm
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ sub Precompile
     print OUT "my ";
 
     require Data::Dumper;
+    $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys = 1;
     $code = Data::Dumper->Dump([$self], [qw(self)]);
     if ($opt{-standalone}) {
         $code =~ s/Parse::RecDescent/$runtime_package/gs;
@@ -3082,7 +3083,7 @@ local \$SIG{__WARN__} = sub {0};
     $self->{"startcode"} = '';
 
     my $rule;
-    foreach $rule ( values %{$self->{"rules"}} )
+    foreach $rule ( sort {$a->{'name'} cmp $b->{'name'}} values %{$self->{"rules"}} )
     {
         if ($rule->{"changed"})
         {