diff --git a/BLFS/libs/func_dependencies b/BLFS/libs/func_dependencies
index b3b2d80..87ea5a3 100644
--- a/BLFS/libs/func_dependencies
+++ b/BLFS/libs/func_dependencies
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ of ${BOLD}${DepFile%.dep}${OFF}"
         ../xsl/dependencies.xsl ../packages.xml
 
     if [[ -f ${id_of_dep}.dep ]]; then
+      sort ${id_of_dep}.dep -o ${id_of_dep}.dep
       sed -i "1i${rootlink[*]} $count" ${id_of_dep}.dep
       generate_dependency_tree ${id_of_dep}.dep
 # Test return value, in case we exchange dependencies