diff --git a/scripts/package-metadata.pl b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
index 11f1bc4bcd..3e9e4e986e 100755
--- a/scripts/package-metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ sub mconf_depends {
 		mconf_depends($pkgname, $tdep->[0], 1, $dep, $seen, $tdep->[1]);
 	}
 
-	foreach my $depend (keys %$dep) {
+	foreach my $depend (sort keys %$dep) {
 		my $m = $dep->{$depend};
 		$res .= "\t\t$m $depend\n";
 	}