diff --git a/app/flatpak-builtins-list.c b/app/flatpak-builtins-list.c
index a8aa2f3b..77d541d4 100644
--- a/app/flatpak-builtins-list.c
+++ b/app/flatpak-builtins-list.c
@@ -363,11 +363,14 @@ print_table_for_refs (gboolean print_apps,
                     flatpak_table_printer_append_with_comma_printf (printer, "eol-rebase=%s", eol_rebase);
                 }
             }
- 
+
+          flatpak_table_printer_set_key (printer, ref);
           flatpak_table_printer_finish_row (printer);
         }
     }
 
+  flatpak_table_printer_sort (printer, (GCompareFunc)flatpak_compare_ref);
+
   flatpak_get_window_size (&rows, &cols);
   flatpak_table_printer_print_full (printer, 0, cols, NULL, NULL);
   g_print ("\n");