--- a/pvl/hosts/config.py	Sun Mar 01 20:14:12 2015 +0200
+++ b/pvl/hosts/config.py	Sun Mar 01 20:15:18 2015 +0200
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
         Skips .dotfiles.
     """
 
-    for name in os.listdir(root):
+    for name in sorted(os.listdir(root)):
         path = os.path.join(root, name)
 
         if name.startswith('.'):

--- a/pvl/hosts/tests.py	Sun Mar 01 20:14:12 2015 +0200
+++ b/pvl/hosts/tests.py	Sun Mar 01 20:15:18 2015 +0200
@@ -138,25 +138,25 @@
 
     def testApplyIncludes(self):
         self.assertHostsEqual(config.apply_hosts_files(self.options, ['etc/hosts/test']), [
+                ('bar@test', dict(
+                    ip          = ipaddr.IPAddress('192.0.2.2'),
+                )),
                 ('foo@test', dict(
                     ip          = ipaddr.IPAddress('192.0.2.1'),
                 )),
-                ('bar@test', dict(
-                    ip          = ipaddr.IPAddress('192.0.2.2'),
-                )),
         ])
 
     def testApplyIncludePath(self):
         self.options.hosts_include = 'etc/hosts'
         self.assertHostsEqual(config.apply_hosts_files(self.options, ['etc/zones/forward/test']), [
-                ('foo@test', dict(
-                    ip          = ipaddr.IPAddress('192.0.2.1'),
+                ('quux@asdf.test', dict(
+                    ip          = ipaddr.IPAddress('192.0.2.5'),
                 )),
                 ('bar@test', dict(
                     ip          = ipaddr.IPAddress('192.0.2.2'),
                 )),
-                ('quux@asdf.test', dict(
-                    ip          = ipaddr.IPAddress('192.0.2.5'),
+                ('foo@test', dict(
+                    ip          = ipaddr.IPAddress('192.0.2.1'),
                 )),
         ])