diff --git a/cadasta/resources/migrations/0004_add_ordering_for_resources.py b/cadasta/resources/migrations/0004_add_ordering_for_resources.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9be0944a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cadasta/resources/migrations/0004_add_ordering_for_resources.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Generated by Django 1.9.6 on 2016-10-20 16:48
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('resources', '0003_spatialresource'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='resource',
+            options={'ordering': ('name',)},
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='spatialresource',
+            options={'ordering': ('name',)},
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/cadasta/resources/models.py b/cadasta/resources/models.py
index dd7c809f2..89014c05a 100644
--- a/cadasta/resources/models.py
+++ b/cadasta/resources/models.py
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ class Resource(RandomIDModel):
 
     history = HistoricalRecords()
 
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ('name',)
+
     class TutelaryMeta:
         perm_type = 'resource'
         path_fields = ('project', 'pk')