diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/ListPluginsCommand.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/ListPluginsCommand.java
index b513be99dcfcb..c03e70ad4da3d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/ListPluginsCommand.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/ListPluginsCommand.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import joptsimple.OptionSet;
 import org.elasticsearch.cli.Command;
@@ -48,12 +51,17 @@ protected void execute(Terminal terminal, OptionSet options) throws Exception {
         }
 
         terminal.println(Terminal.Verbosity.VERBOSE, "Plugins directory: " + env.pluginsFile());
-        try (DirectoryStream<Path> stream = Files.newDirectoryStream(env.pluginsFile())) {
-            for (Path plugin : stream) {
-                terminal.println(plugin.getFileName().toString());
-                PluginInfo info = PluginInfo.readFromProperties(env.pluginsFile().resolve(plugin.toAbsolutePath()));
-                terminal.println(Terminal.Verbosity.VERBOSE, info.toString());
+        final List<Path> plugins = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (DirectoryStream<Path> paths = Files.newDirectoryStream(env.pluginsFile())) {
+            for (Path plugin : paths) {
+                plugins.add(plugin);
             }
         }
+        Collections.sort(plugins);
+        for (final Path plugin : plugins) {
+            terminal.println(plugin.getFileName().toString());
+            PluginInfo info = PluginInfo.readFromProperties(env.pluginsFile().resolve(plugin.toAbsolutePath()));
+            terminal.println(Terminal.Verbosity.VERBOSE, info.toString());
+        }
     }
 }