diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface.cc
index 652ce0449585..d8ffc57a3e8b 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface.cc
@@ -2215,6 +2215,12 @@ bool CommandLineInterface::GenerateDependencyManifestFile(
     output_filenames.push_back(descriptor_set_out_name_);
   }
 
+  // Some consumers consider first output as the "primary output" (ninja)
+  // If this doesn't match their primary output it ignores the manifest.
+  // The unordered map for output_directories means we can't guarantee the order of files.
+  // Sorting here makes the "primary output" can be whichever is first alphabetically
+  std::sort(output_filenames.begin(), output_filenames.end());
+
   int fd;
   do {
     fd = open(dependency_out_name_.c_str(),
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface_unittest.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface_unittest.cc
index b2cf3d5d10a7..f82710fe9db1 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/command_line_interface_unittest.cc
@@ -1779,6 +1779,41 @@ TEST_F(CommandLineInterfaceTest,
                     "$tmpdir/bar.pb: "
                     "$tmpdir/foo.proto\\\n $tmpdir/bar.proto");
 }
+
+TEST_F(CommandLineInterfaceTest,
+       DependencyManifestFileIsOrderedByFilePath) {
+  CreateTempFile("foo.proto",
+                 "syntax = \"proto2\";\n"
+                 "message Foo {}\n");
+  CreateTempFile("bar.proto",
+                 "syntax = \"proto2\";\n"
+                 "import \"foo.proto\";\n"
+                 "message Bar {\n"
+                 "  optional Foo foo = 1;\n"
+                 "}\n");
+
+  Run("protocol_compiler --dependency_out=$tmpdir/manifest_a "
+      "--test_out=$tmpdir "
+      "--descriptor_set_out=$tmpdir/a.pb --proto_path=$tmpdir bar.proto");
+
+  ExpectNoErrors();
+
+  ExpectFileContent("manifest_a",
+                    "$tmpdir/a.pb \\\n"
+                    "$tmpdir/bar.proto.MockCodeGenerator.test_generator: "
+                    "$tmpdir/foo.proto\\\n $tmpdir/bar.proto");
+
+  Run("protocol_compiler --dependency_out=$tmpdir/manifest_z "
+      "--test_out=$tmpdir "
+      "--descriptor_set_out=$tmpdir/z.pb --proto_path=$tmpdir bar.proto");
+
+  ExpectNoErrors();
+
+  ExpectFileContent("manifest_z",
+                    "$tmpdir/bar.proto.MockCodeGenerator.test_generator \\\n"
+                    "$tmpdir/z.pb: "
+                    "$tmpdir/foo.proto\\\n $tmpdir/bar.proto");
+}
 #endif  // !_WIN32
 
 TEST_F(CommandLineInterfaceTest, TestArgumentFile) {