diff --git a/output.cc b/output.cc
index 75b636c96..d045b74f6 100644
--- a/output.cc
+++ b/output.cc
@@ -785,7 +785,8 @@ void printportoutput(Target *currenths, PortList *plist) {
 #ifndef NOLUA
         if (o.script) {
           ScriptResults::const_iterator ssr_iter;
-
+          //Sort the results before outputing them on the screen
+          current->scriptResults.sort(comparescriptids);
           for (ssr_iter = current->scriptResults.begin();
                ssr_iter != current->scriptResults.end(); ssr_iter++) {
             xml_open_start_tag("script");
@@ -2165,7 +2166,9 @@ void printscriptresults(ScriptResults *scriptResults, stype scantype) {
   char *script_output;
 
   if (scriptResults->size() > 0) {
-    if (scantype == SCRIPT_PRE_SCAN) {
+      // No sense sorting if we don't need too
+      scriptResults->sort(comparescriptids);
+      if (scantype == SCRIPT_PRE_SCAN) {
       xml_start_tag("prescript");
       log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "Pre-scan script results:\n");
     }
@@ -2194,6 +2197,8 @@ void printhostscriptresults(Target *currenths) {
   char *script_output;
 
   if (currenths->scriptResults.size() > 0) {
+    //no point sorting an empty list
+    currenths->scriptResults.sort(comparescriptids);
     xml_start_tag("hostscript");
     log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "\nHost script results:\n");
     for (iter = currenths->scriptResults.begin();
@@ -2603,3 +2608,18 @@ void printdatafilepaths() {
     }
   }
 }
+
+/*This is a helper function to determine the ordering of the script results
+  based on their id */
+bool comparescriptids(ScriptResult first, ScriptResult second){
+    //Pull the two id fields out for comparison
+    std::string firstid(first.get_id());
+    std::string secondid(second.get_id());
+
+    if (firstid < secondid)
+        return true;
+    else
+        return false;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/output.h b/output.h
index 4747b8381..2f45a54f7 100644
--- a/output.h
+++ b/output.h
@@ -251,4 +251,8 @@ void printfinaloutput();
    were found. */
 void printdatafilepaths();
 
+/*This is a helper function to determine the ordering of the script results
+  based on their id */
+bool comparescriptids(ScriptResult first, ScriptResult second);
+
 #endif /* OUTPUT_H */