diff --git a/administrator/components/com_modules/helpers/html/modules.php b/administrator/components/com_modules/helpers/html/modules.php
index a3a4f7e7ef180..2355b42cd6e8f 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_modules/helpers/html/modules.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_modules/helpers/html/modules.php
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ public static function positions($clientId, $state = 1, $selectedPosition = '')
 						$isTemplatePosition = true;
 					}
 				}
+
+				$options = JArrayHelper::sortObjects($options, 'text');
 			}
 
 			$templateGroups[$template] = ModulesHelper::createOptionGroup(ucfirst($template), $options);