diff --git a/parser/tst/dirtest.sh b/parser/tst/dirtest.sh
index 8c94dbd68..95c108371 100755
--- a/parser/tst/dirtest.sh
+++ b/parser/tst/dirtest.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ do_tst() {
 	shift 2
 	#global tmpdir
 
-	${APPARMOR_PARSER} "$@" > "$tmpdir/out" 2>/dev/null
+	${APPARMOR_PARSER} "$@" > "$tmpdir/out.unsorted" 2>/dev/null
 	rc=$?
+	LC_ALL=C sort "$tmpdir/out.unsorted" > "$tmpdir/out"
 	if [ $rc -ne 0 ] && [ "$expected" != "fail" ] ; then
 		echo "failed: expected \"$expected\" but parser returned error"
 		return 1
diff --git a/parser/tst/dirtest/dirtest.out b/parser/tst/dirtest/dirtest.out
index e82188b84..5b4cc30aa 100644
--- a/parser/tst/dirtest/dirtest.out
+++ b/parser/tst/dirtest/dirtest.out
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-good_target
 a_profile
 b_profile
+good_target