diff --git a/fjcontrib/configure b/fjcontrib/configure
index 4883d83..5d88d5d 100755
--- a/fjcontrib/configure
+++ b/fjcontrib/configure
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # the list of contribs supported by this script
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
-all_contribs=`find . -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name VERSION -not -print \
-                 | sed 's/\.\///g;s/\/.*$//g' | grep -v "Template"`
+all_contribs=`find . -mindepth 2 -maxdepth 2 -name VERSION -not -print |
+                 sort |
+                 sed 's/\.\///g;s/\/.*$//g' | grep -v "Template"`
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # default values prior to the arg parsing