diff --git a/exts/ferrocene_spec/__init__.py b/exts/ferrocene_spec/__init__.py
index 1b4f5977..e2298b05 100644
--- a/exts/ferrocene_spec/__init__.py
+++ b/exts/ferrocene_spec/__init__.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def is_empty(data):
 
 
 def setup(app):
+    path_id_sorting()
     app.add_domain(SpecDomain)
     definitions.setup(app)
     paragraph_ids.setup(app)
@@ -62,3 +63,26 @@ def setup(app):
         # - 1: changed how informational sections and pages are stored
         "env_version": "1",
     }
+
+# By default this transform sorts all ids of the form `id[0-9]+` to the end.
+# Our IDs are section name and fls_ id pairs, so in some cases this transform
+# will instead sort the section name to the back, but not always!
+# So we patch the transform instead so that our fls ids are sorted to the back.
+# In addition to that we normalize them, as sphinx turns the `_` in `fls_{id}`
+# into `fls-{id}` which can break the link check from working correctly.
+def path_id_sorting():
+    def sort_and_patch_underscore(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+        from docutils import nodes
+
+        for node in self.document.findall(nodes.section):
+            for n, id in enumerate(node["ids"]):
+                if id.startswith("fls-"):
+                    node["ids"][n] = id[:3] + "_" + id[4:]
+            # sort the fls id to the back
+            if len(node["ids"]) > 1 and node["ids"][0].startswith("fls_"):
+                node["ids"] = node["ids"][1:] + [node["ids"][0]]
+
+    from sphinx.transforms import SortIds
+
+    SortIds.apply = sort_and_patch_underscore
+