diff --git a/src/OFS/ObjectManager.py b/src/OFS/ObjectManager.py
index 5df10a0d4d..5c5e8cef92 100644
--- a/src/OFS/ObjectManager.py
+++ b/src/OFS/ObjectManager.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 """
 
 from io import BytesIO
+from operator import itemgetter
 from logging import getLogger
 import copy
 import fnmatch
@@ -210,8 +211,7 @@ def __class_init__(self):
                         mt.append(t)
             except Exception:
                 pass
-        mt.sort()
-        self.meta_types = tuple(mt)
+        self.meta_types = tuple(sorted(mt, key=itemgetter('name')))
 
         InitializeClass(self)