diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c62aa0ccfe..6470622a50 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -226,7 +226,8 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
             let theme = assets.get_theme(config.theme.unwrap_or("Default"))?;
 
             if app.matches.is_present("list-languages") {
-                let languages = assets.syntax_set.syntaxes();
+                let mut languages = assets.syntax_set.syntaxes().to_owned();
+                languages.sort_by_key(|lang| lang.name.to_uppercase());
 
                 let longest = languages
                     .iter()