diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fad8546faf..ddee844f5e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ WebOb
 paramiko
 GitPython>=0.3.2.RC1
 lockfile
+ordereddict
 python-daemon
 extras
 statsd>=1.0.0,<3.0
diff --git a/zuul/model.py b/zuul/model.py
index 59fc1a4c23..a582ead248 100644
--- a/zuul/model.py
+++ b/zuul/model.py
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 import re
 import time
 from uuid import uuid4
+import extras
+
+OrderedDict = extras.try_imports(['collections.OrderedDict',
+                                  'ordereddict.OrderedDict'])
 
 
 MERGER_MERGE = 1          # "git merge"
@@ -916,7 +920,7 @@ class EventFilter(object):
 class Layout(object):
     def __init__(self):
         self.projects = {}
-        self.pipelines = {}
+        self.pipelines = OrderedDict()
         self.jobs = {}
         self.metajobs = []
 
diff --git a/zuul/scheduler.py b/zuul/scheduler.py
index 0d50c72fd3..705d400ec4 100644
--- a/zuul/scheduler.py
+++ b/zuul/scheduler.py
@@ -600,7 +600,6 @@ class Scheduler(threading.Thread):
             ret += '</p>'
 
         keys = self.layout.pipelines.keys()
-        keys.sort()
         for key in keys:
             pipeline = self.layout.pipelines[key]
             s = 'Pipeline: %s' % pipeline.name
@@ -631,7 +630,6 @@ class Scheduler(threading.Thread):
         pipelines = []
         data['pipelines'] = pipelines
         keys = self.layout.pipelines.keys()
-        keys.sort()
         for key in keys:
             pipeline = self.layout.pipelines[key]
             pipelines.append(pipeline.formatStatusJSON())