diff --git a/django/core/management/__init__.py b/django/core/management/__init__.py
index 60dcf727e4..7af1a81d0a 100644
--- a/django/core/management/__init__.py
+++ b/django/core/management/__init__.py
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ class ManagementUtility(object):
 
         # subcommand
         if cword == 1:
-            print ' '.join(filter(lambda x: x.startswith(curr), subcommands))
+            print ' '.join(sorted(filter(lambda x: x.startswith(curr), subcommands)))
         # subcommand options
         # special case: the 'help' subcommand has no options
         elif cwords[0] in subcommands and cwords[0] != 'help':
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class ManagementUtility(object):
             options = filter(lambda (x, v): x not in prev_opts, options)
 
             # filter options by current input
-            options = [(k, v) for k, v in options if k.startswith(curr)]
+            options = sorted([(k, v) for k, v in options if k.startswith(curr)])
             for option in options:
                 opt_label = option[0]
                 # append '=' to options which require args
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/bash_completion/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/bash_completion/tests.py
index 3e938143fe..24c8b1d3f3 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/bash_completion/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/bash_completion/tests.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class BashCompletionTests(unittest.TestCase):
         "Subcommands can be autocompleted"
         self._user_input('django-admin.py sql')
         output = self._run_autocomplete()
-        self.assertEqual(output, ['sqlinitialdata sqlclear sqlreset sqlsequencereset sql sqlall sqlflush sqlcustom sqlindexes'])
+        self.assertEqual(output, ['sql sqlall sqlclear sqlcustom sqlflush sqlindexes sqlinitialdata sqlreset sqlsequencereset'])
 
     def test_help(self):
         "No errors, just an empty list if there are no autocomplete options"
@@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ class BashCompletionTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self._user_input('django-admin.py sqlall a')
         output = self._run_autocomplete()
         app_labels = [name.split('.')[-1] for name in settings.INSTALLED_APPS]
-        self.assertEqual(set(output), set(label for label in app_labels if label.startswith('a')))
+        self.assertEqual(output, sorted(label for label in app_labels if label.startswith('a')))