diff --git a/django/utils/datastructures.py b/django/utils/datastructures.py
index 2b19c06dfb1..cca30b462d9 100644
--- a/django/utils/datastructures.py
+++ b/django/utils/datastructures.py
@@ -99,6 +99,13 @@ class SortedDict(dict):
         obj.keyOrder = self.keyOrder
         return obj
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        """
+        Replaces the normal dict.__repr__ with a version that returns the keys
+        in their sorted order.
+        """
+        return '{%s}' % ', '.join(['%r: %r' % (k, v) for k, v in self.items()])
+
 class MultiValueDictKeyError(KeyError):
     pass
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/datastructures/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/datastructures/tests.py
index e008c255f11..18eb4fcccd2 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/datastructures/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/datastructures/tests.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 'not one'
 >>> d.keys() == d.copy().keys()
 True
+>>> print repr(d)
+{'one': 'not one', 'two': 'two', 'three': 'three'}
 
 ### DotExpandedDict ############################################################