diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
index af4c0b9974..7b780352be 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/util-linux/util-linux.inc
@@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ python util_linux_binpackages () {
                     continue
 
                 pkg = os.path.basename(os.readlink(file))
-                extras[pkg] = extras.get(pkg, '') + ' ' + file.replace(dvar, '', 1)
+                extras.setdefault(pkg, [])
+                extras[pkg].append(file.replace(dvar, '', 1))
 
     pn = d.getVar('PN')
     for pkg, links in extras.items():
         of = d.getVar('FILES_' + pn + '-' + pkg)
-        links = of + links
+        links = of + " " + " ".join(sorted(links))
         d.setVar('FILES_' + pn + '-' + pkg, links)
 }