diff --git a/tools/fileslist.py b/tools/fileslist.py
index ae1b4b6..a11efaa 100755
--- a/tools/fileslist.py
+++ b/tools/fileslist.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-import os, sys
+import operator, os, sys
 
 def get_file_size(path):
   st = os.lstat(path)
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
           output.append(row)
         except os.error:
           pass
+  output.sort(key=operator.itemgetter(0), reverse=True)
   for row in output:
     print "%12d  %s" % row
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   main(sys.argv)
-