diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 2aa4e54..84a798c 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -17334,6 +17334,7 @@
 static char_u	*item_compare_func;
 static dict_T	*item_compare_selfdict;
 static int	item_compare_func_err;
+static int	item_compare_keep_zero;
 static void	do_sort_uniq __ARGS((typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv, int sort));
 #define ITEM_COMPARE_FAIL 999
 
@@ -17374,6 +17375,12 @@
 	n2 = strtod((char *)p2, (char **)&p2);
 	res = n1 == n2 ? 0 : n1 > n2 ? 1 : -1;
     }
+
+    /* When the result would be zero, compare the pointers themselves.  Makes
+     * the sort stable. */
+    if (res == 0 && !item_compare_keep_zero)
+	res = s1 > s2 ? 1 : -1;
+
     vim_free(tofree1);
     vim_free(tofree2);
     return res;
@@ -17396,7 +17403,7 @@
     if (item_compare_func_err)
 	return 0;
 
-    /* copy the values.  This is needed to be able to set v_lock to VAR_FIXED
+    /* Copy the values.  This is needed to be able to set v_lock to VAR_FIXED
      * in the copy without changing the original list items. */
     copy_tv(&(*(listitem_T **)s1)->li_tv, &argv[0]);
     copy_tv(&(*(listitem_T **)s2)->li_tv, &argv[1]);
@@ -17415,6 +17422,12 @@
     if (item_compare_func_err)
 	res = ITEM_COMPARE_FAIL;  /* return value has wrong type */
     clear_tv(&rettv);
+
+    /* When the result would be zero, compare the pointers themselves.  Makes
+     * the sort stable. */
+    if (res == 0 && !item_compare_keep_zero)
+	res = s1 > s2 ? 1 : -1;
+
     return res;
 }
 
@@ -17509,6 +17522,7 @@
 		ptrs[i++] = li;
 
 	    item_compare_func_err = FALSE;
+	    item_compare_keep_zero = FALSE;
 	    /* test the compare function */
 	    if (item_compare_func != NULL
 		    && item_compare2((void *)&ptrs[0], (void *)&ptrs[1])
@@ -17536,6 +17550,7 @@
 
 	    /* f_uniq(): ptrs will be a stack of items to remove */
 	    item_compare_func_err = FALSE;
+	    item_compare_keep_zero = TRUE;
 	    item_compare_func_ptr = item_compare_func
 					       ? item_compare2 : item_compare;
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test55.in b/src/testdir/test55.in
index ace97bf..8e073f3 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test55.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test55.in
Binary files differ
diff --git a/src/testdir/test55.ok b/src/testdir/test55.ok
index 3969995..dfd8060 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test55.ok
+++ b/src/testdir/test55.ok
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@
 [[0, 1, 2], [0, 1, 2], 4, 2, 2, 1.5, 'xaaa', 'x8', 'foo6', 'foo', 'foo', 'A11', '-0']
 ['-0', 'A11', 'foo', 'foo', 'foo6', 'x8', 'xaaa', 1.5, 2, 2, 4, [0, 1, 2], [0, 1, 2]]
 ['-0', 'A11', 'foo', 'foo6', 'x8', 'xaaa', 1.5, 2, 4, [0, 1, 2]]
-[-1, 'foo', 1.0e-15, 0.22, 7, 9, 12, 18, 22, 255]
-['foo', 'FOOBAR', -1, 0, 0, 0.22, 1.0e-15, 12, 18, 22, 255, 7, 9, [], {}]
-['foo', 'FOOBAR', -1, 0, 0, 0.22, 1.0e-15, 12, 18, 22, 255, 7, 9, [], {}]
-['FOOBAR', 'foo', -1, 0, 0, 0.22, 1.0e-15, 12, 18, 22, 255, 7, 9, [], {}]
+[-1, 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 1.0e-15, 0.22, 7, 9, 12, 18, 22, 255]
+['bar', 'BAR', 'Bar', 'Foo', 'FOO', 'foo', 'FOOBAR', -1, 0, 0, 0.22, 1.0e-15, 12, 18, 22, 255, 7, 9, [], {}]
+['bar', 'BAR', 'Bar', 'Foo', 'FOO', 'foo', 'FOOBAR', -1, 0, 0, 0.22, 1.0e-15, 12, 18, 22, 255, 7, 9, [], {}]
+['BAR', 'Bar', 'FOO', 'FOOBAR', 'Foo', 'bar', 'foo', -1, 0, 0, 0.22, 1.0e-15, 12, 18, 22, 255, 7, 9, [], {}]
 ['aa', 'bb']
 ['aa', 'bb']
 ['', 'aa', 'bb', '']
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 82685ce..94f16b3 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    351,
+/**/
     350,
 /**/
     349,