diff --git a/daemon/list.go b/daemon/list.go
index 128d9eda9c..6d86cd3b48 100644
--- a/daemon/list.go
+++ b/daemon/list.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package daemon
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -86,6 +87,15 @@ type listContext struct {
 	*types.ContainerListOptions
 }
 
+// byContainerCreated is a temporary type used to sort a list of containers by creation time.
+type byContainerCreated []*container.Container
+
+func (r byContainerCreated) Len() int      { return len(r) }
+func (r byContainerCreated) Swap(i, j int) { r[i], r[j] = r[j], r[i] }
+func (r byContainerCreated) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return r[i].Created.UnixNano() < r[j].Created.UnixNano()
+}
+
 // Containers returns the list of containers to show given the user's filtering.
 func (daemon *Daemon) Containers(config *types.ContainerListOptions) ([]*types.Container, error) {
 	return daemon.reduceContainers(config, daemon.transformContainer)
@@ -149,6 +159,11 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) filterByNameIDMatches(ctx *listContext) []*container.Conta
 	for id := range matches {
 		cntrs = append(cntrs, daemon.containers.Get(id))
 	}
+
+	// Restore sort-order after filtering
+	// Created gives us nanosec resolution for sorting
+	sort.Sort(sort.Reverse(byContainerCreated(cntrs)))
+
 	return cntrs
 }
 
diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go
index a4ee9a9f65..6e1756f06f 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_ps_test.go
@@ -864,3 +864,37 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestPsListContainersFilterNetwork(c *check.C) {
 
 	c.Assert(containerOut, checker.Contains, "onbridgenetwork")
 }
+
+func (s *DockerSuite) TestPsByOrder(c *check.C) {
+	name1 := "xyz-abc"
+	out, err := runSleepingContainer(c, "--name", name1)
+	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil)
+	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Not(checker.Equals), "")
+	container1 := strings.TrimSpace(out)
+
+	name2 := "xyz-123"
+	out, err = runSleepingContainer(c, "--name", name2)
+	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil)
+	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Not(checker.Equals), "")
+	container2 := strings.TrimSpace(out)
+
+	name3 := "789-abc"
+	out, err = runSleepingContainer(c, "--name", name3)
+	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil)
+	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Not(checker.Equals), "")
+
+	name4 := "789-123"
+	out, err = runSleepingContainer(c, "--name", name4)
+	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil)
+	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Not(checker.Equals), "")
+
+	// Run multiple time should have the same result
+	out, err = dockerCmd(c, "ps", "--no-trunc", "-q", "-f", "name=xyz")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil)
+	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Equals, fmt.Sprintf("%s\n%s", container2, container1))
+
+	// Run multiple time should have the same result
+	out, err = dockerCmd(c, "ps", "--no-trunc", "-q", "-f", "name=xyz")
+	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil)
+	c.Assert(strings.TrimSpace(out), checker.Equals, fmt.Sprintf("%s\n%s", container2, container1))
+}