diff --git a/git/cmd.py b/git/cmd.py
index e4e3d6da4..539482df8 100644
--- a/git/cmd.py
+++ b/git/cmd.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import errno
 import mmap
 
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import signal
 from subprocess import (
@@ -783,6 +785,7 @@ def transform_kwarg(self, name, value, split_single_char_options):
     def transform_kwargs(self, split_single_char_options=True, **kwargs):
         """Transforms Python style kwargs into git command line options."""
         args = list()
+        kwargs = OrderedDict(sorted(kwargs.items(), key=lambda x: x[0]))
         for k, v in kwargs.items():
             if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)):
                 for value in v: