diff --git a/pandas/io/excel.py b/pandas/io/excel.py
index cab342dc339f4..f21dc89ef179f 100644
--- a/pandas/io/excel.py
+++ b/pandas/io/excel.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from pandas.io.common import _is_url, _urlopen
 from pandas.tseries.period import Period
 from pandas import json
-from pandas.compat import map, zip, reduce, range, lrange, u, add_metaclass
+from pandas.compat import map, zip, reduce, range, lrange, u, add_metaclass, OrderedDict
 from pandas.core import config
 from pandas.core.common import pprint_thing
 import pandas.compat as compat
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def _parse_cell(cell_contents,cell_typ):
         #handle same-type duplicates.
         sheets = list(set(sheets))
         
-        output = {}
+        output = OrderedDict()
         
         for asheetname in sheets:
             if verbose: