diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/launcher.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/launcher.make
index 37c4d6dcade1f18ace035a24b64f200176d1e066..de6313f1efd1499d3da30db4c379a60802ac92e6 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/launcher.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/launcher.make
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ $(LAUNCHER_OUT)/%.o: $(LAUNCHERDIR)/%.c
 $(LAUNCHER): $(OBJS) $(LIBJVM) $(LAUNCHER_MAPFILE)
 	$(QUIETLY) echo Linking launcher...
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER/PRE_HOOK)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER) $(LFLAGS_LAUNCHER) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LIBS_LAUNCHER)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER) $(LFLAGS_LAUNCHER) -o $@ $(sort $(OBJS)) $(LIBS_LAUNCHER)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER/POST_HOOK)
 	# Sign the launcher with the development certificate (if present) so that it can be used
 	# to run JStack, JInfo, et al.
diff --git a/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make b/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make
index f423408acd944f9ecd0aa54993fbba70ac1964ac..9316f1cd6e47e0b58403a39de979a198ba50f1ea 100644
--- a/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make
+++ b/make/bsd/makefiles/vm.make
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ $(LIBJVM): $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBJVM_MAPFILE) $(LD_SCRIPT)
 	    echo Linking vm...;                                         \
 	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)                                     \
 	    $(LINK_VM) $(LD_SCRIPT_FLAG)                                \
-		       $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBS_VM);       \
+		       $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(sort $(LIBJVM.o)) $(LIBS_VM); \
 	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)                                    \
 	    rm -f $@.1; ln -s $@ $@.1;                                  \
 	    [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G); ln -s $@.1 $(LIBJVM_G).1; }; \
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/launcher.make b/make/linux/makefiles/launcher.make
index 0c102eadc0a06b91b3161fc220873d2df1e31155..d48a73daee2e76c467094bf77f742def6f709fe5 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/launcher.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/launcher.make
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ $(LAUNCHER_OUT)/%.o: $(LAUNCHERDIR)/%.c
 $(LAUNCHER): $(OBJS) $(LIBJVM) $(LAUNCHER_MAPFILE)
 	$(QUIETLY) echo Linking launcher...
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER/PRE_HOOK)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER) $(LFLAGS_LAUNCHER) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LIBS_LAUNCHER)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER) $(LFLAGS_LAUNCHER) -o $@ $(sort $(OBJS)) $(LIBS_LAUNCHER)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER/POST_HOOK)
 
 $(LAUNCHER): $(LAUNCHER_SCRIPT)
diff --git a/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make b/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
index 6e9794ba71051b6c4801eb05c4573fb93accd45d..acb0f36d65c2467aeb2de720866b152e6cc3a2a1 100644
--- a/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
+++ b/make/linux/makefiles/vm.make
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ $(LIBJVM): $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBJVM_MAPFILE) $(LD_SCRIPT)
 	    echo Linking vm...;                                         \
 	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)                                     \
 	    $(LINK_VM) $(LD_SCRIPT_FLAG)                                \
-		       $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBS_VM);       \
+		       $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(sort $(LIBJVM.o)) $(LIBS_VM);       \
 	    $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)                                    \
 	    rm -f $@.1; ln -s $@ $@.1;                                  \
 	    [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || { ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G); ln -s $@.1 $(LIBJVM_G).1; }; \
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/launcher.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/launcher.make
index f735b20d3431e3ec7f009c4ce6343c4c2ab92411..090ff5ea7a61df9091db07734d4a4c729da52729 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/launcher.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/launcher.make
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ $(LAUNCHER): $(OBJS) $(LIBJVM) $(LAUNCHER_MAPFILE)
 ifeq ($(filter -sbfast -xsbfast, $(CFLAGS_BROWSE)),)
 	$(QUIETLY) echo Linking launcher...
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER/PRE_HOOK)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER) $(LFLAGS_LAUNCHER) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(LIBS_LAUNCHER)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER) $(LFLAGS_LAUNCHER) -o $@ $(sort $(OBJS)) $(LIBS_LAUNCHER)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LAUNCHER/POST_HOOK)
 endif # filter -sbfast -xsbfast
 
diff --git a/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make b/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
index 8f1a5e20adfa776ead88ed7f15f98324f31d97f7..d91cba3513172cda8e1463b4c6cf0d02dd731414 100644
--- a/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
+++ b/make/solaris/makefiles/vm.make
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ $(LIBJVM): $(ADD_GNU_DEBUGLINK) $(FIX_EMPTY_SEC_HDR_FLAGS) $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBJVM_
 ifeq ($(filter -sbfast -xsbfast, $(CFLAGS_BROWSE)),)
 	@echo Linking vm...
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LIB.CXX/PRE_HOOK)
-	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_VM) $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(LIBJVM.o) $(LIBS_VM)
+	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_VM) $(LFLAGS_VM) -o $@ $(sort $(LIBJVM.o)) $(LIBS_VM)
 	$(QUIETLY) $(LINK_LIB.CXX/POST_HOOK)
 	$(QUIETLY) rm -f $@.1 && ln -s $@ $@.1
 	$(QUIETLY) [ -f $(LIBJVM_G) ] || ln -s $@ $(LIBJVM_G)