diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractTableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractTableDefinition.java
index 13bd68d700..45ae2e49ed 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractTableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractTableDefinition.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ implements
             for (ForeignKeyDefinition fk : uk.getForeignKeys())
                 result.add(fk.getInverse());
 
-        return result;
+        return getDatabase().sort(result);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ implements
             }
         }
 
-        return result;
+        return getDatabase().sort(result);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/DefaultUniqueKeyDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/DefaultUniqueKeyDefinition.java
index 9bca0bc54e..5e2c08308c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/DefaultUniqueKeyDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/DefaultUniqueKeyDefinition.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class DefaultUniqueKeyDefinition extends AbstractConstraintDefinition imp
 
     @Override
     public List<ForeignKeyDefinition> getForeignKeys() {
-        return foreignKeys;
+        return getDatabase().sort(foreignKeys);
     }
 
     @Override