diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go
index db8ae666e3a..5a430238823 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/alert.go
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ func HandleAlertsQuery(query *m.GetAlertsQuery) error {
 		params = append(params, query.Limit)
 	}
 
+	sql.WriteString("ORDER BY name ASC")
+
 	alerts := make([]*m.Alert, 0)
 	if err := x.Sql(sql.String(), params...).Find(&alerts); err != nil {
 		return err