diff --git a/shell/list-panel.sh b/shell/list-panel.sh
index 3b1063158..cf31eaee7 100755
--- a/shell/list-panel.sh
+++ b/shell/list-panel.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ for i in $1/panels/*/gnome-*panel.desktop.in.in $1/panels/*/data/gnome-*panel.de
 	basename=`basename $i`
 	LIST="$LIST `echo $basename | sed 's/gnome-//' | sed 's/-panel.desktop.in.in/ /'`"
 done
-echo -n $LIST
+echo -n $LIST | tr " " "\n" | sort | tr "\n" " "