diff --git a/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/WMS.py b/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/WMS.py
index 3630dffa4..f7e224505 100644
--- a/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/WMS.py
+++ b/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/WMS.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def ServiceHandlerFactory(conf, mapfactory, onlineresource, version):
 class BaseWMSFactory:
     def __init__(self):
         self.layers = {}
+        self.ordered_layers = []
         self.styles = {}
         self.aggregatestyles = {}
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ class BaseWMSFactory:
             layer.wmsextrastyles = extrastyles
         else:
             raise ServerConfigurationError('Layer "%s" was passed an invalid list of extra styles.  List must be a tuple of strings.' % layername)
+        self.ordered_layers.append(layer)    
         self.layers[layername] = layer
 
     def register_style(self, name, style):
diff --git a/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/wms111.py b/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/wms111.py
index a652b142d..fc37527d4 100644
--- a/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/wms111.py
+++ b/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/wms111.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class ServiceHandler(WMSBaseServiceHandler):
                 rootlayercrs.text = epsgcode.upper()
                 rootlayerelem.append(rootlayercrs)
     
-            for layer in self.mapfactory.layers.values():
+            for layer in self.mapfactory.ordered_layers:
                 layerproj = Projection(layer.srs)
                 layername = ElementTree.Element('Name')
                 layername.text = layer.name
diff --git a/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/wms130.py b/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/wms130.py
index 645d7b217..25d6ab9d8 100644
--- a/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/wms130.py
+++ b/bindings/python/mapnik/ogcserver/wms130.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class ServiceHandler(WMSBaseServiceHandler):
                 rootlayercrs.text = epsgcode.upper()
                 rootlayerelem.append(rootlayercrs)
     
-            for layer in self.mapfactory.layers.values():
+            for layer in self.mapfactory.ordered_layers:
                 layerproj = Projection(layer.srs)
                 layername = ElementTree.Element('Name')
                 layername.text = layer.name