diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/ec2_filters.go b/builtin/providers/aws/ec2_filters.go
index 249bbf653..4263d6efa 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/ec2_filters.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/ec2_filters.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package aws
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
@@ -31,9 +32,18 @@ import (
 // the EC2 API, to aid in the implementation of Terraform data sources that
 // retrieve data about EC2 objects.
 func buildEC2AttributeFilterList(attrs map[string]string) []*ec2.Filter {
-	filters := make([]*ec2.Filter, 0, len(attrs))
+	var filters []*ec2.Filter
 
-	for filterName, value := range attrs {
+	// sort the filters by name to make the output deterministic
+	var names []string
+	for filterName := range attrs {
+		names = append(names, filterName)
+	}
+
+	sort.Strings(names)
+
+	for _, filterName := range names {
+		value := attrs[filterName]
 		if value == "" {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/aws/ec2_filters_test.go b/builtin/providers/aws/ec2_filters_test.go
index d0d13b559..267faa957 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/aws/ec2_filters_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/aws/ec2_filters_test.go
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ func TestBuildEC2AttributeFilterList(t *testing.T) {
 				"baz": "boo",
 			},
 			[]*ec2.Filter{
-				{
-					Name:   aws.String("foo"),
-					Values: []*string{aws.String("bar")},
-				},
 				{
 					Name:   aws.String("baz"),
 					Values: []*string{aws.String("boo")},
 				},
+				{
+					Name:   aws.String("foo"),
+					Values: []*string{aws.String("bar")},
+				},
 			},
 		},
 		{