diff --git a/IkiWiki/Render.pm b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
index bdebaa645..4c998b156 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Render.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Render.pm
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ sub genpage ($$) {
 	}
 	templateactions($template, $page);
 
-	my @backlinks=sort { $a->{page} cmp $b->{page} } backlinks($page);
+	my @backlinks=sort { $a->{page} cmp $b->{page} || $a->{url} cmp $b->{url} } backlinks($page);
 	my ($backlinks, $more_backlinks);
 	if (@backlinks <= $config{numbacklinks} || ! $config{numbacklinks}) {
 		$backlinks=\@backlinks;
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 526aa12ed..de2d99b28 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ ikiwiki (3.20150330) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Add [[!meta date]] to news items and tips, since the git checkout
     and build process can leave the checkout date in the tarball
     release, leading to unstable sorting
+  * Sort backlinks deterministically, by falling back to sorting by href
+    if the link text is identical
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 12:24:08 -0400