diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 56827d4..2edda46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sd-users:  ## Run this after adding new users
 
 .PHONY: save-perms
 save-perms:  ## Saves the file permissions to ./acl. Run this after adding new files with correct permissions
-	getfacl --recursive root > acl
+	getfacl --recursive root | ./makepac/sort_acl.sh > acl
 
 .PHONY: set-perms
 set-perms:  ## Restores permissions of all files from ./acl
diff --git a/sort_acl.sh b/sort_acl.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8a40932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sort_acl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+# Sorts the output of getfacl records to stdout
+# Assumes filenames don't contain + and |
+
+awk '
+BEGIN { RS="\n\n"; FS="\n"; ORS="\n"; OFS="|"}
+// { $2=$2; print }
+' | sort -k 1,1 -t '|' | tr '\n' '+' | sed 's/+/\n\n/g' | sed 's/|/\n/g'