diff --git a/gluon/serializers.py b/gluon/serializers.py
index d53740d7..032cff81 100644
--- a/gluon/serializers.py
+++ b/gluon/serializers.py
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ def xml(value, encoding='UTF-8', key='document', quote=True):
     return ('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="%s"?>' % encoding) + str(xml_rec(value, key, quote))
 
 
-def json(value, default=custom_json, indent=None):
-    value = json_parser.dumps(value, default=default, sort_keys=True, indent=indent)
+def json(value, default=custom_json, indent=None, sort_keys=False):
+    value = json_parser.dumps(value, default=default, sort_keys=sort_keys, indent=indent)
     # replace JavaScript incompatible spacing
     # http://timelessrepo.com/json-isnt-a-javascript-subset
     # PY3 FIXME