diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/Creator.js b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/Creator.js
index a3192e7839..39974360fa 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/Creator.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/Creator.js
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ module.exports = class Creator extends EventEmitter {
   // { id: options } => [{ id, apply, options }]
   async resolvePlugins (rawPlugins) {
     // ensure cli-service is invoked first
-    rawPlugins = sortObject(rawPlugins, ['@vue/cli-service'])
+    rawPlugins = sortObject(rawPlugins, ['@vue/cli-service'], true)
     const plugins = []
     for (const id of Object.keys(rawPlugins)) {
       const apply = loadModule(`${id}/generator`, this.context) || (() => {})
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/sortObject.js b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/sortObject.js
index a46fe7f1f8..7b4dd1ad74 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/sortObject.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/sortObject.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module.exports = function sortObject (obj, keyOrder) {
+module.exports = function sortObject (obj, keyOrder, dontSortByUnicode) {
   if (!obj) return
   const res = {}
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module.exports = function sortObject (obj, keyOrder) {
 
   const keys = Object.keys(obj)
 
-  keys.sort()
+  !dontSortByUnicode && keys.sort()
   keys.forEach(key => {
     res[key] = obj[key]
   })