diff --git a/src/autocomplete/QueryMatcher.ts b/src/autocomplete/QueryMatcher.ts
index 2c1899d813..4b8c1141fd 100644
--- a/src/autocomplete/QueryMatcher.ts
+++ b/src/autocomplete/QueryMatcher.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import _at from 'lodash/at';
 import _flatMap from 'lodash/flatMap';
-import _sortBy from 'lodash/sortBy';
 import _uniq from 'lodash/uniq';
 
 function stripDiacritics(str: string): string {
@@ -35,8 +34,9 @@ interface IOptions<T extends {}> {
 /**
  * Simple search matcher that matches any results with the query string anywhere
  * in the search string. Returns matches in the order the query string appears
- * in the search key, earliest first, then in the order the items appeared in
- * the source array.
+ * in the search key, earliest first, then in the order the search key appears
+ * in the provided array of keys, then in the order the items appeared in the
+ * source array.
  *
  * @param {Object[]} objects Initial list of objects. Equivalent to calling
  *     setObjects() after construction
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default class QueryMatcher<T extends Object> {
     private _options: IOptions<T>;
     private _keys: IOptions<T>["keys"];
     private _funcs: Required<IOptions<T>["funcs"]>;
-    private _items: Map<string, T[]>;
+    private _items: Map<{value: string, weight: number}, T[]>;
 
     constructor(objects: T[], options: IOptions<T> = { keys: [] }) {
         this._options = options;
@@ -85,9 +85,12 @@ export default class QueryMatcher<T extends Object> {
                 keyValues.push(f(object));
             }
 
-            for (const keyValue of keyValues) {
+            for (const [index, keyValue] of Object.entries(keyValues)) {
                 if (!keyValue) continue; // skip falsy keyValues
-                const key = stripDiacritics(keyValue).toLowerCase();
+                const key = {
+                    value: stripDiacritics(keyValue).toLowerCase(),
+                    weight: Number(index)
+                };
                 if (!this._items.has(key)) {
                     this._items.set(key, []);
                 }
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ export default class QueryMatcher<T extends Object> {
         // ES6 Map iteration order is defined to be insertion order, so results
         // here will come out in the order they were put in.
         for (const key of this._items.keys()) {
-            let resultKey = key;
+            let {value: resultKey} = key;
             if (this._options.shouldMatchWordsOnly) {
                 resultKey = resultKey.replace(/[^\w]/g, '');
             }
@@ -119,12 +122,15 @@ export default class QueryMatcher<T extends Object> {
             }
         }
 
-        // Sort them by where the query appeared in the search key
-        // lodash sortBy is a stable sort, so results where the query
-        // appeared in the same place will retain their order with
-        // respect to each other.
-        const sortedResults = _sortBy(results, (candidate) => {
-            return candidate.index;
+        // Sort them by where the query appeared in the search key, then by
+        // where the matched key appeared in the provided array of keys.
+        const sortedResults = results.slice().sort((a, b) => {
+            if (a.index < b.index) {
+                return -1;
+            } else if (a.index === b.index && a.key.weight < b.key.weight) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            return 1;
         });
 
         // Now map the keys to the result objects. Each result object is a list, so
diff --git a/test/autocomplete/QueryMatcher-test.js b/test/autocomplete/QueryMatcher-test.js
index 03f28eb984..2d0e10563b 100644
--- a/test/autocomplete/QueryMatcher-test.js
+++ b/test/autocomplete/QueryMatcher-test.js
@@ -81,7 +81,34 @@ describe('QueryMatcher', function() {
         expect(reverseResults[1].name).toBe('Victoria');
     });
 
-    it('Returns results with search string in same place in insertion order', function() {
+    it('Returns results with search string in same place according to key index', function() {
+        const objects = [
+            { name: "a", first: "hit", second: "miss", third: "miss" },
+            { name: "b", first: "miss", second: "hit", third: "miss" },
+            { name: "c", first: "miss", second: "miss", third: "hit" },
+        ];
+        const qm = new QueryMatcher(objects, {keys: ["second", "first", "third"]});
+        const results = qm.match('hit');
+
+        expect(results.length).toBe(3);
+        expect(results[0].name).toBe('b');
+        expect(results[1].name).toBe('a');
+        expect(results[2].name).toBe('c');
+
+
+        qm.setObjects(objects.slice().reverse());
+
+        const reverseResults = qm.match('hit');
+
+        // should still be in the same order: key index
+        // takes precedence over input order
+        expect(reverseResults.length).toBe(3);
+        expect(reverseResults[0].name).toBe('b');
+        expect(reverseResults[1].name).toBe('a');
+        expect(reverseResults[2].name).toBe('c');
+    });
+
+    it('Returns results with search string in same place and key in same place in insertion order', function() {
         const qm = new QueryMatcher(OBJECTS, {keys: ["name"]});
         const results = qm.match('Mel');
 
@@ -132,9 +159,9 @@ describe('QueryMatcher', function() {
 
         const results = qm.match('Emma');
         expect(results.length).toBe(3);
-        expect(results[0].name).toBe('Mel B');
-        expect(results[1].name).toBe('Mel C');
-        expect(results[2].name).toBe('Emma');
+        expect(results[0].name).toBe('Emma');
+        expect(results[1].name).toBe('Mel B');
+        expect(results[2].name).toBe('Mel C');
     });
 
     it('Matches words only by default', function() {