diff --git a/build/jvm-rules/zip/src/zip.kt b/build/jvm-rules/zip/src/zip.kt
index b974d6a4fd0f..dc3bf14f91c6 100644
--- a/build/jvm-rules/zip/src/zip.kt
+++ b/build/jvm-rules/zip/src/zip.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
 import java.nio.file.attribute.DosFileAttributeView
 import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFileAttributeView
 import java.nio.file.attribute.PosixFilePermission
-import java.util.ArrayDeque
+import java.util.PriorityQueue
 import java.util.zip.Deflater
 
 enum class AddDirEntriesMode {
@@ -187,22 +187,22 @@ class ZipArchiver(@JvmField val fileAdded: ((String, Path) -> Boolean)? = null)
 }
 
 inline fun archiveDir(startDir: Path, addFile: (file: Path) -> Unit, excludes: List<PathMatcher>? = null) {
-  val dirCandidates = ArrayDeque<Path>()
-  dirCandidates.add(startDir)
-  val tempList = ArrayList<Path>()
+  if (Files.notExists(startDir)) {
+    return  // empty
+  }
+
+  val priorityQueue = PriorityQueue<Path>()
+  priorityQueue.add(startDir)
   while (true) {
-    val dir = dirCandidates.pollFirst() ?: break
-    tempList.clear()
-    val dirStream = try {
-      Files.newDirectoryStream(dir)
-    }
-    catch (_: NoSuchFileException) {
+    val path = priorityQueue.poll() ?: break  // preserve sorted order
+    if (!Files.isDirectory(path)) {
+      addFile(path)
       continue
     }
 
-    dirStream.use {
+    Files.newDirectoryStream(path).use {
       if (excludes == null) {
-        tempList.addAll(it)
+        priorityQueue.addAll(it)
       }
       else {
         l@ for (child in it) {
@@ -212,20 +212,10 @@ inline fun archiveDir(startDir: Path, addFile: (file: Path) -> Unit, excludes: L
               continue@l
             }
           }
-          tempList.add(child)
+          priorityQueue.add(child)
         }
       }
     }
-
-    tempList.sort()
-    for (file in tempList) {
-      if (Files.isDirectory(file)) {
-        dirCandidates.add(file)
-      }
-      else {
-        addFile(file)
-      }
-    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/ZipTest.kt b/platform/build-scripts/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/ZipTest.kt
index d62c7a2bf746..d574f984bd1d 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/ZipTest.kt
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/ZipTest.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import java.util.zip.CRC32
 import java.util.zip.Deflater
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream
+import kotlin.io.path.createDirectories
 import kotlin.io.path.name
 import kotlin.random.Random
 
@@ -643,6 +644,27 @@ class ZipTest {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `ensure entries are in sorted order`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) {
+    val dir = Files.createDirectories(tempDir.resolve("dir"))
+    Files.writeString(dir.resolve("1"), "1")
+    Files.writeString(dir.resolve("2").resolve("1").createDirectories().resolve("1"), "2.1.1")
+    Files.writeString(dir.resolve("3").createDirectories().resolve("1"), "3.1")
+    Files.writeString(dir.resolve("4"), "4")
+
+    val archiveFile = tempDir.resolve("archive.zip")
+    zip(archiveFile, mapOf(dir to ""), addDirEntriesMode = AddDirEntriesMode.NONE)
+
+    HashMapZipFile.load(archiveFile).use { zipFile ->
+      assertThat(zipFile.entries.map { it.name }).containsExactly(
+        "1",
+        "2/1/1",
+        "3/1",
+        "4",
+      )
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 private fun createTestFileInDir(dir: Path): String {