diff --git a/tools/nodeset_compiler/type_parser.py b/tools/nodeset_compiler/type_parser.py
index 39dd961e2..c46952fcf 100644
--- a/tools/nodeset_compiler/type_parser.py
+++ b/tools/nodeset_compiler/type_parser.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class TypeParser():
                     return True
             return False
 
-        snippets = {}
+        snippets = OrderedDict()
         xmlDoc = etree.iterparse(
             xmlDescription, events=['start-ns']
         )