--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/map.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/map.pm
+index 38f090f..6b884cd 100644
+--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/map.pm
++++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/map.pm
+@@ -25,6 +25,42 @@ sub getsetup () {
+ },
+ }
+
++sub strategy_byparents (@) {
++ # Sort by parents only
++ #
++ # With this strategy, children are sorted *under* their parents
++ # regardless of their own position, and the parents' positions are
++ # determined only by comparing the parents themselves.
++
++ # FIXME this is *not* what's described above, but the old behavior (for
++ # testing/comparison)
++ use sort 'stable';
++ my (@sequence,) = @_;
++ @sequence = sort @sequence;
++ return @sequence;
++}
++
++sub strategy_forcedsequence (@) {
++ # Forced Sequence Mode
++ #
++ # Using this strategy, all entries will be shown in the sequence; this
++ # can cause parents to show up multiple times.
++ #
++ # The only reason why this is not the identical function is that
++ # parents that are sorted between their children are bubbled up to the
++ # top of their contiguous children to avoid being repeated in the
++ # output.
++
++ use sort 'stable';
++
++ my (@sequence,) = @_;
++ # FIXME: i'm surprised that this actually works. i'd expect this to
++ # work with bubblesort, but i'm afraid that this may just not yield the
++ # correct results with mergesort.
++ @sequence = sort {($b eq substr($a, 0, length($b))) - ($a eq substr($b, 0, length($a)))} @sequence;
++ return @sequence;
++}
++
+ sub preprocess (@) {
+ my %params=@_;
+ $params{pages}="*" unless defined $params{pages};
+@@ -37,8 +73,11 @@ sub preprocess (@) {
+
+ # Get all the items to map.
+ my %mapitems;
++ my @mapsequence;
+ foreach my $page (pagespec_match_list($params{page}, $params{pages},
+- deptype => $deptype)) {
++ deptype => $deptype,
++ sort => exists $params{sort} ? $params{sort} : "title")) {
++ push(@mapsequence, $page);
+ if (exists $params{show} &&
+ exists $pagestate{$page} &&
+ exists $pagestate{$page}{meta}{$params{show}}) {
+@@ -88,7 +127,15 @@ sub preprocess (@) {
+ $map .= "<ul>\n";
+ }
+
+- foreach my $item (sort keys %mapitems) {
++ if (!exists $params{strategy} || $params{strategy} eq "parent") {
++ @mapsequence = strategy_byparents(@mapsequence);
++ } elsif ($params{strategy} eq "forced") {
++ @mapsequence = strategy_forcedsequence(@mapsequence);
++ } else {
++ error("Unknown strategy.");
++ }
++
++ foreach my $item (@mapsequence) {
+ my @linktext = (length $mapitems{$item} ? (linktext => $mapitems{$item}) : ());
+ $item=~s/^\Q$common_prefix\E\///
+ if defined $common_prefix && length $common_prefix;