diff --git a/app/models/mailer.rb b/app/models/mailer.rb
index 468e6c21a..800fdde88 100644
--- a/app/models/mailer.rb
+++ b/app/models/mailer.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Mailer < ActionMailer::Base
   include Roadie::Rails::Automatic
 
   # Overrides ActionMailer::Base#process in order to set the recipient as the current user
-  # and his language as the default locale. 
+  # and his language as the default locale.
   # The first argument of all actions of this Mailer must be a User (the recipient),
   # otherwise an ArgumentError is raised.
   def process(action, *args)
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ class Mailer < ActionMailer::Base
     issues_by_assignee.each do |assignee, issues|
       if assignee.is_a?(User) && assignee.active? && issues.present?
         visible_issues = issues.select {|i| i.visible?(assignee)}
+        visible_issues.sort!{|a, b| (b.due_date <=> a.due_date).nonzero? || (a.id <=> b.id)}
         reminder(assignee, visible_issues, days).deliver_later if visible_issues.present?
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/unit/mailer_test.rb b/test/unit/mailer_test.rb
index c340a41ff..41fd2a631 100644
--- a/test/unit/mailer_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/mailer_test.rb
@@ -621,6 +621,28 @@ class MailerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_reminders_order_descending_on_due_date
+    with_settings :default_language => 'en' do
+      user = User.find(2)
+      issues = []
+      issues << Issue.generate!(:assigned_to => user, :due_date => 5.days.from_now)
+      issues << Issue.generate!(:assigned_to => user, :due_date => 5.days.from_now)
+      issues << Issue.generate!(:assigned_to => user, :due_date => 6.days.from_now)
+      issues << Issue.generate!(:assigned_to => user, :due_date => 6.days.from_now)
+      issues.sort!{|a, b| (b.due_date <=> a.due_date).nonzero? || (a.id <=> b.id)}
+      ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.clear
+
+      Mailer.reminders(:days => 7, :users => [user.id])
+      assert_equal 1, ActionMailer::Base.deliveries.size
+      mail = last_email
+
+      mailbody_issues = mail_body(mail).split(/\r\n/).select{|row| /^\*/ =~ row}
+      mailbody_issues.collect!{|row| /^\*.+#(\d+):/ =~ row; $1.to_i rescue nil}
+
+      assert_equal issues.collect(&:id), mailbody_issues
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_security_notification
     set_language_if_valid User.find(1).language
     with_settings :emails_footer => "footer without link" do
@@ -684,7 +706,7 @@ class MailerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     # Send an email to a french user
     user = User.find(1)
     user.update_attribute :language, 'fr'
-    
+
     Mailer.deliver_account_activated(user)
     mail = last_email
     assert_mail_body_match 'Votre compte', mail