diff --git a/core/dictionary.cpp b/core/dictionary.cpp
index 599224da14c..382129e4e7c 100644
--- a/core/dictionary.cpp
+++ b/core/dictionary.cpp
@@ -39,14 +39,40 @@ struct _DictionaryVariantHash {
 
 struct DictionaryPrivate {
 
+	struct Data {
+		Variant variant;
+		int order;
+	};
+
 	SafeRefCount refcount;
-	HashMap<Variant, Variant, _DictionaryVariantHash> variant_map;
+	HashMap<Variant, Data, _DictionaryVariantHash> variant_map;
+	int counter;
 	bool shared;
 };
 
+struct DictionaryPrivateSort {
+
+	bool operator()(const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *A, const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *B) const {
+
+		return A->data.order < B->data.order;
+	}
+};
+
 void Dictionary::get_key_list(List<Variant> *p_keys) const {
 
-	_p->variant_map.get_key_list(p_keys);
+	if (_p->variant_map.empty())
+		return;
+
+	int count = _p->variant_map.size();
+	const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair **pairs = (const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair **)alloca(count * sizeof(HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *));
+	_p->variant_map.get_key_value_ptr_array(pairs);
+
+	SortArray<const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *, DictionaryPrivateSort> sort;
+	sort.sort(pairs, count);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		p_keys->push_back(pairs[i]->key);
+	}
 }
 
 void Dictionary::_copy_on_write() const {
@@ -67,29 +93,47 @@ Variant &Dictionary::operator[](const Variant &p_key) {
 
 	_copy_on_write();
 
-	return _p->variant_map[p_key];
+	DictionaryPrivate::Data *v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
+
+	if (!v) {
+
+		DictionaryPrivate::Data d;
+		d.order = _p->counter++;
+		_p->variant_map[p_key] = d;
+		v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
+	}
+	return v->variant;
 }
 
 const Variant &Dictionary::operator[](const Variant &p_key) const {
 
-	return _p->variant_map[p_key];
+	return _p->variant_map[p_key].variant;
 }
 const Variant *Dictionary::getptr(const Variant &p_key) const {
 
-	return _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
+	const DictionaryPrivate::Data *v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
+	if (!v)
+		return NULL;
+	else
+		return &v->variant;
 }
 Variant *Dictionary::getptr(const Variant &p_key) {
 
 	_copy_on_write();
-	return _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
+	DictionaryPrivate::Data *v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
+	if (!v)
+		return NULL;
+	else
+		return &v->variant;
 }
 
 Variant Dictionary::get_valid(const Variant &p_key) const {
 
-	const Variant *v = getptr(p_key);
+	DictionaryPrivate::Data *v = _p->variant_map.getptr(p_key);
 	if (!v)
 		return Variant();
-	return *v;
+	else
+		return v->variant;
 }
 
 int Dictionary::size() const {
@@ -145,6 +189,7 @@ void Dictionary::clear() {
 
 	_copy_on_write();
 	_p->variant_map.clear();
+	_p->counter = 0;
 }
 
 bool Dictionary::is_shared() const {
@@ -192,11 +237,20 @@ Array Dictionary::values() const {
 
 	Array varr;
 	varr.resize(size());
-	const Variant *key = NULL;
-	int i = 0;
-	while ((key = next(key))) {
-		varr[i++] = _p->variant_map[*key];
+	if (_p->variant_map.empty())
+		return varr;
+
+	int count = _p->variant_map.size();
+	const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair **pairs = (const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair **)alloca(count * sizeof(HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *));
+	_p->variant_map.get_key_value_ptr_array(pairs);
+
+	SortArray<const HashMap<Variant, DictionaryPrivate::Data, _DictionaryVariantHash>::Pair *, DictionaryPrivateSort> sort;
+	sort.sort(pairs, count);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		varr[i] = pairs[i]->data.variant;
 	}
+
 	return varr;
 }
 
@@ -239,6 +293,7 @@ Dictionary::Dictionary(bool p_shared) {
 
 	_p = memnew(DictionaryPrivate);
 	_p->refcount.init();
+	_p->counter = 0;
 	_p->shared = p_shared;
 }
 Dictionary::~Dictionary() {
diff --git a/core/hash_map.h b/core/hash_map.h
index 1bbe6c1877f..1096269787e 100644
--- a/core/hash_map.h
+++ b/core/hash_map.h
@@ -570,6 +570,20 @@ public:
 		hash_table_power = 0;
 	}
 
+	void get_key_value_ptr_array(const Pair **p_pairs) const {
+		if (!hash_table)
+			return;
+		for (int i = 0; i < (1 << hash_table_power); i++) {
+
+			Entry *e = hash_table[i];
+			while (e) {
+				*p_pairs = &e->pair;
+				p_pairs++;
+				e = e->next;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	void get_key_list(List<TKey> *p_keys) const {
 		if (!hash_table)
 			return;