diff --git a/src/ui/cryptoconfigmodule.h b/src/ui/cryptoconfigmodule.h
--- a/src/ui/cryptoconfigmodule.h
+++ b/src/ui/cryptoconfigmodule.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 
 private:
     void init(Layout layout);
+    QStringList sortComponentList(const QStringList &components);
 
 private:
     QGpgME::CryptoConfig *mConfig = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/ui/cryptoconfigmodule.cpp b/src/ui/cryptoconfigmodule.cpp
--- a/src/ui/cryptoconfigmodule.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/cryptoconfigmodule.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <utils/formatting.h>
 #include <QIcon>
 #include <QDialogButtonBox>
+#include <QSet>
 
 #include <QSpinBox>
 
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
         addPage(w, configOK ? QString() : i18n("GpgConf Error"));
     }
 
-    const QStringList components = config->componentList();
+    const QStringList components = sortComponentList(config->componentList());
     for (QStringList::const_iterator it = components.begin(); it != components.end(); ++it) {
         //qCDebug(KLEO_UI_LOG) <<"Component" << (*it).toLocal8Bit() <<":";
         QGpgME::CryptoConfigComponent *comp = config->component(*it);
@@ -227,6 +228,37 @@
     }
 }
 
+QStringList Kleo::CryptoConfigModule::sortComponentList(const QStringList &components) {
+    // components sorting algorithm:
+    // 1. components with hardcoded order - see below
+    // 2. other components sorted alphabetically
+    const QStringList order = {"gpg", "gpgsm", "gpg-agent", "dirmngr", "pinentry", "scdaemon"};
+
+#if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5,14,0)
+    QSet<QString> input_set = QSet<QString>(components.begin(), components.end());
+    QSet<QString> order_set = QSet<QString>(order.begin(), order.end());
+#else
+    QSet<QString> input_set = QSet<QString>::fromList(components);
+    QSet<QString> order_set = QSet<QString>::fromList(order);
+#endif
+
+    QStringList result;
+
+    // add components with predefined order
+    for (const auto &item: order) {
+        if (input_set.contains(item)) {
+            result.append(item);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // add the rest of components with sorting
+    QStringList others = (input_set - order_set).values();
+    others.sort();
+    result.append(others);
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 bool Kleo::CryptoConfigModule::hasError() const
 {
     return mComponentGUIs.empty();