diff --git a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/util/IOUtils.java b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/util/IOUtils.java
index 5b5b70ea1..51126a4be 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/util/IOUtils.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/main/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/util/IOUtils.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.DirectoryScanner;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.Scanner;
@@ -95,11 +96,74 @@ public static List<File> scanDirectoryForFiles(BuildContext buildContext, final
 
 		scanner.scan();
 
-		final List<File> files = new ArrayList<File>();
+		final List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
 		for (final String name : scanner.getIncludedFiles()) {
 			files.add(new File(directory, name).getCanonicalFile());
 		}
 
-		return files;
+		return reorderFiles(files, directory, includes);
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isWildcard (final String s) {
+		return s.indexOf ('*') >= 0 || s.indexOf ('?') >= 0;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reorder the result of "scanner.getIncludedFile" so that the order of the
+	 * source includes is maintained as good as possible. Source wildcard matches
+	 * are postponed to the end.<br>
+	 * Examples:<br>
+	 * If the includes contain [a, b, c] and the resulting list should be in that
+	 * order.<br>
+	 * If the includes contain [a, b*, c] the resulting list should be [a, c,
+	 * matches-of(b*)]
+	 *
+	 * @param resolvedFiles
+	 *        resolved files from scanner.getIncludedFiles. May not be
+	 *        <code>null</code>.
+	 * @param includes
+	 *        The source includes in the correct order. May be <code>null</code>
+	 *        or empty.
+	 * @return The ordered list of files, that tries to take the source order as
+	 *         good as possible
+	 */
+	protected static List <File> reorderFiles(final List<File> resolvedFiles, File directory, final String[] includes) {
+		if (includes == null || includes.length == 0) {
+			// return "as is"
+			return resolvedFiles;
+		}
+
+		final List<File> ret = new ArrayList<>(resolvedFiles.size());
+		// copy of the initial list in order to avoid changes in resolvedFiles var
+		List<File> resolvedFilesList = new ArrayList<>(resolvedFiles);
+		for (final String inc : includes) {
+			// Only deal with fixed files
+			if (!isWildcard(inc)) {
+				// Ensure to use the system path separator
+				final String sUnifiedInclude = inc.replace('\\', File.separatorChar).replace('/', File.separatorChar);
+				final File fileInclude = new File(directory, sUnifiedInclude);
+
+				// Find all matches in the resolved files list
+				final List <File> matches = new ArrayList<>();
+				for (final File resFile : resolvedFilesList) {
+					if (resFile.getAbsolutePath().equals(fileInclude.getAbsolutePath())) {
+						matches.add(resFile);
+					}
+				}
+
+				for (final File match : matches) {
+					// Add all matches to the result list
+					ret.add(match);
+
+					// Remove from the main list
+					resolvedFilesList.remove(match);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Add all remaining resolved files in the order "as is"
+		ret.addAll(resolvedFilesList);
+
+		return ret;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/test/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/util/IOUtilsTests.java b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/test/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/util/IOUtilsTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d40ddd1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-plugin/plugin-core/src/test/java/org/jvnet/jaxb/maven/util/IOUtilsTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package org.jvnet.jaxb.maven.util;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class IOUtilsTests {
+
+    private File directory = new File("/");
+
+    @Test
+    public void reorderFilesIncludesNull() {
+        List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
+        files.add(new File(directory, "a.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "c.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "b.xsd"));
+        List<File> orderedFiles = IOUtils.reorderFiles(files, directory, null);
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull("Ordered files list should not be null",
+                orderedFiles);
+        Assert.assertEquals("Ordered files list should contains all elements of initial list",
+                files.size(), orderedFiles.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(0), orderedFiles.get(0));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(1), orderedFiles.get(1));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(2), orderedFiles.get(2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void reorderFilesIncludesEmpty() {
+        List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
+        files.add(new File(directory, "a.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "c.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "b.xsd"));
+        List<File> orderedFiles = IOUtils.reorderFiles(files, directory, new String[] {});
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull("Ordered files list should not be null",
+                orderedFiles);
+        Assert.assertEquals("Ordered files list should contains all elements of initial list",
+                files.size(), orderedFiles.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(0), orderedFiles.get(0));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(1), orderedFiles.get(1));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(2), orderedFiles.get(2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void reorderFilesIncludesNoWildcard() {
+        List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
+        files.add(new File(directory, "a.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "c.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "b.xsd"));
+        List<File> orderedFiles = IOUtils.reorderFiles(files, directory, new String[] { "b.xsd", "c.xsd", "a.xsd" });
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull("Ordered files list should not be null",
+                orderedFiles);
+        Assert.assertEquals("Ordered files list should contains all elements of initial list",
+                files.size(), orderedFiles.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(2), orderedFiles.get(0));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(1), orderedFiles.get(1));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(0), orderedFiles.get(2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void reorderFilesIncludesNoWildcardWithCommonSuffix() {
+        List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
+        files.add(new File(directory, "a.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "b.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "service-ab.xsd"));
+        List<File> orderedFiles = IOUtils.reorderFiles(files, directory, new String[] { "b.xsd", "a.xsd", "service-ab.xsd" });
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull("Ordered files list should not be null",
+                orderedFiles);
+        Assert.assertEquals("Ordered files list should contains all elements of initial list",
+                files.size(), orderedFiles.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(1), orderedFiles.get(0));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(0), orderedFiles.get(1));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(2), orderedFiles.get(2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void reorderFilesIncludesWithWildcard() {
+        List<File> files = new ArrayList<>();
+        files.add(new File(directory, "a.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "common/c1.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "b.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "common/c2.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "common/a.xsd"));
+        files.add(new File(directory, "common/b.xsd"));
+        List<File> orderedFiles = IOUtils.reorderFiles(files, directory, new String[] { "common/*.xsd", "a.xsd", "b.xsd" });
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull("Ordered files list should not be null",
+                orderedFiles);
+        Assert.assertEquals("Ordered files list should contains all elements of initial list",
+                files.size(), orderedFiles.size());
+        // a.xsd is the first file
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(0), orderedFiles.get(0));
+        // b.xsd is the second file
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(2), orderedFiles.get(1));
+        // and then we have all common/*.xsd files in same order
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(1), orderedFiles.get(2));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(3), orderedFiles.get(3));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(4), orderedFiles.get(4));
+        Assert.assertEquals(files.get(5), orderedFiles.get(5));
+    }
+}