diff --git a/bind/config.sls b/bind/config.sls
index 03ff51b..1394904 100644
--- a/bind/config.sls
+++ b/bind/config.sls
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ bind_rndc_client_config:
 
 {%- set views = {False: salt['pillar.get']('bind', {})} %}{# process non-view zones in the same loop #}
 {%- do views.update(salt['pillar.get']('bind:configured_views', {})) %}
-{%- for view, view_data in views.items() %}
+{%- for view, view_data in views|dictsort %}
 {%- set dash_view = '-' + view if view else '' %}
-{% for zone, zone_data in view_data.get('configured_zones', {}).items() -%}
+{% for zone, zone_data in view_data.get('configured_zones', {})|dictsort -%}
 {%- set file = salt['pillar.get']("bind:available_zones:" + zone + ":file", false) %}
 {%- set zone_records = salt['pillar.get']('bind:available_zones:' + zone + ':records', {}) %}
 {%- if salt['pillar.get']('bind:available_zones:' + zone + ':generate_reverse') %}
diff --git a/bind/files/arch/named.conf b/bind/files/arch/named.conf
index 8891b6b..145974a 100644
--- a/bind/files/arch/named.conf
+++ b/bind/files/arch/named.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // vim:set ts=4 sw=4 et:
 
 options {
-    directory "{{ named_directory }}";
+    directory "{{ map.get('named_directory') }}";
     pid-file "/run/named/named.pid";
 
     // Uncomment these to enable IPv6 connections support
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ options {
     //  listen-on { none; };
 
     {#- Allow inclusion of arbitrary statements #}
-    {%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', {}).items() -%}
+    {%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', {})|dictsort -%}
         {%- if value is iterable and value is not string %}
             {{ statement }} {
             {%- for item in value %}
diff --git a/bind/files/debian/named.conf.key b/bind/files/debian/named.conf.key
index 74690e3..cb75e7e 100644
--- a/bind/files/debian/named.conf.key
+++ b/bind/files/debian/named.conf.key
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Do any local configuration here
 //
 
-{% for key,args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:keys', {}).items()  -%}
+{% for key,args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:keys', {})|dictsort -%}
 key "{{ key }}" {
   algorithm {{ args['algorithm'] | default('HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT') }};
   secret "{{ args['secret'] }}";
diff --git a/bind/files/debian/named.conf.options b/bind/files/debian/named.conf.options
index df31290..ecffa89 100644
--- a/bind/files/debian/named.conf.options
+++ b/bind/files/debian/named.conf.options
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ options {
 {%- endif -%}
 
 {#- Allow inclusion of arbitrary statements #}
-{%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', {}).items() -%}
+{%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', {})|dictsort -%}
     {%- if value is iterable and value is not string %}
         {{ statement }} {
         {%- for item in value %}
diff --git a/bind/files/debian/rndc.conf b/bind/files/debian/rndc.conf
index 1905381..52a7d4d 100644
--- a/bind/files/debian/rndc.conf
+++ b/bind/files/debian/rndc.conf
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ options {
 };
 
 
-{% for key,args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:rndc_client:server', {}).items()  -%}
+{% for key,args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:rndc_client:server', {})|dictsort -%}
 server "{{ key }}" {
   key {{ args['key'] }};
 };
 {% endfor %}
 
-{% for key,args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:keys', {}).items()  -%}
+{% for key,args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:keys', {})|dictsort -%}
 key "{{ key }}" {
   algorithm {{ args['algorithm'] | default('HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT') }};
   secret "{{ args['secret'] }}";
diff --git a/bind/files/freebsd/named.conf b/bind/files/freebsd/named.conf
index 510a8ba..19db5aa 100644
--- a/bind/files/freebsd/named.conf
+++ b/bind/files/freebsd/named.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 options {
 	// All file and path names are relative to the chroot directory,
 	// if any, and should be fully qualified.
-	directory	"{{ named_directory }}";
+	directory	"{{ map.get('named_directory') }}";
 	pid-file	"/var/run/named/pid";
 	dump-file	"/var/dump/named_dump.db";
 	statistics-file	"/var/stats/named.stats";
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ options {
 {%- endif -%}
 
 {#- Allow inclusion of arbitrary statements #}
-{%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', {}).items() -%}
+{%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', {})|dictsort -%}
     {%- if value is iterable and value is not string %}
         {{ statement }} {
         {%- for item in value %}
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ zone "1.168.192.in-addr.arpa" {
 
 include "{{ map.local_config }}";
 {%- if 'keys' in salt['pillar.get']('bind') %}
-{% for key,args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:keys', {}).items()  -%}
+{% for key,args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:keys', {})|dictsort -%}
 key "{{ key }}" {
   algorithm {{ args['algorithm'] | default('HMAC-MD5.SIG-ALG.REG.INT') }};
   secret "{{ args['secret'] }}";
diff --git a/bind/files/named.conf.local.jinja b/bind/files/named.conf.local.jinja
index aa2c3e5..3b20820 100644
--- a/bind/files/named.conf.local.jinja
+++ b/bind/files/named.conf.local.jinja
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ zone "{{ key }}" {
 include "{{ map.default_zones_config }}";
 {%- endif %}
 
-{% for key, args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:configured_zones', {}).items() -%}
+{% for key, args in salt['pillar.get']('bind:configured_zones', {})|dictsort -%}
 {%- if salt['pillar.get']("bind:configured_zones:" + key + ":file") -%}
 {%- set file = salt['pillar.get']("bind:configured_zones:" + key + ":file") %}
 {% else %}
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ include "{{ map.default_zones_config }}";
 {{ zone(key, args, file, masters) }}
 {% endfor %}
 
-{% for view, view_data in salt['pillar.get']('bind:configured_views', {}).items() %}
+{% for view, view_data in salt['pillar.get']('bind:configured_views', {})|dictsort %}
 
 view {{ view }} {
 {%- if view == 'default' %}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ match-clients {
 {%- endfor %}
 };
 
-{% for key, args in view_data.get('configured_zones', {}).items() -%}
+{% for key, args in view_data.get('configured_zones', {})|dictsort -%}
 {%- set file = salt['pillar.get']("bind:available_zones:" + key + ":file") %}
 {%- set masters = salt['pillar.get']("bind:available_zones:" + key + ":masters") %}
   {{ zone(key, args, file, masters) }}
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ logging {
 
 {%- if salt['pillar.get']('bind:controls', False) %}
 controls {
-    {%- for name, control in salt['pillar.get']('bind:controls').iteritems() if control.get('enabled', True) %}
+    {%- for name, control in salt['pillar.get']('bind:controls')|dictsort if control.get('enabled', True) %}
     inet {{ control.get('bind', {}).get('address', '127.0.0.1') }} port {{ control.get('bind', {}).get('port', 953) }}
     {%- if control.get('allow') %}
     allow {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ controls {
 
 {%- if salt['pillar.get']('bind:statistics', False) %}
 statistics-channels {
-    {%- for name, channel in salt['pillar.get']('bind:statistics').iteritems() if channel.get('enabled', True) %}
+    {%- for name, channel in salt['pillar.get']('bind:statistics')|dictsort if channel.get('enabled', True) %}
     inet {{ channel.get('bind', {}).get('address', '127.0.0.1') }} port {{ channel.get('bind', {}).get('port', 953) }}
     {%- if channel.get('allow') %}
     allow {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ statistics-channels {
 {%- endif %}
 
 
-{%- for name, data in salt['pillar.get']('bind:configured_acls', {}).items() %}
+{%- for name, data in salt['pillar.get']('bind:configured_acls', {})|dictsort %}
 acl {{ name }} {
   {%- for d in data %}
   {{ d }};
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ acl {{ name }} {
 };
 {%- endfor %}
 
-{%- for name, data in salt['pillar.get']('bind:configured_masters', {}).items() %}
+{%- for name, data in salt['pillar.get']('bind:configured_masters', {})|dictsort %}
 masters {{ name }} {
   {%- for d in data %}
   {{ d }};
diff --git a/bind/files/redhat/named.conf b/bind/files/redhat/named.conf
index c4ac374..6a04da1 100644
--- a/bind/files/redhat/named.conf
+++ b/bind/files/redhat/named.conf
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ options {
         memstatistics-file "{{ map.get('named_directory') }}/data/named_mem_stats.txt";
 
 {#- Allow inclusion of arbitrary statements #}
-{%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', map.get('options', {})).items() -%}
+{%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', map.get('options', {}))|dictsort -%}
     {%- if value is iterable and value is not string %}
         {{ statement }} {
         {%- for item in value %}
diff --git a/bind/files/suse/named.conf b/bind/files/suse/named.conf
index 563c4fa..c6eafac 100644
--- a/bind/files/suse/named.conf
+++ b/bind/files/suse/named.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ options {
 
 	# The directory statement defines the name server's working directory
 
-	directory "{{ named_directory }}";
+	directory "{{ map.get('named_directory') }}";
 
 	# enable DNSSEC validation
 	#
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ options {
         {% endif %}
 
 {#- Allow inclusion of arbitrary statements #}
-{%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', map.get('options', {})).items() -%}
+{%- for statement, value in salt['pillar.get']('bind:config:options', map.get('options', {}))|dictsort -%}
     {%- if value is iterable and value is not string %}
         {{ statement }} {
         {%- for item in value %}
diff --git a/bind/files/zone.jinja b/bind/files/zone.jinja
index 608b63c..3f1f2f8 100644
--- a/bind/files/zone.jinja
+++ b/bind/files/zone.jinja
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ $TTL {{ soa['ttl'] }}
 {% if include %}
 $INCLUDE {{ include }}
 {% else %}
-{% for type, rrs in records.iteritems() %}
+{% for type, rrs in records|dictsort %}
 ;
 ; {{ type }} RRs
 ;
-{%- for host, data in rrs.iteritems() %}
+{%- for host, data in rrs|dictsort %}
 {%- if data is number or data is string %}
 {{ host }} {{ type }} {{ data }}
 {%- elif data is iterable %}