diff --git a/pkg/resmap/idslice.go b/pkg/resmap/idslice.go
index 04623d284..7d04230dc 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/idslice.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/idslice.go
@@ -37,12 +37,27 @@ func (a IdSlice) Less(i, j int) bool {
 	return a[i].Name() < a[j].Name()
 }
 
-func gvkLess(i, j schema.GroupVersionKind) bool {
-	if i.Kind == "Namespace" {
-		return true
-	} else if j.Kind == "Namespace" {
-		return false
-	} else {
-		return i.String() < j.String()
-	}
+var typeOrders = map[string]int{
+	"Namespace":                0,
+	"CustomResourceDefinition": 1,
+	"ServiceAccount":           2,
+	"Role":                     3,
+	"ClusterRole":              4,
+	"RoleBinding":              5,
+	"ClusterRoleBinding":       6,
+}
+
+func gvkLess(i, j schema.GroupVersionKind) bool {
+	indexi, foundi := typeOrders[i.Kind]
+	indexj, foundj := typeOrders[j.Kind]
+	if foundi && foundj {
+		return indexi < indexj
+	}
+	if foundi && !foundj {
+		return true
+	}
+	if !foundi && foundj {
+		return false
+	}
+	return i.String() < j.String()
 }
diff --git a/pkg/resmap/idslice_test.go b/pkg/resmap/idslice_test.go
index b60b92772..be709a06f 100644
--- a/pkg/resmap/idslice_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resmap/idslice_test.go
@@ -31,10 +31,18 @@ func TestLess(t *testing.T) {
 		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Pod"}, "pod"),
 		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Namespace"}, "ns1"),
 		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Namespace"}, "ns2"),
+		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Role"}, "ro"),
+		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "RoleBinding"}, "rb"),
+		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "CustomResourceDefinition"}, "crd"),
+		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "ServiceAccount"}, "sa"),
 	}
 	expected := IdSlice{
 		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Namespace"}, "ns1"),
 		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Namespace"}, "ns2"),
+		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "CustomResourceDefinition"}, "crd"),
+		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "ServiceAccount"}, "sa"),
+		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Role"}, "ro"),
+		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "RoleBinding"}, "rb"),
 		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "ConfigMap"}, "cm"),
 		resource.NewResId(schema.GroupVersionKind{Kind: "Pod"}, "pod"),
 	}