diff --git a/ground/uavobjgenerator/uavobjectparser.cpp b/ground/uavobjgenerator/uavobjectparser.cpp
index cba02f8ee..8a69bd9a1 100644
--- a/ground/uavobjgenerator/uavobjectparser.cpp
+++ b/ground/uavobjgenerator/uavobjectparser.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ int UAVObjectParser::getNumBytes(int objIndex)
     }
 }
 
+bool fieldTypeLessThan(const FieldInfo* f1, const FieldInfo* f2)
+{
+    return f1->numBytes > f2->numBytes;
+}
+
 /**
  * Parse supplied XML file
  * @param xml The xml text
@@ -201,6 +206,9 @@ QString UAVObjectParser::parseXML(QString& xml, QString& filename)
             childNode = childNode.nextSibling();
         }
 
+        // Sort all fields according to size
+        qStableSort(info->fields.begin(), info->fields.end(), fieldTypeLessThan);
+
         // Make sure that required elements were found
         if ( !accessFound )
             return QString("Object::access element is missing");