diff --git a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
index 9b32c097e..64b3598bd 100644
--- a/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
+++ b/modules/completion/ivy/config.el
@@ -303,7 +303,10 @@ evil-ex-specific constructs, so we disable it solely in evil-ex."
         #'+ivy/projectile-find-file)
 
   ;; no highlighting visited files; slows down the filtering
-  (ivy-set-display-transformer #'counsel-projectile-find-file nil))
+  (ivy-set-display-transformer #'counsel-projectile-find-file nil)
+
+  (if (featurep! +prescient)
+      (setq counsel-projectile-sort-files t)))
 
 
 (use-package! wgrep