diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/YamlPropertySourceLoader.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/YamlPropertySourceLoader.java
index e12004d4e47..0fdd253ae13 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/YamlPropertySourceLoader.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/env/YamlPropertySourceLoader.java
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.env;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlProcessor;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlPropertiesFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.yaml.SpringProfileDocumentMatcher;
-import org.springframework.core.env.PropertiesPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.core.env.MapPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
@@ -43,22 +46,44 @@ public class YamlPropertySourceLoader implements PropertySourceLoader {
 	public PropertySource<?> load(String name, Resource resource, String profile)
 			throws IOException {
 		if (ClassUtils.isPresent("org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml", null)) {
-			YamlPropertiesFactoryBean factory = new YamlPropertiesFactoryBean();
+			Processor processor = new Processor(resource, profile);
+			Map<String, Object> source = processor.process();
+			if (!source.isEmpty()) {
+				return new MapPropertySource(name, source);
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@link YamlProcessor} to create a {@link Map} containing the property values.
+	 * Similar to {@link YamlPropertiesFactoryBean} but retains the order of entries.
+	 */
+	private static class Processor extends YamlProcessor {
+
+		public Processor(Resource resource, String profile) {
 			if (profile == null) {
-				factory.setMatchDefault(true);
-				factory.setDocumentMatchers(new SpringProfileDocumentMatcher());
+				setMatchDefault(true);
+				setDocumentMatchers(new SpringProfileDocumentMatcher());
 			}
 			else {
-				factory.setMatchDefault(false);
-				factory.setDocumentMatchers(new SpringProfileDocumentMatcher(profile));
-			}
-			factory.setResources(new Resource[] { resource });
-			Properties properties = factory.getObject();
-			if (!properties.isEmpty()) {
-				return new PropertiesPropertySource(name, properties);
+				setMatchDefault(false);
+				setDocumentMatchers(new SpringProfileDocumentMatcher(profile));
 			}
+			setResources(new Resource[] { resource });
 		}
-		return null;
+
+		public Map<String, Object> process() {
+			final Map<String, Object> result = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+			process(new MatchCallback() {
+				@Override
+				public void process(Properties properties, Map<String, Object> map) {
+					result.putAll(map);
+				}
+			});
+			return getFlattenedMap(result);
+		}
+
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/YamlPropertySourceLoaderTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/YamlPropertySourceLoaderTests.java
index a1be14a7570..45e8cfe1689 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/YamlPropertySourceLoaderTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/env/YamlPropertySourceLoaderTests.java
@@ -16,17 +16,24 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.env;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.core.env.EnumerablePropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link YamlPropertySourceLoader}.
  *
  * @author Dave Syer
+ * @author Phillip Webb
  */
 public class YamlPropertySourceLoaderTests {
 
@@ -40,4 +47,18 @@ public class YamlPropertySourceLoaderTests {
 		assertEquals("spam", source.getProperty("foo.bar"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void orderedItems() throws Exception {
+		StringBuilder yaml = new StringBuilder();
+		List<String> expected = new ArrayList<String>();
+		for (char c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; c++) {
+			yaml.append(c + ": value" + c + "\n");
+			expected.add(String.valueOf(c));
+		}
+		ByteArrayResource resource = new ByteArrayResource(yaml.toString().getBytes());
+		EnumerablePropertySource<?> source = (EnumerablePropertySource<?>) this.loader
+				.load("resource", resource, null);
+		assertNotNull(source);
+		assertThat(source.getPropertyNames(), equalTo(expected.toArray(new String[] {})));
+	}
 }