diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3584c1f..f3c52dd8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ For example, a fully populated `app.json` file looks like this:
         },
         "APP_SECRET": {
             "generator": "secret"
+        },
+        "ORDERED_ENV": {
+            "description": "control the order env variables are prompted",
+            "order": 100
         }
     },
     "options": {
@@ -115,6 +119,9 @@ Reference:
   - `required`, _(optional, default: `true`)_ indicates if they user must provide
     a value for this variable.
   - `generator`, _(optional)_ use a generator for the value, currently only support `secret`
+  - `order`, _(optional)_ if specified, used to indicate the order in which the
+    variable is prompted to the user. If some variables specify this and some
+    don't, then the unspecified ones are prompted last.
 - `options`: _(optional)_ Options when deploying the service
   - `allow-unauthenticated`: _(optional, default: `true`)_ allow unauthenticated requests
   - `memory`: _(optional)_ memory for each instance
diff --git a/cmd/cloudshell_open/appfile.go b/cmd/cloudshell_open/appfile.go
index 949d80ee..52d90de2 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudshell_open/appfile.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudshell_open/appfile.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ type env struct {
 	Value       string `json:"value"`
 	Required    *bool  `json:"required"`
 	Generator   string `json:"generator"`
+	Order       *int   `json:"order"`
 }
 
 type options struct {
@@ -191,7 +193,6 @@ func promptOrGenerateEnvs(list map[string]env) ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 func generateEnvs(keys []string) ([]string, error) {
-
 	for i, key := range keys {
 		resp, err := rand64String()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -203,15 +204,50 @@ func generateEnvs(keys []string) ([]string, error) {
 	return keys, nil
 }
 
-func promptEnv(list map[string]env) ([]string, error) {
-	// TODO(ahmetb): remove these defers and make customizations at the
-	// individual prompt-level once survey lib allows non-global settings.
+type envKeyValuePair struct {
+	k string
+	v env
+}
+
+type envKeyValuePairs []envKeyValuePair
+
+func (e envKeyValuePairs) Len() int { return len(e) }
+
+func (e envKeyValuePairs) Swap(i, j int) {
+	e[i], e[j] = e[j], e[i]
+}
+
+func (e envKeyValuePairs) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	// if env.Order is unspecified, it should appear less.
+	// otherwise, less values show earlier.
+	if e[i].v.Order == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if e[j].v.Order == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	return *e[i].v.Order < *e[j].v.Order
+}
 
+func sortedEnvs(envs map[string]env) []string {
+	var v envKeyValuePairs
+	for key, value := range envs {
+		v = append(v, envKeyValuePair{key, value})
+	}
+	sort.Sort(v)
+	var keys []string
+	for _, vv := range v {
+		keys = append(keys, vv.k)
+	}
+	return keys
+}
+
+func promptEnv(list map[string]env) ([]string, error) {
 	var out []string
-	// TODO(ahmetb): we should ideally use an ordered map structure for Env
-	// field and prompt the questions as they appear in the app.json file as
-	// opposed to random order we do here.
-	for k, e := range list {
+	sortedKeys := sortedEnvs(list)
+
+	for _, k := range sortedKeys {
+		e := list[k]
 		var resp string
 
 		if err := survey.AskOne(&survey.Input{
diff --git a/cmd/cloudshell_open/appfile_test.go b/cmd/cloudshell_open/appfile_test.go
index 0d7bdac8..afc5bcea 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudshell_open/appfile_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudshell_open/appfile_test.go
@@ -233,3 +233,25 @@ func TestGetAppFile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("wrong parsed value: got=%#v, expected=%#v", v, expected)
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_sortedEnvs(t *testing.T) {
+	envs := map[string]env{
+		"NIL_ORDER": {},
+		"ORDER_100": {Order: mkInt(100)},
+		"ORDER_0":   {Order: mkInt(0)},
+		"ORDER_-10": {Order: mkInt(-10)},
+		"ORDER_50":  {Order: mkInt(50)},
+	}
+	got := sortedEnvs(envs)
+	expected := []string{
+		"ORDER_-10", "ORDER_0", "ORDER_50", "ORDER_100", "NIL_ORDER",
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("sorted envs in wrong order: expected:%v\ngot=%v", expected, got)
+	}
+}
+
+func mkInt(i int) *int {
+	return &i
+}