diff --git a/src/libs/utils/mapreduce.h b/src/libs/utils/mapreduce.h
index 6f60ce4dddf..e4c3167f766 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/mapreduce.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/mapreduce.h
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 #include <QFutureWatcher>
 
 namespace Utils {
+
+enum class MapReduceOption
+{
+    Ordered,
+    Unordered
+};
+
 namespace Internal {
 
 class QTCREATOR_UTILS_EXPORT MapReduceObject : public QObject
@@ -48,7 +55,8 @@ protected:
 
 public:
     MapReduceBase(QFutureInterface<ReduceResult> futureInterface, ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end,
-              MapFunction &&map, State &state, ReduceFunction &&reduce, int size)
+                  MapFunction &&map, State &state, ReduceFunction &&reduce,
+                  MapReduceOption option, int size)
         : m_futureInterface(futureInterface),
           m_iterator(begin),
           m_end(end),
@@ -56,7 +64,8 @@ public:
           m_state(state),
           m_reduce(std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce)),
           m_handleProgress(size >= 0),
-          m_size(size)
+          m_size(size),
+          m_option(option)
     {
         if (m_handleProgress) // progress is handled by us
             m_futureInterface.setProgressRange(0, MAX_PROGRESS);
@@ -72,7 +81,7 @@ public:
     }
 
 protected:
-    virtual void reduce(QFutureWatcher<MapResult> *watcher) = 0;
+    virtual void reduce(QFutureWatcher<MapResult> *watcher, int index) = 0;
 
     bool schedule()
     {
@@ -90,6 +99,8 @@ protected:
                         this, &MapReduceBase::updateProgress);
             }
             m_mapWatcher.append(watcher);
+            m_watcherIndex.append(m_currentIndex);
+            ++m_currentIndex;
             watcher->setFuture(runAsync(&m_threadPool, std::cref(m_map),
                                         ItemReferenceWrapper(*m_iterator)));
             ++m_iterator;
@@ -99,7 +110,10 @@ protected:
 
     void mapFinished(QFutureWatcher<MapResult> *watcher)
     {
-        m_mapWatcher.removeOne(watcher); // remove so we can schedule next one
+        int index = m_mapWatcher.indexOf(watcher);
+        int watcherIndex = m_watcherIndex.at(index);
+        m_mapWatcher.removeAt(index); // remove so we can schedule next one
+        m_watcherIndex.removeAt(index);
         bool didSchedule = false;
         if (!m_futureInterface.isCanceled()) {
             // first schedule the next map...
@@ -107,7 +121,7 @@ protected:
             ++m_successfullyFinishedMapCount;
             updateProgress();
             // ...then reduce
-            reduce(watcher);
+            reduce(watcher, watcherIndex);
         }
         delete watcher;
         if (!didSchedule && m_mapWatcher.isEmpty())
@@ -151,9 +165,12 @@ protected:
     QEventLoop m_loop;
     QThreadPool m_threadPool; // for reusing threads
     QList<QFutureWatcher<MapResult> *> m_mapWatcher;
+    QList<int> m_watcherIndex;
+    int m_currentIndex = 0;
     const bool m_handleProgress;
     const int m_size;
     int m_successfullyFinishedMapCount = 0;
+    MapReduceOption m_option;
 };
 
 // non-void result of map function.
@@ -163,22 +180,45 @@ class MapReduce : public MapReduceBase<ForwardIterator, MapResult, MapFunction,
     using BaseType = MapReduceBase<ForwardIterator, MapResult, MapFunction, State, ReduceResult, ReduceFunction>;
 public:
     MapReduce(QFutureInterface<ReduceResult> futureInterface, ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end,
-              MapFunction &&map, State &state, ReduceFunction &&reduce, int size)
+              MapFunction &&map, State &state, ReduceFunction &&reduce, MapReduceOption option, int size)
         : BaseType(futureInterface, begin, end, std::forward<MapFunction>(map), state,
-                   std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), size)
+                   std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), option, size)
     {
     }
 
 protected:
-    void reduce(QFutureWatcher<MapResult> *watcher) override
+    void reduce(QFutureWatcher<MapResult> *watcher, int index) override
     {
-        const int resultCount = watcher->future().resultCount();
-        for (int i = 0; i < resultCount; ++i) {
-            Internal::runAsyncImpl(BaseType::m_futureInterface, BaseType::m_reduce,
-                                   BaseType::m_state, watcher->future().resultAt(i));
+        if (BaseType::m_option == MapReduceOption::Unordered) {
+            reduceOne(watcher->future().results());
+        } else {
+            if (m_nextIndex == index) {
+                // handle this result and all directly following
+                reduceOne(watcher->future().results());
+                ++m_nextIndex;
+                while (!m_pendingResults.isEmpty() && m_pendingResults.firstKey() == m_nextIndex) {
+                    reduceOne(m_pendingResults.take(m_nextIndex));
+                    ++m_nextIndex;
+                }
+            } else {
+                // add result to pending results
+                m_pendingResults.insert(index, watcher->future().results());
+            }
         }
     }
 
+private:
+    void reduceOne(const QList<MapResult> &results)
+    {
+        const int resultCount = results.size();
+        for (int i = 0; i < resultCount; ++i) {
+            Internal::runAsyncImpl(BaseType::m_futureInterface, BaseType::m_reduce,
+                                   BaseType::m_state, results.at(i));
+        }
+    }
+
+    QMap<int, QList<MapResult>> m_pendingResults;
+    int m_nextIndex = 0;
 };
 
 // specialization for void result of map function. Reducing is a no-op.
@@ -188,14 +228,14 @@ class MapReduce<ForwardIterator, void, MapFunction, State, ReduceResult, ReduceF
     using BaseType = MapReduceBase<ForwardIterator, void, MapFunction, State, ReduceResult, ReduceFunction>;
 public:
     MapReduce(QFutureInterface<ReduceResult> futureInterface, ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end,
-              MapFunction &&map, State &state, ReduceFunction &&reduce, int size)
+              MapFunction &&map, State &state, ReduceFunction &&reduce, MapReduceOption option, int size)
         : BaseType(futureInterface, begin, end, std::forward<MapFunction>(map), state,
-                   std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), size)
+                   std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), option, size)
     {
     }
 
 protected:
-    void reduce(QFutureWatcher<void> *) override
+    void reduce(QFutureWatcher<void> *, int) override
     {
     }
 
@@ -205,12 +245,13 @@ template <typename ForwardIterator, typename InitFunction, typename MapFunction,
           typename ReduceFunction, typename CleanUpFunction>
 void blockingIteratorMapReduce(QFutureInterface<ReduceResult> &futureInterface, ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end,
                                InitFunction &&init, MapFunction &&map,
-                               ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup, int size)
+                               ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup,
+                               MapReduceOption option, int size)
 {
     auto state = init(futureInterface);
     MapReduce<ForwardIterator, typename Internal::resultType<MapFunction>::type, MapFunction, decltype(state), ReduceResult, ReduceFunction>
             mr(futureInterface, begin, end, std::forward<MapFunction>(map), state,
-               std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), size);
+               std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), option, size);
     mr.exec();
     cleanup(futureInterface, state);
 }
@@ -219,12 +260,14 @@ template <typename Container, typename InitFunction, typename MapFunction, typen
           typename ReduceFunction, typename CleanUpFunction>
 void blockingContainerMapReduce(QFutureInterface<ReduceResult> &futureInterface, Container &&container,
                                 InitFunction &&init, MapFunction &&map,
-                                ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup)
+                                ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup,
+                                MapReduceOption option)
 {
     blockingIteratorMapReduce(futureInterface, std::begin(container), std::end(container),
                               std::forward<InitFunction>(init), std::forward<MapFunction>(map),
                               std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce),
-                              std::forward<CleanUpFunction>(cleanup), container.size());
+                              std::forward<CleanUpFunction>(cleanup),
+                              option, container.size());
 }
 
 template <typename Container, typename InitFunction, typename MapFunction, typename ReduceResult,
@@ -232,12 +275,14 @@ template <typename Container, typename InitFunction, typename MapFunction, typen
 void blockingContainerRefMapReduce(QFutureInterface<ReduceResult> &futureInterface,
                                     std::reference_wrapper<Container> containerWrapper,
                                     InitFunction &&init, MapFunction &&map,
-                                    ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup)
+                                    ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup,
+                                    MapReduceOption option)
 {
     blockingContainerMapReduce(futureInterface, containerWrapper.get(),
-                              std::forward<InitFunction>(init), std::forward<MapFunction>(map),
-                              std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce),
-                              std::forward<CleanUpFunction>(cleanup));
+                               std::forward<InitFunction>(init), std::forward<MapFunction>(map),
+                               std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce),
+                               std::forward<CleanUpFunction>(cleanup),
+                               option);
 }
 
 template <typename ReduceResult>
@@ -262,7 +307,8 @@ template <typename ForwardIterator, typename InitFunction, typename MapFunction,
           typename ReduceResult = typename Internal::resultType<ReduceFunction>::type>
 QFuture<ReduceResult>
 mapReduce(ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end, InitFunction &&init, MapFunction &&map,
-               ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup, int size = -1)
+          ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup,
+          MapReduceOption option = MapReduceOption::Unordered, int size = -1)
 {
     return runAsync(Internal::blockingIteratorMapReduce<
                         ForwardIterator,
@@ -273,7 +319,7 @@ mapReduce(ForwardIterator begin, ForwardIterator end, InitFunction &&init, MapFu
                         typename std::decay<CleanUpFunction>::type>,
                     begin, end, std::forward<InitFunction>(init), std::forward<MapFunction>(map),
                     std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), std::forward<CleanUpFunction>(cleanup),
-                    size);
+                    option, size);
 }
 
 /*!
@@ -325,7 +371,8 @@ template <typename Container, typename InitFunction, typename MapFunction,
           typename ReduceResult = typename Internal::resultType<ReduceFunction>::type>
 QFuture<ReduceResult>
 mapReduce(Container &&container, InitFunction &&init, MapFunction &&map,
-               ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup)
+          ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup,
+          MapReduceOption option = MapReduceOption::Unordered)
 {
     return runAsync(Internal::blockingContainerMapReduce<
                         typename std::decay<Container>::type,
@@ -335,7 +382,8 @@ mapReduce(Container &&container, InitFunction &&init, MapFunction &&map,
                         typename std::decay<CleanUpFunction>::type>,
                     std::forward<Container>(container),
                     std::forward<InitFunction>(init), std::forward<MapFunction>(map),
-                    std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), std::forward<CleanUpFunction>(cleanup));
+                    std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), std::forward<CleanUpFunction>(cleanup),
+                    option);
 }
 
 template <typename Container, typename InitFunction, typename MapFunction,
@@ -343,7 +391,8 @@ template <typename Container, typename InitFunction, typename MapFunction,
           typename ReduceResult = typename Internal::resultType<ReduceFunction>::type>
 QFuture<ReduceResult>
 mapReduce(std::reference_wrapper<Container> containerWrapper, InitFunction &&init, MapFunction &&map,
-               ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup)
+          ReduceFunction &&reduce, CleanUpFunction &&cleanup,
+          MapReduceOption option = MapReduceOption::Unordered)
 {
     return runAsync(Internal::blockingContainerRefMapReduce<
                         Container,
@@ -354,20 +403,21 @@ mapReduce(std::reference_wrapper<Container> containerWrapper, InitFunction &&ini
                         typename std::decay<CleanUpFunction>::type>,
                     containerWrapper,
                     std::forward<InitFunction>(init), std::forward<MapFunction>(map),
-                    std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), std::forward<CleanUpFunction>(cleanup));
+                    std::forward<ReduceFunction>(reduce), std::forward<CleanUpFunction>(cleanup),
+                    option);
 }
 
-// TODO: Currently does not order its map results.
 template <typename Container, typename MapFunction,
           typename MapResult = typename Internal::resultType<MapFunction>::type>
 QFuture<MapResult>
-map(Container &&container, MapFunction &&map)
+map(Container &&container, MapFunction &&map, MapReduceOption option = MapReduceOption::Ordered)
 {
     return mapReduce(std::forward<Container>(container),
                      Internal::dummyInit<MapResult>,
                      std::forward<MapFunction>(map),
                      Internal::DummyReduce<MapResult>(),
-                     Internal::dummyCleanup<MapResult>);
+                     Internal::dummyCleanup<MapResult>,
+                     option);
 }
 
 } // Utils
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locator.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locator.cpp
index d9c8f56bdf5..9d09fd76b58 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locator.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/locator.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ void Locator::refresh(QList<ILocatorFilter *> filters)
 {
     if (filters.isEmpty())
         filters = m_filters;
-    QFuture<void> task = Utils::map(filters, &ILocatorFilter::refresh);
+    QFuture<void> task = Utils::map(filters, &ILocatorFilter::refresh, Utils::MapReduceOption::Unordered);
     FutureProgress *progress =
         ProgressManager::addTask(task, tr("Updating Locator Caches"), Constants::TASK_INDEX);
     connect(progress, &FutureProgress::finished, this, &Locator::saveSettings);
diff --git a/tests/auto/mapreduce/tst_mapreduce.cpp b/tests/auto/mapreduce/tst_mapreduce.cpp
index f5e6a648270..5c2a46c13b8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/mapreduce/tst_mapreduce.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/mapreduce/tst_mapreduce.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ private slots:
     void mapReduce();
     void mapReduceRvalueContainer();
     void map();
+    void orderedMapReduce();
 #ifdef SUPPORTS_MOVE
     void moveOnlyType();
 #endif
@@ -125,13 +126,8 @@ void tst_MapReduce::mapReduceRvalueContainer()
 
 void tst_MapReduce::map()
 {
-    {
-        QList<double> results = Utils::map(QList<int>({2, 5, 1}),
-                    [](int x) { return x*2.5; }
-        ).results();
-        Utils::sort(results);
-        QCOMPARE(results, QList<double>({2.5, 5., 12.5}));
-    }
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::map(QList<int>({2, 5, 1}), [](int x) { return x*2.5; }).results(),
+             QList<double>({5., 12.5, 2.5}));
     {
         // void result
         QList<int> results;
@@ -142,7 +138,9 @@ void tst_MapReduce::map()
                     // map
                     [&mutex, &results](int x) { QMutexLocker l(&mutex); results.append(x); }
                     ).waitForFinished();
-        Utils::sort(results); // mapping order is undefined
+        // Utils::map is "ordered" by default, but that means that result reporting is ordered,
+        // the map function is still called out-of-order
+        qSort(results);
         QCOMPARE(results, QList<int>({1, 2, 5}));
     }
     {
@@ -153,6 +151,17 @@ void tst_MapReduce::map()
     }
 }
 
+void tst_MapReduce::orderedMapReduce()
+{
+    QCOMPARE(Utils::mapReduce(QList<int>({1, 2, 3, 4}),
+                              [](QFutureInterface<int> &) { return 0; },
+                              [](int i) { return i*2; },
+                              [](int &state, int val) { state += val; return state; },
+                              [](QFutureInterface<int> &, int &) { },
+                              Utils::MapReduceOption::Ordered).results(),
+             QList<int>({2, 6, 12, 20}));
+}
+
 #ifdef SUPPORTS_MOVE
 
 class MoveOnlyType