diff --git a/dataset/persistence/table.py b/dataset/persistence/table.py
index 6737d5b..421ea49 100644
--- a/dataset/persistence/table.py
+++ b/dataset/persistence/table.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import logging
 from itertools import count
+try:
+    from collections import OrderedDict
+except ImportError:
+    from ordereddict import OrderedDict  # Python < 2.7 drop-in
 
 from sqlalchemy.sql import and_, expression
 from sqlalchemy.schema import Column, Index
@@ -281,7 +285,7 @@ class Table(object):
         rp = self.database.executable.execute(query)
         data = rp.fetchone()
         if data is not None:
-            return dict(zip(rp.keys(), data))
+            return OrderedDict(zip(rp.keys(), data))
 
     def _args_to_order_by(self, order_by):
         if order_by[0] == '-':
diff --git a/dataset/persistence/util.py b/dataset/persistence/util.py
index 019f620..e0f358f 100644
--- a/dataset/persistence/util.py
+++ b/dataset/persistence/util.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from inspect import isgenerator
+try:
+    from collections import OrderedDict
+except ImportError:
+    from ordereddict import OrderedDict  # Python < 2.7 drop-in
 
 from sqlalchemy import Integer, UnicodeText, Float, DateTime, Boolean
 
@@ -46,7 +50,7 @@ class ResultIter(object):
             else:
                 # stop here
                 raise StopIteration
-        return dict(zip(self.keys, row))
+        return OrderedDict(zip(self.keys, row))
 
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
diff --git a/test/test_persistence.py b/test/test_persistence.py
index 015f1fc..b8dc7e1 100644
--- a/test/test_persistence.py
+++ b/test/test_persistence.py
@@ -244,5 +244,11 @@ class TableTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         assert FLOAT == type(tbl.table.c['foo'].type), tbl.table.c['foo'].type
         assert 'foo' in tbl.columns, tbl.columns
 
+    def test_key_order(self):
+        res = self.db.query('SELECT temperature, place FROM weather LIMIT 1')
+        keys = res.next().keys()
+        assert keys[0] == 'temperature'
+        assert keys[1] == 'place'
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()