diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 4ca1cec54..0ca0ac7b2 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ int wcsfilecmp(const wchar_t *a, const wchar_t *b) {
 
         wint_t al = towupper(*a);
         wint_t bl = towupper(*b);
+        if (al == L'-') al += 48;
+        if (bl == L'-') bl += 48;
+
         if (al < bl) {
             retval = -1;
             break;
diff --git a/tests/__fish_complete_directories.out b/tests/__fish_complete_directories.out
index a19636ac4..6d72a4d55 100644
--- a/tests/__fish_complete_directories.out
+++ b/tests/__fish_complete_directories.out
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ test/data/	Directory
 # __fish_complete_directories test/data/
 test/data/abc/	Directory
 test/data/abcd/	Directory
+test/data/fish/	Directory
 test/data/fish-symlink/	Directory
 test/data/fish-symlink2/	Directory
-test/data/fish/	Directory
 test/data/xy/	Directory
 test/data/xyz/	Directory
 # __fish_complete_directories test/data/abc