diff --git a/src/main/java/gr/uom/java/xmi/LocationInfo.java b/src/main/java/gr/uom/java/xmi/LocationInfo.java
index ea9e597d7..a1718879b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gr/uom/java/xmi/LocationInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gr/uom/java/xmi/LocationInfo.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public class LocationInfo {
 	private int startColumn;
 	private int endLine;
 	private int endColumn;
+	private int compilationUnitLength;
 	private CodeElementType codeElementType;
 	
 	public LocationInfo(CompilationUnit cu, String sourceFolder, String filePath, ASTNode node, CodeElementType codeElementType) {
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ public LocationInfo(CompilationUnit cu, String sourceFolder, String filePath, AS
 		if(this.endColumn > 0) {
 			this.endColumn += 1;
 		}
+		
+		int cuEndOffset = cu.getStartPosition() + cu.getLength();
+		this.compilationUnitLength = cu.getLineNumber(cuEndOffset);
+		if(this.compilationUnitLength == -1) {
+			this.compilationUnitLength = cu.getLineNumber(cuEndOffset-1);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public String getSourceFolder() {
@@ -86,6 +93,10 @@ public int getEndColumn() {
 		return endColumn;
 	}
 
+	public int getCompilationUnitLength() {
+		return compilationUnitLength;
+	}
+
 	public CodeElementType getCodeElementType() {
 		return codeElementType;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/gr/uom/java/xmi/diff/ClassMoveComparator.java b/src/main/java/gr/uom/java/xmi/diff/ClassMoveComparator.java
index db20b35ab..11cf70049 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gr/uom/java/xmi/diff/ClassMoveComparator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gr/uom/java/xmi/diff/ClassMoveComparator.java
@@ -15,8 +15,26 @@ public int compare(UMLClassMoveDiff o1, UMLClassMoveDiff o2) {
 		else {
 			Set<String> set1 = o1.commonPackagesInQualifiedName();
 			Set<String> set2 = o2.commonPackagesInQualifiedName();
-			if(set1.size() != set2.size()) {
-				return -Integer.compare(set1.size(), set2.size());
+			boolean sameNumberOfLines1 = o1.getOriginalClass().getLocationInfo().getCompilationUnitLength() == o1.getNextClass().getLocationInfo().getCompilationUnitLength();
+			boolean sameNumberOfLines2 = o2.getOriginalClass().getLocationInfo().getCompilationUnitLength() == o2.getNextClass().getLocationInfo().getCompilationUnitLength();
+			int lineNumberDifference1 = Math.abs(o1.getOriginalClass().getLocationInfo().getCompilationUnitLength() - o1.getNextClass().getLocationInfo().getCompilationUnitLength());
+			int lineNumberDifference2 = Math.abs(o2.getOriginalClass().getLocationInfo().getCompilationUnitLength() - o2.getNextClass().getLocationInfo().getCompilationUnitLength());
+			boolean isEmpty1 = o1.getOriginalClass().isEmpty() && o1.getNextClass().isEmpty();
+			boolean isEmpty2 = o2.getOriginalClass().isEmpty() && o2.getNextClass().isEmpty();
+			if(set1.size() != set2.size() && !isEmpty1 && !isEmpty2) {
+				if(lineNumberDifference1 == lineNumberDifference2)
+					return -Integer.compare(set1.size(), set2.size());
+				else {
+					if(sameNumberOfLines1 && !sameNumberOfLines2) {
+						return -1;
+					}
+					else if(!sameNumberOfLines1 && sameNumberOfLines2) {
+						return 1;
+					}
+					else {
+						return Integer.compare(lineNumberDifference1, lineNumberDifference2);
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			double sourceFolderDistance1 = o1.getMovedClass().normalizedSourceFolderDistance(o1.getOriginalClass());
 			double sourceFolderDistance2 = o2.getMovedClass().normalizedSourceFolderDistance(o2.getOriginalClass());