diff --git a/src/plugins/drawreport/Calendar.py b/src/plugins/drawreport/Calendar.py
index 84d9187e9..ef57e8278 100644
--- a/src/plugins/drawreport/Calendar.py
+++ b/src/plugins/drawreport/Calendar.py
@@ -413,8 +413,13 @@ class CalendarOptions(MenuReportOptions):
 
         country = EnumeratedListOption(_("Country for holidays"), 0)
         holiday_table = libholiday.HolidayTable()
+        countries = holiday_table.get_countries()
+        countries.sort()
+        if (len(countries) == 0 or 
+            (len(countries) > 0 and countries[0] != '')):
+            countries.insert(0, '')
         count = 0
-        for c in  holiday_table.get_countries():
+        for c in countries:
             country.add_item(count, c)
             count += 1
         country.set_help(_("Select the country to see associated holidays"))
diff --git a/src/plugins/webreport/WebCal.py b/src/plugins/webreport/WebCal.py
index 615722de8..41f5dde0b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webreport/WebCal.py
+++ b/src/plugins/webreport/WebCal.py
@@ -1434,8 +1434,15 @@ class WebCalOptions(MenuReportOptions):
 
         country = EnumeratedListOption(_('Country for holidays'), 0 )
         holiday_table = libholiday.HolidayTable()
-        for index, item in enumerate(holiday_table.get_countries()):
-            country.add_item(index, item)
+        countries = holiday_table.get_countries()
+        countries.sort()
+        if (len(countries) == 0 or 
+            (len(countries) > 0 and countries[0] != '')):
+            countries.insert(0, '')
+        count = 0
+        for c in countries:
+            country.add_item(count, c)
+            count += 1
         country.set_help(_("Holidays will be included for the selected "
                             "country"))
         menu.add_option(category_name, "country", country)