diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/UUIDComparator.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/UUIDComparator.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87e75460d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/util/UUIDComparator.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016-2019 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.util
+
+import java.util.Comparator
+import java.util.UUID
+
+/**
+ * Scala implementation of UUIDComparator in
+ * https://github.com/cowtowncoder/java-uuid-generator
+ * Apache License 2.0.
+ */
+class UUIDComparator extends Comparator[UUID] {
+
+  def compare(u1: UUID, u2: UUID): Int = {
+    // First: major sorting by types
+    val version = u1.version()
+    val diff = version - u2.version()
+    if (diff != 0) {
+      diff
+    } else {
+      // Second: for time-based variant, order by time stamp:
+      if (version == 1) {
+        val diff2 = compareULongs(u1.timestamp(), u2.timestamp())
+        if (diff2 == 0) {
+          // or if that won't work, by other bits lexically
+          compareULongs(u1.getLeastSignificantBits(), u2.getLeastSignificantBits())
+        } else
+          diff2
+      } else {
+        // note: java.util.Uuids compares with sign extension, IMO that's wrong, so:
+        val diff2 = compareULongs(u1.getMostSignificantBits(), u2.getMostSignificantBits())
+        if (diff2 == 0) {
+          compareULongs(u1.getLeastSignificantBits(), u2.getLeastSignificantBits())
+        } else
+          diff2
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def compareULongs(l1: Long, l2: Long): Int = {
+    val diff = compareUInts((l1 >> 32).toInt, (l2 >> 32).toInt)
+    if (diff == 0)
+      compareUInts(l1.toInt, l2.toInt)
+    else
+      diff
+  }
+
+  private def compareUInts(i1: Int, i2: Int): Int =
+    /* bit messier due to java's insistence on signed values: if both
+     * have same sign, normal comparison (by subtraction) works fine;
+     * but if signs don't agree need to resolve differently
+     */
+    if (i1 < 0) {
+      if (i2 < 0) (i1 - i2) else 1
+    } else {
+      if (i2 < 0) -1 else (i1 - i2)
+    }
+
+}
+
+object UUIDComparator {
+  val comparator = new UUIDComparator
+}
diff --git a/akka-persistence-query/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/query/Offset.scala b/akka-persistence-query/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/query/Offset.scala
index 579994c7dd..7c3bccda41 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-query/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/query/Offset.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence-query/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/query/Offset.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ package akka.persistence.query
 
 import java.util.UUID
 
+import akka.util.UUIDComparator
+
 object Offset {
 
   // factories to aid discoverability
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ final case class TimeBasedUUID(value: UUID) extends Offset with Ordered[TimeBase
     throw new IllegalArgumentException("UUID " + value + " is not a time-based UUID")
   }
 
-  override def compare(other: TimeBasedUUID): Int = value.compareTo(other.value)
+  override def compare(other: TimeBasedUUID): Int = UUIDComparator.comparator.compare(value, other.value)
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/akka-persistence-query/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/query/OffsetSpec.scala b/akka-persistence-query/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/query/OffsetSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1c4e6b83e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-persistence-query/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/query/OffsetSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.persistence.query
+
+import java.util.UUID
+
+import org.scalatest.{ Matchers, WordSpecLike }
+
+import scala.util.Random
+
+class OffsetSpec extends WordSpecLike with Matchers {
+
+  "TimeBasedUUID offset" must {
+
+    "be ordered correctly" in {
+      val uuid1 = TimeBasedUUID(UUID.fromString("49225740-2019-11ea-a752-ffae2393b6e4")) //2019-12-16T15:32:36.148Z[UTC]
+      val uuid2 = TimeBasedUUID(UUID.fromString("91be23d0-2019-11ea-a752-ffae2393b6e4")) //2019-12-16T15:34:37.965Z[UTC]
+      val uuid3 = TimeBasedUUID(UUID.fromString("91f95810-2019-11ea-a752-ffae2393b6e4")) //2019-12-16T15:34:38.353Z[UTC]
+      uuid1.value.timestamp() should be < uuid2.value.timestamp()
+      uuid2.value.timestamp() should be < uuid3.value.timestamp()
+      List(uuid2, uuid1, uuid3).sorted shouldEqual List(uuid1, uuid2, uuid3)
+      List(uuid3, uuid2, uuid1).sorted shouldEqual List(uuid1, uuid2, uuid3)
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  "Sequence offset" must {
+
+    "be ordered correctly" in {
+      val sequenceBasedList = List(1L, 2L, 3L).map(Sequence)
+      Random.shuffle(sequenceBasedList).sorted shouldEqual sequenceBasedList
+    }
+  }
+}