diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index cf30aa5..a9c8965 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -676,9 +676,9 @@
            def __repr__(self):
                return 'Point(x=%r, y=%r)' % self
    <BLANKLINE>
-           def _asdict(t):
-               'Return a new dict which maps field names to their values'
-               return {'x': t[0], 'y': t[1]}
+           def _asdict(self):
+               'Return a new OrderedDict which maps field names to their values'
+               return OrderedDict(zip(self._fields, self))
    <BLANKLINE>
            def _replace(self, **kwds):
                'Return a new Point object replacing specified fields with new values'
@@ -736,10 +736,14 @@
 
 .. method:: somenamedtuple._asdict()
 
-   Return a new dict which maps field names to their corresponding values::
+   Return a new :class:`OrderedDict` which maps field names to their corresponding
+   values::
 
       >>> p._asdict()
-      {'x': 11, 'y': 22}
+      OrderedDict([('x', 11), ('y', 22)])
+
+   .. versionchanged 3.1
+      Returns an :class:`OrderedDict` instead of a regular :class:`dict`.
 
 .. method:: somenamedtuple._replace(kwargs)
 
diff --git a/Lib/collections.py b/Lib/collections.py
index e807a50..351bf40 100644
--- a/Lib/collections.py
+++ b/Lib/collections.py
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@
     numfields = len(field_names)
     argtxt = repr(field_names).replace("'", "")[1:-1]   # tuple repr without parens or quotes
     reprtxt = ', '.join('%s=%%r' % name for name in field_names)
-    dicttxt = ', '.join('%r: t[%d]' % (name, pos) for pos, name in enumerate(field_names))
     template = '''class %(typename)s(tuple):
         '%(typename)s(%(argtxt)s)' \n
         __slots__ = () \n
@@ -180,9 +179,9 @@
             return result \n
         def __repr__(self):
             return '%(typename)s(%(reprtxt)s)' %% self \n
-        def _asdict(t):
-            'Return a new dict which maps field names to their values'
-            return {%(dicttxt)s} \n
+        def _asdict(self):
+            'Return a new OrderedDict which maps field names to their values'
+            return OrderedDict(zip(self._fields, self)) \n
         def _replace(self, **kwds):
             'Return a new %(typename)s object replacing specified fields with new values'
             result = self._make(map(kwds.pop, %(field_names)r, self))
@@ -198,7 +197,8 @@
 
     # Execute the template string in a temporary namespace and
     # support tracing utilities by setting a value for frame.f_globals['__name__']
-    namespace = dict(itemgetter=_itemgetter, __name__='namedtuple_%s' % typename)
+    namespace = dict(itemgetter=_itemgetter, __name__='namedtuple_%s' % typename,
+                     OrderedDict=OrderedDict)
     try:
         exec template in namespace
     except SyntaxError, e:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 72e17b3..70160bb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@
 
 - PEP 372:  Added collections.OrderedDict().
 
+- The _asdict() for method for namedtuples now returns an OrderedDict().
+
 - Issue #4308: httplib.IncompleteRead's repr doesn't include all of the data all
   ready received.