diff --git a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
index 7ea1a3444..2d4c481b1 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Autoload/AutoloadGenerator.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Composer\Script\ScriptEvents;
  */
 class AutoloadGenerator
 {
+
     /**
      * @var EventDispatcher
      */
@@ -959,7 +960,7 @@ INITIALIZER;
      * @param  array $packageMap
      * @return array
      */
-    protected function sortPackageMap(array $packageMap)
+    public function sortPackageMap(array $packageMap)
     {
         $packages = array();
         $paths = array();
diff --git a/src/Composer/Plugin/PluginManager.php b/src/Composer/Plugin/PluginManager.php
index e8f4b58c3..da9fb5c20 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Plugin/PluginManager.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Plugin/PluginManager.php
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ namespace Composer\Plugin;
 use Composer\Composer;
 use Composer\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
 use Composer\IO\IOInterface;
+use Composer\Package\CompletePackage;
 use Composer\Package\Package;
 use Composer\Package\Version\VersionParser;
 use Composer\Repository\RepositoryInterface;
-use Composer\Package\AliasPackage;
 use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
 use Composer\Package\Link;
 use Composer\Semver\Constraint\Constraint;
@@ -253,8 +253,13 @@ class PluginManager
      */
     private function loadRepository(RepositoryInterface $repo)
     {
-        foreach ($repo->getPackages() as $package) { /** @var PackageInterface $package */
-            if ($package instanceof AliasPackage) {
+        $packages = $repo->getPackages();
+        $generator = $this->composer->getAutoloadGenerator();
+        $packageMap = $generator->buildPackageMap($this->composer->getInstallationManager(), $this->composer->getPackage(), $packages);
+        $sortedPackageMap = array_reverse($generator->sortPackageMap($packageMap));
+        foreach ($sortedPackageMap as $fullPackage) {
+            $package = $fullPackage[0]; /** @var PackageInterface $package */
+            if (!($package instanceof CompletePackage)) {
                 continue;
             }
             if ('composer-plugin' === $package->getType()) {