diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index fcd101b..ae8f659 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ end
 desc "apply the libv8 gem patches to the vendored v8 source"
 task :patch do
   patch_file = File.open "#{V8_Source}/.patches_applied", 'a+'
-  available_patches = Dir.glob 'patches/*.patch'
+  available_patches = Dir.glob('patches/*.patch').sort
   applied_patches = IO.readlines(patch_file).map(&:chomp)
 
   (available_patches - applied_patches).each do |patch|
-    sh "patch -p1 -d vendor/v8 < #{patch}"
+    sh "patch -p1 -N -d vendor/v8 < #{patch}"
     patch_file.puts patch
   end
 end