diff --git a/nvm.sh b/nvm.sh
index 0499b0a0..89781c68 100755
--- a/nvm.sh
+++ b/nvm.sh
@@ -1119,8 +1119,13 @@ nvm_remote_versions() {
     # extra space is needed here to avoid weird behavior when `nvm_ls_remote` ends in a `*`
     NVM_LS_REMOTE_OUTPUT="$(NVM_LTS="${NVM_LTS-}" nvm_ls_remote "${PATTERN-}") " &&:
     NVM_LS_REMOTE_EXIT_CODE=$?
-    # split output into two
-    NVM_LS_REMOTE_PRE_MERGED_OUTPUT="${NVM_LS_REMOTE_OUTPUT%%v4\.0\.0*}"
+    # split output into two: node v0.x sorts before io.js, and node v4+ after it.
+    # the list is sorted, so cut at the first line whose major is nonzero.
+    case "${NVM_LS_REMOTE_OUTPUT}" in
+      v[1-9]*) NVM_LS_REMOTE_PRE_MERGED_OUTPUT='' ;;
+      *) NVM_LS_REMOTE_PRE_MERGED_OUTPUT="${NVM_LS_REMOTE_OUTPUT%%
+v[1-9]*}" ;;
+    esac
     NVM_LS_REMOTE_POST_MERGED_OUTPUT="${NVM_LS_REMOTE_OUTPUT#"$NVM_LS_REMOTE_PRE_MERGED_OUTPUT"}"
   fi
 
@@ -1135,7 +1140,7 @@ nvm_remote_versions() {
     NVM_LS_REMOTE_IOJS_EXIT_CODE=$?
   fi
 
-  # the `sed` removes both blank lines, and only-whitespace lines (see "weird behavior" ~19 lines up)
+  # the `sed` removes both blank lines, and only-whitespace lines (see "weird behavior" ~24 lines up)
   VERSIONS="$(nvm_echo "${NVM_LS_REMOTE_PRE_MERGED_OUTPUT}
 ${NVM_LS_REMOTE_IOJS_OUTPUT}
 ${NVM_LS_REMOTE_POST_MERGED_OUTPUT}" | nvm_grep -v "N/A" | command sed '/^ *$/d')"
@@ -1144,7 +1149,7 @@ ${NVM_LS_REMOTE_POST_MERGED_OUTPUT}" | nvm_grep -v "N/A" | command sed '/^ *$/d'
     nvm_echo 'N/A'
     return 3
   fi
-  # the `sed` is to remove trailing whitespaces (see "weird behavior" ~25 lines up)
+  # the `sed` is to remove trailing whitespaces (see "weird behavior" ~33 lines up)
   nvm_echo "${VERSIONS}" | command sed 's/ *$//g'
   # shellcheck disable=SC2317
   if [ "${NVM_LS_REMOTE_EXIT_CODE}" != '0' ]; then
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_version b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_version
index 314881b3..092ce35e 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_version	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_version	
@@ -70,6 +70,22 @@ try nvm_remote_version node
   || die "nvm_remote_version node did not return contents of nvm_ls_remote node; got $CAPTURED_STDOUT"
 [ "_$CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE" = "_0" ] || die "nvm_remote_version node did not exit with 0, got $CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE"
 
+# io.js versions do not sort after newer node versions, even when node's list does not include v4.0.0
+nvm_ls_remote() {
+  case "${1-}" in
+    20 | v20.0.0) echo "v20.0.0" ;;
+    *) echo "N/A"; return 3 ;;
+  esac
+}
+nvm_ls_remote_iojs() {
+  echo "iojs-v3.3.1"
+}
+for PATTERN in 20 v20.0.0; do
+  try nvm_remote_version "${PATTERN}"
+  [ "_$CAPTURED_STDOUT" = "_v20.0.0" ] || die "nvm_remote_version ${PATTERN} should return v20.0.0, got $CAPTURED_STDOUT"
+  [ "_$CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE" = "_0" ] || die "nvm_remote_version ${PATTERN} should exit with code 0, got $CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE"
+done
+
 # Test LTS name rejection (Issue #3474)
 # When nvm_remote_versions returns a line with LTS name in description,
 # nvm_remote_version should reject it if the pattern doesn't match the version number
diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_versions b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_versions
index ba3f7186..3653bea0 100755
--- a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_versions	
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_remote_versions	
@@ -69,4 +69,49 @@ try nvm_remote_versions iojs
   || die "nvm_remote_versions iojs did not return contents of nvm_ls_remote_iojs; got $CAPTURED_STDOUT"
 [ "_$CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE" = "_0" ] || die "nvm_remote_versions iojs did not exit with 0, got $CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE"
 
+# io.js versions sort after node v0.x and before node v4+, even when node's list has no v4.0.0
+nvm_ls_remote() {
+  echo "v0.10.48"
+  echo "v0.12.18"
+  echo "v4.1.0"
+  echo "v20.0.0 Iron *"
+}
+nvm_ls_remote_iojs() {
+  echo "iojs-v1.0.0"
+  echo "iojs-v3.3.1"
+}
+try nvm_remote_versions foo
+[ "_$CAPTURED_STDOUT" = "_v0.10.48
+v0.12.18
+iojs-v1.0.0
+iojs-v3.3.1
+v4.1.0
+v20.0.0 Iron *" ] \
+  || die "nvm_remote_versions foo did not put io.js versions between node v0.x and node v4+; got $CAPTURED_STDOUT"
+[ "_$CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE" = "_0" ] || die "nvm_remote_versions foo did not exit with 0, got $CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE"
+
+nvm_ls_remote() {
+  echo "v4.1.0"
+  echo "v20.0.0 Iron *"
+}
+try nvm_remote_versions foo
+[ "_$CAPTURED_STDOUT" = "_iojs-v1.0.0
+iojs-v3.3.1
+v4.1.0
+v20.0.0 Iron *" ] \
+  || die "nvm_remote_versions foo did not put io.js versions before node v4+ when node has no v0.x; got $CAPTURED_STDOUT"
+[ "_$CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE" = "_0" ] || die "nvm_remote_versions foo did not exit with 0, got $CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE"
+
+nvm_ls_remote() {
+  echo "v0.10.48"
+  echo "v0.12.18"
+}
+try nvm_remote_versions foo
+[ "_$CAPTURED_STDOUT" = "_v0.10.48
+v0.12.18
+iojs-v1.0.0
+iojs-v3.3.1" ] \
+  || die "nvm_remote_versions foo did not put io.js versions after node v0.x when node has no v4+; got $CAPTURED_STDOUT"
+[ "_$CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE" = "_0" ] || die "nvm_remote_versions foo did not exit with 0, got $CAPTURED_EXIT_CODE"
+
 cleanup