diff --git a/src/applications/project/query/PhabricatorProjectQuery.php b/src/applications/project/query/PhabricatorProjectQuery.php
--- a/src/applications/project/query/PhabricatorProjectQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/query/PhabricatorProjectQuery.php
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@
         'column' => 'milestoneNumber',
         'type' => 'int',
       ),
+      'status' => array(
+        'table' => $this->getPrimaryTableAlias(),
+        'column' => 'status',
+        'type' => 'int',
+      ),
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/applications/project/typeahead/PhabricatorProjectDatasource.php b/src/applications/project/typeahead/PhabricatorProjectDatasource.php
--- a/src/applications/project/typeahead/PhabricatorProjectDatasource.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/typeahead/PhabricatorProjectDatasource.php
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
     $query = id(new PhabricatorProjectQuery())
       ->needImages(true)
-      ->needSlugs(true);
+      ->needSlugs(true)
+      ->setOrderVector(array('-status', 'id'));
 
     if ($this->getPhase() == self::PHASE_PREFIX) {
       $prefix = $this->getPrefixQuery();