diff --git a/src/scheduler/include/Resource.h b/src/scheduler/include/Resource.h
index 5c4cf52a56..ac1a78c6a5 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/include/Resource.h
+++ b/src/scheduler/include/Resource.h
@@ -25,23 +25,13 @@ class PoolXML;
  *  This class represents a target resource to schedule a "schedulable"
  *  resource.
  */
-class Resource
+struct Resource
 {
 public:
     Resource(int _oid):oid(_oid), priority(0){};
 
     virtual ~Resource(){};
 
-    static bool cmp (const Resource * a, const Resource * b)
-    {
-        return a->priority < b->priority;
-    };
-
-    bool operator<(const Resource& b) const
-    {
-        return priority < b.priority;
-    };
-
     int   oid;
     float priority;
 };
@@ -76,9 +66,17 @@ public:
     /**
      *  Sort the matched resources in the vector
      */
-    void sort_resources()
+    virtual void sort_resources()
     {
-        sort(resources.begin(), resources.end(), Resource::cmp);
+        struct ResourceCompare
+        {
+            bool operator() (const Resource * a, const Resource * b) const
+            {
+                return a->priority < b->priority;
+            };
+        } cmp;
+
+        std::sort(resources.begin(), resources.end(), cmp);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -106,9 +104,36 @@ public:
         resources.clear();
     }
 
-private:
+protected:
 
     vector<Resource *> resources;
 };
 
+/**
+ *  Abstract class that models an object that can be scheduled over a resource
+ */
+class VirtualMachineResourceMatch: public ResourceMatch
+{
+public:
+    void sort_resources()
+    {
+        struct ResourceCompare
+        {
+            bool operator() (const Resource * a, const Resource * b) const
+            {
+                if ( a->priority == b->priority )
+                {
+                    std::ostringstream oss;
+
+                    return a->oid > b->oid;
+                }
+
+                return a->priority < b->priority;
+            };
+        } cmp;
+
+        std::sort(resources.begin(), resources.end(), cmp);
+    }
+};
+
 #endif /*RESOURCE_H_*/
diff --git a/src/scheduler/include/VirtualMachinePoolXML.h b/src/scheduler/include/VirtualMachinePoolXML.h
index a8959cbcdb..94b6d99560 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/include/VirtualMachinePoolXML.h
+++ b/src/scheduler/include/VirtualMachinePoolXML.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ private:
     /**
      *  Stores the list of vms, and it associated user prioty vm_resources.
      */
-    ResourceMatch vm_resources;
+    VirtualMachineResourceMatch vm_resources;
 };
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */