diff --git a/cli/lsp/tsc.rs b/cli/lsp/tsc.rs
index 7442f8a1eb..2c63131b6a 100644
--- a/cli/lsp/tsc.rs
+++ b/cli/lsp/tsc.rs
@@ -2817,10 +2817,10 @@ impl CompletionEntry {
     let mut kind: Option<lsp::CompletionItemKind> =
       Some(self.kind.clone().into());
 
-    let sort_text = if self.source.is_some() {
-      Some(format!("\u{ffff}{}", self.sort_text))
+    let mut sort_text = if self.source.is_some() {
+      format!("\u{ffff}{}", self.sort_text)
     } else {
-      Some(self.sort_text.clone())
+      self.sort_text.clone()
     };
 
     let preselect = self.is_recommended;
@@ -2888,6 +2888,13 @@ impl CompletionEntry {
           }
         }
       }
+      // We want relative or bare (import-mapped or otherwise) specifiers to
+      // appear at the top.
+      if resolve_url(&source).is_err() {
+        sort_text += "_0";
+      } else {
+        sort_text += "_1";
+      }
       label_details
         .get_or_insert_with(Default::default)
         .description = Some(source);
@@ -2919,7 +2926,7 @@ impl CompletionEntry {
       label,
       label_details,
       kind,
-      sort_text,
+      sort_text: Some(sort_text),
       preselect,
       text_edit,
       filter_text,
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/lsp_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/lsp_tests.rs
index 5499c8a6ee..de96266200 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/lsp_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/lsp_tests.rs
@@ -5308,7 +5308,7 @@ fn lsp_completions_auto_import() {
       "description": "./b.ts",
     },
     "kind": 6,
-    "sortText": "￿16",
+    "sortText": "￿16_0",
     "commitCharacters": [
       ".",
       ",",
@@ -5347,7 +5347,7 @@ fn lsp_completions_auto_import() {
         "kind": "markdown",
         "value": ""
       },
-      "sortText": "￿16",
+      "sortText": "￿16_0",
       "additionalTextEdits": [
         {
           "range": {
@@ -5430,7 +5430,7 @@ fn lsp_npm_completions_auto_import_and_quick_fix_no_import_map() {
         "kind": "markdown",
         "value": ""
       },
-      "sortText": "￿16",
+      "sortText": "￿16_1",
       "additionalTextEdits": [
         {
           "range": {
@@ -5540,7 +5540,7 @@ fn lsp_npm_completions_auto_import_and_quick_fix_no_import_map() {
         "description": "npm:chalk@5.0",
       },
       "kind": 6,
-      "sortText": "￿16",
+      "sortText": "￿16_1",
       "additionalTextEdits": [
         {
           "range": {
@@ -5748,7 +5748,7 @@ fn lsp_completions_auto_import_and_quick_fix_with_import_map() {
         "kind": "markdown",
         "value": ""
       },
-      "sortText": "￿16",
+      "sortText": "￿16_0",
       "additionalTextEdits": [
         {
           "range": {
@@ -5858,7 +5858,7 @@ fn lsp_completions_auto_import_and_quick_fix_with_import_map() {
         "description": "chalk",
       },
       "kind": 6,
-      "sortText": "￿16",
+      "sortText": "￿16_0",
       "additionalTextEdits": [
         {
           "range": {
@@ -5968,7 +5968,7 @@ fn lsp_completions_auto_import_and_quick_fix_with_import_map() {
         "description": "print_hello",
       },
       "kind": 3,
-      "sortText": "￿16",
+      "sortText": "￿16_0",
       "additionalTextEdits": [
         {
           "range": {