diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 286231032..813458d66 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+2.1.1 (xx.xx.xxxx) - IN DEVELOPMENT
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+ * Fix: Site.get_site_root_paths() preferring other sites over the default when some sites share the same root_page (Andy Babic)
+
+
 2.1 (22.05.2018)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.1.1.rst b/docs/releases/2.1.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60d15310f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/2.1.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+============================================
+Wagtail 2.1.1 release notes - IN DEVELOPMENT
+============================================
+
+.. contents::
+    :local:
+    :depth: 1
+
+
+What's new
+==========
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+ * Fix ``Site.get_site_root_paths()`` preferring other sites over the default when some sites share the same root_page (Andy Babic)
diff --git a/docs/releases/index.rst b/docs/releases/index.rst
index fd771d0bd..015f25ce7 100644
--- a/docs/releases/index.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/index.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Release notes
    :maxdepth: 1
 
    upgrading
+   2.1.1
    2.1
    2.0.1
    2.0
diff --git a/wagtail/core/models.py b/wagtail/core/models.py
index 81f4d06c7..bba1473ed 100644
--- a/wagtail/core/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/core/models.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class Site(models.Model):
             result = [
                 (site.id, site.root_page.url_path, site.root_url)
                 for site in Site.objects.select_related('root_page').order_by(
-                    '-root_page__url_path', 'is_default_site', 'hostname')
+                    '-root_page__url_path', '-is_default_site', 'hostname')
             ]
             cache.set('wagtail_site_root_paths', result, 3600)
 
diff --git a/wagtail/core/tests/test_sites.py b/wagtail/core/tests/test_sites.py
index 860c251ea..f7c0ef2b6 100644
--- a/wagtail/core/tests/test_sites.py
+++ b/wagtail/core/tests/test_sites.py
@@ -122,3 +122,30 @@ class TestDefaultSite(TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(Site.MultipleObjectsReturned):
             # If there already are multiple default sites, you're in trouble
             site.clean_fields()
+
+
+class TestGetSiteRootPaths(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.default_site = Site.objects.get()
+        self.abc_site = Site.objects.create(
+            hostname='abc.com', root_page=self.default_site.root_page
+        )
+        self.def_site = Site.objects.create(
+            hostname='def.com', root_page=self.default_site.root_page
+        )
+
+        # Changing the hostname to show that being the default site takes
+        # promotes a site over the alphabetical ordering of hostname
+        self.default_site.hostname = 'xyz.com'
+        self.default_site.save()
+
+    def test_result_order_when_multiple_sites_share_the_same_root_page(self):
+        result = Site.get_site_root_paths()
+
+        # An entry for the default site should come first
+        self.assertEqual(result[0][0], self.default_site.id)
+
+        # Followed by entries for others in 'host' alphabetical order
+        self.assertEqual(result[1][0], self.abc_site.id)
+        self.assertEqual(result[2][0], self.def_site.id)