diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Generators/ItemContainerGenerator.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Generators/ItemContainerGenerator.cs
index 882d2f4ddd..f1a1f94a01 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Generators/ItemContainerGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Generators/ItemContainerGenerator.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Generators
     /// </summary>
     public class ItemContainerGenerator : IItemContainerGenerator
     {
-        private Dictionary<int, ItemContainerInfo> _containers = new Dictionary<int, ItemContainerInfo>();
+        private SortedDictionary<int, ItemContainerInfo> _containers = new SortedDictionary<int, ItemContainerInfo>();
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ItemContainerGenerator"/> class.
@@ -246,4 +246,4 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Generators
             Recycled?.Invoke(this, e);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/ListBoxTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/ListBoxTests.cs
index a5f5f8d328..1debccd3c5 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/ListBoxTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/ListBoxTests.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 // Copyright (c) The Avalonia Project. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See licence.md file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using System;
+using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Linq;
+using Avalonia.Collections;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Presenters;
 using Avalonia.Controls.Templates;
-using Avalonia.Input;
+using Avalonia.Data;
 using Avalonia.LogicalTree;
 using Avalonia.Styling;
 using Avalonia.UnitTests;
 using Avalonia.VisualTree;
 using Xunit;
-using Avalonia.Collections;
 
 namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
 {
@@ -170,9 +172,33 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
             Assert.Equal(new Size(100, 10), target.Scroll.Viewport);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Containers_Correct_After_Clear_Add_Remove()
+        {
+            // Issue #1936
+            var items = new AvaloniaList<string>(Enumerable.Range(0, 11).Select(x => $"Item {x}"));
+            var target = new ListBox
+            {
+                Template = ListBoxTemplate(),
+                Items = items,
+                ItemTemplate = new FuncDataTemplate<string>(x => new TextBlock { Width = 20, Height = 10 }),
+                SelectedIndex = 0,
+            };
+
+            Prepare(target);
+
+            items.Clear();
+            items.AddRange(Enumerable.Range(0, 11).Select(x => $"Item {x}"));
+            items.Remove("Item 2");
+
+            Assert.Equal(
+                items,
+                target.Presenter.Panel.Children.Cast<ListBoxItem>().Select(x => (string)x.Content));
+        }
+
         private FuncControlTemplate ListBoxTemplate()
         {
-            return new FuncControlTemplate<ListBox>(parent => 
+            return new FuncControlTemplate<ListBox>(parent =>
                 new ScrollViewer
                 {
                     Name = "PART_ScrollViewer",
@@ -189,7 +215,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests
 
         private FuncControlTemplate ListBoxItemTemplate()
         {
-            return new FuncControlTemplate<ListBoxItem>(parent => 
+            return new FuncControlTemplate<ListBoxItem>(parent =>
                 new ContentPresenter
                 {
                     Name = "PART_ContentPresenter",