diff -r f947fe289db8 Lib/test/test_functools.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py	Thu Nov 21 22:33:21 2013 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py	Fri Nov 22 00:22:45 2013 +0100
@@ -155,12 +155,21 @@ class TestPartialC(TestPartial, unittest
         args = (object(), object())
         args_repr = ', '.join(repr(a) for a in args)
         kwargs = {'a': object(), 'b': object()}
-        kwargs_repr = ', '.join("%s=%r" % (k, v) for k, v in kwargs.items())
+        kwargs_repr = ', '.join("%s=%r" % (k, v) for k, v in sorted(kwargs.items()))
         if self.partial is c_functools.partial:
             name = 'functools.partial'
         else:
             name = self.partial.__name__
 
+        def check_kw_repr(f, prefix, kwargs_repr):
+            text = repr(f)
+            self.assertTrue(text.startswith(prefix), text)
+            self.assertTrue(text.endswith(')'), text)
+            kwargs = text[len(prefix):-1]
+            # sort keywords to not depend on the hash randomization
+            kwargs = ', '.join(sorted(kwargs.split(', ')))
+            self.assertEqual(kwargs, kwargs_repr)
+
         f = self.partial(capture)
         self.assertEqual('{}({!r})'.format(name, capture),
                          repr(f))
@@ -170,12 +179,10 @@ class TestPartialC(TestPartial, unittest
                          repr(f))
 
         f = self.partial(capture, **kwargs)
-        self.assertEqual('{}({!r}, {})'.format(name, capture, kwargs_repr),
-                         repr(f))
+        check_kw_repr(f, '{}({!r}, '.format(name, capture), kwargs_repr)
 
         f = self.partial(capture, *args, **kwargs)
-        self.assertEqual('{}({!r}, {}, {})'.format(name, capture, args_repr, kwargs_repr),
-                         repr(f))
+        check_kw_repr(f, '{}({!r}, {}, '.format(name, capture, args_repr), kwargs_repr)
 
     def test_pickle(self):
         f = self.partial(signature, 'asdf', bar=True)