diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/requirements_txt_fixer.py b/pre_commit_hooks/requirements_txt_fixer.py
index 8ce8ec64..459a8c82 100644
--- a/pre_commit_hooks/requirements_txt_fixer.py
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/requirements_txt_fixer.py
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ def __lt__(self, requirement: Requirement) -> bool:
         elif requirement.value == b'\n':
             return False
         else:
+            # if both are pip options (start with --), maintain original
+            # order to avoid breaking semantic ordering
+            # (e.g. --index-url must come before --extra-index-url)
+            if (
+                self.name.startswith(b'--') and
+                requirement.name.startswith(b'--')
+            ):
+                return False
             # if 2 requirements have the same name, the one with comments
             # needs to go first (so that when removing duplicates, the one
             # with comments is kept)
diff --git a/tests/requirements_txt_fixer_test.py b/tests/requirements_txt_fixer_test.py
index c0d2c65d..fd943db2 100644
--- a/tests/requirements_txt_fixer_test.py
+++ b/tests/requirements_txt_fixer_test.py
@@ -107,6 +107,39 @@
             PASS,
             b'a=2.0.0 \\\n --hash=sha256:abcd\nb==1.0.0\n',
         ),
+        # --index-url and --extra-index-url should maintain original order
+        # see: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks/issues/612
+        (
+            b'--index-url https://example.com/simple\n'
+            b'--extra-index-url https://example.com/extra\n'
+            b'foo\n',
+            PASS,
+            b'--index-url https://example.com/simple\n'
+            b'--extra-index-url https://example.com/extra\n'
+            b'foo\n',
+        ),
+        # pip options should not be reordered even if out of alpha order
+        (
+            b'--extra-index-url https://example.com/extra\n'
+            b'--index-url https://example.com/simple\n'
+            b'foo\n',
+            PASS,
+            b'--extra-index-url https://example.com/extra\n'
+            b'--index-url https://example.com/simple\n'
+            b'foo\n',
+        ),
+        # packages should still be sorted while pip options stay in place
+        (
+            b'--index-url https://example.com/simple\n'
+            b'--extra-index-url https://example.com/extra\n'
+            b'foo\n'
+            b'bar\n',
+            FAIL,
+            b'--index-url https://example.com/simple\n'
+            b'--extra-index-url https://example.com/extra\n'
+            b'bar\n'
+            b'foo\n',
+        ),
     ),
 )
 def test_integration(input_s, expected_retval, output, tmpdir):