diff --git a/src/versit/qversitcontactexporter_p.cpp b/src/versit/qversitcontactexporter_p.cpp
index de9612d..85efc37 100644
--- a/src/versit/qversitcontactexporter_p.cpp
+++ b/src/versit/qversitcontactexporter_p.cpp
@@ -487,8 +487,9 @@ void QVersitContactExporterPrivate::encodeGeoLocation(
     QContactGeoLocation geoLocation = static_cast<QContactGeoLocation>(detail);
     QVersitProperty property;
     property.setName(mPropertyMappings.value(detail.definitionName()));
-    property.setValue(QStringList() << QString::number(geoLocation.longitude())
-                      << QString::number(geoLocation.latitude()));
+    // RFC-2426 says the order should be "LAT LON"
+    property.setValue(QStringList() << QString::number(geoLocation.latitude())
+                      << QString::number(geoLocation.longitude()));
     property.setValueType(QVersitProperty::CompoundType);
     *generatedProperties << property;
     *processedFields << QContactGeoLocation::FieldLongitude
diff --git a/src/versit/qversitcontactimporter_p.cpp b/src/versit/qversitcontactimporter_p.cpp
index 9f6c04f..628581a 100644
--- a/src/versit/qversitcontactimporter_p.cpp
+++ b/src/versit/qversitcontactimporter_p.cpp
@@ -673,10 +673,11 @@ bool QVersitContactImporterPrivate::createGeoLocation(
             || variant.type() != QVariant::StringList)
         return false;
     QStringList values = variant.toStringList();
+    // RFC-2426 says the order should be "LAT LON"
     bool ok1;
-    geo.setLongitude(takeFirst(values).toDouble(&ok1));
+    geo.setLatitude(takeFirst(values).toDouble(&ok1));
     bool ok2;
-    geo.setLatitude(takeFirst(values).toDouble(&ok2));
+    geo.setLongitude(takeFirst(values).toDouble(&ok2));
 
     if (ok1 && ok2) {
         saveDetailWithContext(updatedDetails, geo, extractContexts(property));