diff --git a/src/scval.js b/src/scval.js
index 605b81b8..725ab004 100644
--- a/src/scval.js
+++ b/src/scval.js
@@ -376,3 +376,27 @@ export function scValToNative(scv) {
       return scv.value();
   }
 }
+
+/// Inject a sortable map builder into the xdr module.
+xdr.scvSortedMap = (items) => {
+  let sorted = Array.from(items).sort((a, b) => {
+    // Both a and b are `ScMapEntry`s, so we need to sort by underlying key.
+    //
+    // We couldn't possibly handle every combination of keys since Soroban
+    // maps don't enforce consistent types, so we do a best-effort and try
+    // sorting by "number-like" or "string-like."
+    let nativeA = scValToNative(a.key()),
+      nativeB = scValToNative(b.key());
+
+    switch (typeof nativeA) {
+      case 'number':
+      case 'bigint':
+        return nativeA < nativeB ? -1 : 1;
+
+      default:
+        return nativeA.toString().localeCompare(nativeB.toString());
+    }
+  });
+
+  return xdr.ScVal.scvMap(sorted);
+};
diff --git a/src/xdr.js b/src/xdr.js
index 3f53d3f2..d97dbe29 100644
--- a/src/xdr.js
+++ b/src/xdr.js
@@ -1,27 +1,3 @@
 import xdr from './generated/curr_generated';
-import { scValToNative } from './scval';
-
-xdr.scvMapSorted = (items) => {
-  let sorted = Array.from(items).sort((a, b) => {
-    // Both a and b are `ScMapEntry`s, so we need to sort by underlying key.
-    //
-    // We couldn't possibly handle every combination of keys since Soroban
-    // maps don't enforce consistent types, so we do a best-effort and try
-    // sorting by "number-like" or "string-like."
-    let nativeA = scValToNative(a.key()),
-      nativeB = scValToNative(b.key());
-
-    switch (typeof nativeA) {
-      case 'number':
-      case 'bigint':
-        return nativeA < nativeB ? -1 : 1;
-
-      default:
-        return nativeA.toString().localeCompare(nativeB.toString());
-    }
-  });
-
-  return xdr.ScVal.scvMap(sorted);
-};
 
 export default xdr;
diff --git a/test/unit/scval_test.js b/test/unit/scval_test.js
index 37089414..9bd648ee 100644
--- a/test/unit/scval_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/scval_test.js
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ describe('parsing and building ScVals', function () {
       expect(sample.value()[idx].key().value()).to.equal(val);
     });
 
-    const sorted = xdr.scvMapSorted(sample.value());
+    const sorted = xdr.scvSortedMap(sample.value());
     expect(sorted.switch().name).to.equal('scvMap');
     ['a', 'b', 'c'].forEach((val, idx) => {
       expect(sorted.value()[idx].key().value()).to.equal(val);
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ describe('parsing and building ScVals', function () {
       expect(sample.value()[idx].key().value().toBigInt()).to.equal(val);
     });
 
-    const sorted = xdr.scvMapSorted(sample.value());
+    const sorted = xdr.scvSortedMap(sample.value());
     expect(sorted.switch().name).to.equal('scvMap');
     [1n, 2n, 3n].forEach((val, idx) => {
       expect(sorted.value()[idx].key().value().toBigInt()).to.equal(val);
diff --git a/types/curr.d.ts b/types/curr.d.ts
index beafaa43..00be76e4 100644
--- a/types/curr.d.ts
+++ b/types/curr.d.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ export namespace xdr {
 
   type Hash = Opaque[]; // workaround, cause unknown
 
+  /**
+   * Returns an {@link ScVal} with a map type and sorted entries.
+   *
+   * @param items the key-value pairs to sort.
+   *
+   * @warning This only performs "best-effort" sorting, working best when the
+   * keys are all either numeric or string-like.
+   */
+  function scvSortedMap(items: ScMapEntry[]): ScVal;
+
   interface SignedInt {
     readonly MAX_VALUE: 2147483647;
     readonly MIN_VALUE: -2147483648;