diff --git a/src/operands.rs b/src/operands.rs
index 0918aad..e157246 100644
--- a/src/operands.rs
+++ b/src/operands.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ use crate::register::SegmentRegister;
 
 use crate::{disasm::DisasmError, register::Register};
 use core::fmt;
-use std::ops::{Add, BitAnd, BitOr, BitXor, Div, Mul, Not, Shl, Shr, Sub};
+use std::{
+    cmp::Ordering,
+    ops::{Add, BitAnd, BitOr, BitXor, Div, Mul, Not, Shl, Shr, Sub},
+};
 
 pub type Byte = u8; // b
 pub type IByte = i8; // used for displacements of memory access
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ pub type Word = u16; // w or v
 pub type IWord = i16; // used for displacement of memory access
 pub type DWord = u32;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Ord, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Copy)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Copy)]
 /// Universal type to encode either Byte- or Word-sized immediate operands.
 /// Mostly used to:
 ///  - Encode immediates, where instructions exist for both widths.
@@ -106,6 +109,23 @@ impl ImmediateOperand {
     }
 }
 
+impl PartialOrd for ImmediateOperand {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Ord for ImmediateOperand {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
+        match (self, other) {
+            (ImmediateOperand::Byte(a), ImmediateOperand::Byte(b)) => a.cmp(b),
+            (ImmediateOperand::Word(a), ImmediateOperand::Word(b)) => a.cmp(b),
+            (ImmediateOperand::Byte(a), ImmediateOperand::Word(b)) => (*a as Word).cmp(b),
+            (ImmediateOperand::Word(a), ImmediateOperand::Byte(b)) => a.cmp(&(*b as Word)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<Vec<bool>> for ImmediateOperand {
     fn from(bits: Vec<bool>) -> Self {
         if bits.len() == 8 {
@@ -681,6 +701,19 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Pointer32 {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn ord() {
+        let b1 = ImmediateOperand::Byte(1);
+        let b5 = ImmediateOperand::Byte(5);
+        let w1 = ImmediateOperand::Word(1);
+        let w10 = ImmediateOperand::Word(10);
+
+        assert_eq!(b1 < b5, true);
+        assert_eq!(w1 < w10, true);
+        assert_eq!(b1 < w10, true);
+        assert_eq!(w1 < b5, true);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn add_byte_byte() {
         let a = ImmediateOperand::Byte(5);