diff --git a/Command/LoadSetsCommand.php b/Command/LoadSetsCommand.php
index 7e0b160..ef6bef4 100644
--- a/Command/LoadSetsCommand.php
+++ b/Command/LoadSetsCommand.php
@@ -74,26 +74,9 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
             $schemaTool->createSchema();
         }
 
-        // Store all loaded references in this array, so they can be used by other FixtureSets.
-        $references = array();
-
-        foreach ($sets as $file) {
-            $output->write("Loading file '$file' ... ");
-
-            // The file should return a FixtureSetInterface
-            $set = $this->loadSet($file);
-
-            if (!$set || !($set instanceof FixtureSetInterface)) {
-                throw new \InvalidArgumentException("File '$file' does not return a FixtureSetInterface.");
-            }
-
-            $entities = $manager->load($set, $references);
+        $fixtureSets = $this->loadFixtureSetsFromFiles($sets);
 
-            // Only reusing loaded entities. Internal references are ignored because of intended private state.
-            $references = array_merge($references, $entities);
-
-            $output->writeln("loaded " . count($entities) . " entities ... done.");
-        }
+        $this->loadFixtureSets($fixtureSets, $manager, $output);
     }
     
     protected function loadSet($file)
@@ -127,4 +110,55 @@ protected function findSetsByDefaultNaming() {
         // Return paths to sets.
         return array_keys(iterator_to_array($finder));
     }
+
+    private function loadFixtureSetsFromFiles($sets)
+    {
+        $fixtureSets = array();
+
+        foreach ($sets as $file) {
+
+            // The file should return a FixtureSetInterface
+            $set = $this->loadSet($file);
+
+            if (!$set || !($set instanceof FixtureSetInterface)) {
+                throw new \InvalidArgumentException("File '$file' does not return a FixtureSetInterface.");
+            }
+
+            $fixtureSets[$file] = $set;
+        }
+
+        return $this->orderFixtureSets($fixtureSets);
+    }
+
+    private function orderFixtureSets($fixtureSets)
+    {
+        uasort($fixtureSets, function(FixtureSetInterface $setA, FixtureSetInterface $setB) {
+            $a = $setA->getOrder();
+            $b = $setB->getOrder();
+            if ($a == $b) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            return ($a < $b) ? -1 : 1;
+        });
+
+        return $fixtureSets;
+    }
+
+    private function loadFixtureSets($fixtureSets, $manager, $output)
+    {
+        // Store all loaded references in this array, so they can be used by other FixtureSets.
+        $references = array();
+
+        foreach ($fixtureSets as $file =>  $set) {
+
+            $output->write("Loading file '$file' ... ");
+
+            $entities = $manager->load($set, $references);
+
+            // Only reusing loaded entities. Internal references are ignored because of intended private state.
+            $references = array_merge($references, $entities);
+
+            $output->writeln("loaded " . count($entities) . " entities ... done.");
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Fixtures/FixtureSet.php b/Fixtures/FixtureSet.php
index 8a736ca..767fa25 100644
--- a/Fixtures/FixtureSet.php
+++ b/Fixtures/FixtureSet.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public function __construct(array $options = array())
             'seed' => 1,
             'do_drop' => false,
             'do_persist' => true,
+            'order' => 1,
         );
         $this->options = array_merge(
             $defaultOptions,
@@ -135,4 +136,20 @@ public function setSeed($seed)
     {
         $this->options['seed'] = is_null($seed) ? null : (integer)$seed;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getOrder()
+    {
+        return $this->options['order'];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $order
+     */
+    public function setOrder($order)
+    {
+        $this->options['order'] = is_null($order) ? 1 : (integer)$order;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Fixtures/FixtureSetInterface.php b/Fixtures/FixtureSetInterface.php
index 91b79dc..53286e9 100644
--- a/Fixtures/FixtureSetInterface.php
+++ b/Fixtures/FixtureSetInterface.php
@@ -53,4 +53,9 @@ public function getLocale();
      * @return int|null
      */
     public function getSeed();
+
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getOrder();
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 541021d..232b89a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ $ php app/console h4cc_alice_fixtures:load:sets
 ```
 
 The order in which the bundles are loaded is defined by the order in which they are defined in `AppKernel`.
+A customization to that can be done using the "order" value in your fixture sets.
+Default is '1' and lower order values will be taken first.
 
 Example for a Preconfigured FixtureSet:
 
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ $set = new h4cc\AliceFixturesBundle\Fixtures\FixtureSet(array(
     'seed' => 42,
     'do_drop' => true,
     'do_persist' => true,
+    'order' => 5
 ));
 
 $set->addFile(__DIR__.'/Users.yml', 'yaml');
diff --git a/Tests/Fixture/FixtureSetTest.php b/Tests/Fixture/FixtureSetTest.php
index b0e9f76..4d37aac 100644
--- a/Tests/Fixture/FixtureSetTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Fixture/FixtureSetTest.php
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ public function testConstructor()
                 'seed' => 42,
                 'do_drop' => true,
                 'do_persist' => false,
+                'order' => 1337
             )
         );
 
         $this->assertEquals('de_DE', $set->getLocale());
         $this->assertEquals(42, $set->getSeed());
+        $this->assertEquals(1337, $set->getOrder());
         $this->assertEquals(true, $set->getDoDrop());
         $this->assertEquals(false, $set->getDoPersist());
         $this->assertEquals(array(), $set->getFiles());
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ public function testSetter()
 
         $set->setLocale('de_DE');
         $set->setSeed(42);
+        $set->setOrder(1337);
         $set->setDoDrop(true);
         $set->setDoPersist(false);
         $set->addFile('/foo', 'bar');
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ public function testSetter()
 
         $this->assertEquals('de_DE', $set->getLocale());
         $this->assertEquals(42, $set->getSeed());
+        $this->assertEquals(1337, $set->getOrder());
         $this->assertEquals(true, $set->getDoDrop());
         $this->assertEquals(false, $set->getDoPersist());
         $this->assertEquals(