diff --git a/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/posts.js b/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/posts.js
index a001abd7e0..3853a3b485 100644
--- a/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/posts.js
+++ b/core/server/data/importer/importers/data/posts.js
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ class PostsImporter extends BaseImporter {
         let postTags = this.posts_tags,
             postsWithTags = new Map(),
             self = this,
-            tags,
-            duplicatedTagsPerPost = {};
+            duplicatedTagsPerPost = {},
+            tagsToAttach = [],
+            foundOriginalTag;
+
+        postTags = _.orderBy(postTags, ['post_id', 'sort_order'], ['asc', 'asc']);
 
         _.each(postTags, function (postTag) {
             if (!postsWithTags.get(postTag.post_id)) {
@@ -52,11 +55,19 @@ class PostsImporter extends BaseImporter {
         });
 
         postsWithTags.forEach(function (tagIds, postId) {
-            tags = _.filter(self.tags, function (tag) {
-                return _.indexOf(tagIds, tag.id) !== -1;
+            tagsToAttach = [];
+
+            _.each(tagIds, function (tagId) {
+                foundOriginalTag = _.find(self.tags, {id: tagId});
+
+                if (!foundOriginalTag) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                tagsToAttach.push(foundOriginalTag);
             });
 
-            _.each(tags, function (tag) {
+            _.each(tagsToAttach, function (tag) {
                 _.each(self.dataToImport, function (obj) {
                     if (obj.id === postId) {
                         if (!_.isArray(obj.tags)) {
diff --git a/core/test/integration/data/importer/importers/data_spec.js b/core/test/integration/data/importer/importers/data_spec.js
index 184eb08a00..92f84cd14b 100644
--- a/core/test/integration/data/importer/importers/data_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/integration/data/importer/importers/data_spec.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var should = require('should'),
 
     // Stuff we are testing
     db = require('../../../../../server/data/db'),
+    models = require('../../../../../server/models'),
     exporter = require('../../../../../server/data/export'),
     importer = require('../../../../../server/data/importer'),
     dataImporter = importer.importers[1],
@@ -494,6 +495,54 @@ describe('Import', function () {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('004: order', function () {
+        beforeEach(testUtils.setup('roles', 'owner', 'settings'));
+
+        it('ensure post tag order is correct', function (done) {
+            var exportData;
+
+            testUtils.fixtures.loadExportFixture('export-004').then(function (exported) {
+                exportData = exported;
+                return dataImporter.doImport(exportData);
+            }).then(function () {
+                // Grab the data from tables
+                // NOTE: we have to return sorted data, sqlite can insert the posts in a different order
+                return Promise.all([
+                    models.Post.findPage({include: ['tags']}),
+                    models.Tag.findAll()
+                ]);
+            }).then(function (importedData) {
+                should.exist(importedData);
+
+                importedData.length.should.equal(2, 'Did not get data successfully');
+
+                var posts = importedData[0].posts,
+                    tags = importedData[1];
+
+                // test posts
+                posts.length.should.equal(exportData.data.posts.length, 'Wrong number of posts');
+                posts[0].tags.length.should.eql(1);
+                posts[0].tags[0].slug.should.eql(exportData.data.tags[0].slug);
+
+                // has a specific sort_order
+                posts[1].tags.length.should.eql(3);
+                posts[1].tags[0].slug.should.eql(exportData.data.tags[2].slug);
+                posts[1].tags[1].slug.should.eql(exportData.data.tags[0].slug);
+                posts[1].tags[2].slug.should.eql(exportData.data.tags[1].slug);
+
+                // sort_order property is missing (order depends on the posts_tags entries)
+                posts[2].tags.length.should.eql(2);
+                posts[2].tags[0].slug.should.eql(exportData.data.tags[1].slug);
+                posts[2].tags[1].slug.should.eql(exportData.data.tags[0].slug);
+
+                // test tags
+                tags.length.should.equal(exportData.data.tags.length, 'no new tags');
+
+                done();
+            }).catch(done);
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('Validation', function () {
         beforeEach(testUtils.setup('roles', 'owner', 'settings'));
 
diff --git a/core/test/utils/fixtures/export/export-004.json b/core/test/utils/fixtures/export/export-004.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69d076579e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/utils/fixtures/export/export-004.json
@@ -0,0 +1,457 @@
+{
+    "meta": {
+        "exported_on": 1388318311015,
+        "version": "003"
+    },
+    "data": {
+        "posts": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "uuid": "8492fbba-1102-4b53-8e3e-abe207952f0c",
+                "title": "Welcome to Ghost",
+                "slug": "welcome-to-ghost",
+                "markdown": "You're live! Nice.",
+                "html": "<p>You're live! Nice.</p>",
+                "image": null,
+                "featured": 0,
+                "page": 0,
+                "status": "published",
+                "language": "en_US",
+                "meta_title": null,
+                "meta_description": null,
+                "author_id": 1,
+                "created_at": 1425164400000,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1425164400000,
+                "updated_by": 1,
+                "published_at": 1425164400000,
+                "published_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 2,
+                "uuid": "8492fbba-1102-4b53-8e3e-abe207952f0c",
+                "title": "order test",
+                "slug": "order-test",
+                "markdown": "order test",
+                "html": "<p>Order Test.</p>",
+                "image": null,
+                "featured": 0,
+                "page": 0,
+                "status": "published",
+                "language": "en_US",
+                "meta_title": null,
+                "meta_description": null,
+                "author_id": 1,
+                "created_at": 1267398000000,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1267398000000,
+                "updated_by": 1,
+                "published_at": 1267398000000,
+                "published_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 3,
+                "uuid": "8492fbba-1102-4b53-8e3e-abe207952f0c",
+                "title": "has no sort order",
+                "slug": "no-order-test",
+                "markdown": "no-order test",
+                "html": "<p>No Order Test.</p>",
+                "image": null,
+                "featured": 0,
+                "page": 0,
+                "status": "published",
+                "language": "en_US",
+                "meta_title": null,
+                "meta_description": null,
+                "author_id": 1,
+                "created_at": 1362092400000,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1362092400000,
+                "updated_by": 1,
+                "published_at": 1362092400000,
+                "published_by": 1
+            }
+        ],
+        "users": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "uuid": "e5188224-4742-4c32-a2d6-e9c5c5d4c123",
+                "name": "Joe Bloggs",
+                "slug": "joe-bloggs",
+                "password": "$2a$10$.pZeeBE0gHXd0PTnbT/ph.GEKgd0Wd3q2pWna3ynTGBkPKnGIKABC",
+                "email": "jbloggs@example.com",
+                "image": null,
+                "cover": null,
+                "bio": "A blogger",
+                "website": null,
+                "location": null,
+                "accessibility": null,
+                "status": "active",
+                "language": "en_US",
+                "meta_title": null,
+                "meta_description": null,
+                "last_login": null,
+                "created_at": 1388319501897,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": null,
+                "updated_by": null
+            }
+        ],
+        "roles": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "uuid": "d2ea9c7f-7e6b-4cae-b009-35c298206852",
+                "name": "Administrator",
+                "description": "Administrators",
+                "created_at": 1388318310794,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310794,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 2,
+                "uuid": "b0d7d6b0-5b88-45b5-b0e5-a487741b843d",
+                "name": "Editor",
+                "description": "Editors",
+                "created_at": 1388318310796,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310796,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 3,
+                "uuid": "9f72e817-5490-4ccf-bc78-c557dc9613ca",
+                "name": "Author",
+                "description": "Authors",
+                "created_at": 1388318310799,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310799,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            }
+        ],
+        "roles_users": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "role_id": 1,
+                "user_id": 1
+            }
+        ],
+        "permissions": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "uuid": "bdfbd261-e0fb-4c8e-abab-aece7a9e8e34",
+                "name": "Edit posts",
+                "object_type": "post",
+                "action_type": "edit",
+                "object_id": null,
+                "created_at": 1388318310803,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310803,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 2,
+                "uuid": "580d31c4-e3db-40f3-969d-9a1caea9d1bb",
+                "name": "Remove posts",
+                "object_type": "post",
+                "action_type": "remove",
+                "object_id": null,
+                "created_at": 1388318310814,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310814,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 3,
+                "uuid": "c1f8b024-e383-494a-835d-6fb673f143db",
+                "name": "Create posts",
+                "object_type": "post",
+                "action_type": "create",
+                "object_id": null,
+                "created_at": 1388318310818,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310818,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            }
+        ],
+        "permissions_users": [],
+        "permissions_roles": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "role_id": 1,
+                "permission_id": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 2,
+                "role_id": 1,
+                "permission_id": 2
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 3,
+                "role_id": 1,
+                "permission_id": 3
+            }
+        ],
+        "settings": [
+            {
+                "id": 2,
+                "uuid": "95ce1c53-69b0-4f5f-be91-d3aeb39046b5",
+                "key": "dbHash",
+                "value": null,
+                "type": "core",
+                "created_at": 1388318310829,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310829,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 3,
+                "uuid": "c356fbde-0bc5-4fe1-9309-2510291aa34d",
+                "key": "title",
+                "value": "Ghost",
+                "type": "blog",
+                "created_at": 1388318310830,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310830,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 4,
+                "uuid": "858dc11f-8f9e-4011-99ee-d94c48d5a2ce",
+                "key": "description",
+                "value": "Just a blogging platform.",
+                "type": "blog",
+                "created_at": 1388318310830,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310830,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 5,
+                "uuid": "37ca5ae7-bca6-4dd5-8021-4ef6c6dcb097",
+                "key": "email",
+                "value": "josephinebloggs@example.com",
+                "type": "blog",
+                "created_at": 1388318310830,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310830,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 6,
+                "uuid": "1672d62c-fab7-4f22-b333-8cf760189f67",
+                "key": "logo",
+                "value": "",
+                "type": "blog",
+                "created_at": 1388318310830,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310830,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 7,
+                "uuid": "cd8b0456-578b-467a-857e-551bad17a14d",
+                "key": "cover",
+                "value": "",
+                "type": "blog",
+                "created_at": 1388318310830,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310830,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 8,
+                "uuid": "c4a074a4-05c7-49f7-83eb-068302c15d82",
+                "key": "defaultLang",
+                "value": "en_US",
+                "type": "blog",
+                "created_at": 1388318310830,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310830,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 9,
+                "uuid": "21f2f5da-9bee-4dae-b3b7-b8d7baf8be33",
+                "key": "postsPerPage",
+                "value": "6",
+                "type": "blog",
+                "created_at": 1388318310830,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310830,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 10,
+                "uuid": "2d21b736-f85a-4119-a0e3-5fc898b1bf47",
+                "key": "forceI18n",
+                "value": "true",
+                "type": "blog",
+                "created_at": 1388318310831,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310831,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 11,
+                "uuid": "5c5b91b8-6062-4104-b855-9e121f72b0f0",
+                "key": "permalinks",
+                "value": "/:slug/",
+                "type": "blog",
+                "created_at": 1388318310831,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310831,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 12,
+                "uuid": "795cb328-3e38-4906-81a8-fcdff19d914f",
+                "key": "activeTheme",
+                "value": "notcasper",
+                "type": "theme",
+                "created_at": 1388318310831,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310831,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 13,
+                "uuid": "f3afce35-5166-453e-86c3-50dfff74dca7",
+                "key": "activeApps",
+                "value": "[]",
+                "type": "plugin",
+                "created_at": 1388318310831,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310831,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 14,
+                "uuid": "2ea560a3-2304-449d-a62b-f7b622987510",
+                "key": "installedApps",
+                "value": "[]",
+                "type": "plugin",
+                "created_at": 1388318310831,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310831,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            }
+        ],
+        "tags": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "uuid": "a950117a-9735-4584-931d-25a28015a80d",
+                "name": "two",
+                "slug": "two",
+                "description": null,
+                "parent_id": null,
+                "meta_title": null,
+                "meta_description": null,
+                "created_at": 1388318310790,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310790,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 2,
+                "uuid": "a950117a-9735-4584-931d-25a28015a80d",
+                "name": "one",
+                "slug": "one",
+                "description": null,
+                "parent_id": null,
+                "meta_title": null,
+                "meta_description": null,
+                "created_at": 1388318310790,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310790,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 3,
+                "uuid": "a950117a-9735-4584-931d-25a28015a80d",
+                "name": "three",
+                "slug": "three",
+                "description": null,
+                "parent_id": null,
+                "meta_title": null,
+                "meta_description": null,
+                "created_at": 1388318310790,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318310790,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            }
+        ],
+        "posts_tags": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "post_id": 1,
+                "tag_id": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 2,
+                "post_id": 2,
+                "tag_id": 2,
+                "sort_order": 0
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 3,
+                "post_id": 2,
+                "tag_id": 1,
+                "sort_order": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 4,
+                "post_id": 3,
+                "tag_id": 3
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 5,
+                "post_id": 3,
+                "tag_id": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 6,
+                "post_id": 3,
+                "tag_id": 2
+            }
+        ],
+        "apps": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "uuid": "4d7557f0-0949-4946-9fe8-ec030e0727f0",
+                "name": "Kudos",
+                "slug": "kudos",
+                "version": "0.0.1",
+                "status": "installed",
+                "created_at": 1388318312790,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318312790,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            }
+        ],
+        "app_settings": [
+            {
+                "id": 1,
+                "uuid": "790e4551-b9cc-4954-8f5d-b6e651bc7342",
+                "key": "position",
+                "value": "bottom",
+                "app_id": 1,
+                "created_at": 1388318312790,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318312790,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            },
+            {
+                "id": 2,
+                "uuid": "29682b66-cdeb-4773-9821-bcf40ea93b58",
+                "key": "size",
+                "value": "60",
+                "app_id": 1,
+                "created_at": 1388318312790,
+                "created_by": 1,
+                "updated_at": 1388318312790,
+                "updated_by": 1
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}