diff --git a/plugins/BadWords.py b/plugins/BadWords.py
index 4be6ce6b6..15712158b 100644
--- a/plugins/BadWords.py
+++ b/plugins/BadWords.py
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ def subber(m):
     return nastyChars[:len(m.group(1))]
 
 class BadWords(callbacks.Privmsg):
+    priority = 1
     def __init__(self):
         callbacks.Privmsg.__init__(self)
         self.badwords = sets.Set()
diff --git a/plugins/FunCommands.py b/plugins/FunCommands.py
index 99f4ac89c..aef09f8b0 100644
--- a/plugins/FunCommands.py
+++ b/plugins/FunCommands.py
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ example = utils.wrapLines("""
 """)
 
 class FunCommands(callbacks.Privmsg):
+    priority = 98 # Really just to test.
     dictServer = 'dict.org'
     def __init__(self):
         callbacks.Privmsg.__init__(self)
diff --git a/src/irclib.py b/src/irclib.py
index 52ff5c6af..f1994b866 100644
--- a/src/irclib.py
+++ b/src/irclib.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class IrcCallback(IrcCommandDispatcher):
     "doCommand" -- doPrivmsg, doNick, do433, etc.  These will be called
     on matching messages.
     """
+    priority = 99
     def name(self):
         return self.__class__.__name__
 
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ class Irc(object):
 
     def addCallback(self, callback):
         self.callbacks.append(callback)
+        utils.sortBy(lambda cb: cb.priority, self.callbacks)
 
     def getCallback(self, name):
         name = name.lower()
@@ -409,7 +411,7 @@ class Irc(object):
                 self.outstandingPing = True
                 self.queueMsg(ircmsgs.ping(now))
         if msg:
-            for callback in self.callbacks:
+            for callback in reviter(self.callbacks):
                 #debug.printf(repr(msg))
                 try:
                     outFilter = getattr(callback, 'outFilter')