diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0960c7c..53cdcd3 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -67,17 +67,26 @@ var gs = {
     // only one glob no need to aggregate
     if (!Array.isArray(globs)) return gs.createStream(globs, null, opt);
 
-    var positives = globs.filter(isPositive);
-    var negatives = globs.filter(isNegative);
+    var positives = [];
+    var negatives = [];
+
+    globs.forEach(function(glob, index) {
+      (isPositive(glob) ? positives : negatives).push({
+        index: index,
+        glob: glob
+      });
+    });
 
     if (positives.length === 0) throw new Error("Missing positive glob");
 
     // only one positive glob no need to aggregate
-    if (positives.length === 1) return gs.createStream(positives[0], negatives, opt);
+    if (positives.length === 1) {
+      return gs.createStream(positives[0].glob, negatives.filter(indexGreaterThan(positives[0].index)).map(toGlob), opt);
+    }
 
     // create all individual streams
-    var streams = positives.map(function(glob){
-      return gs.createStream(glob, negatives, opt);
+    var streams = positives.map(function(positive) {
+      return gs.createStream(positive.glob, negatives.filter(indexGreaterThan(positive.index)).map(toGlob), opt);
     });
 
     // then just pipe them to a single unique stream and return it
@@ -113,5 +122,14 @@ function unrelative(cwd, glob) {
   return mod+path.resolve(cwd, glob);
 }
 
+function indexGreaterThan(index) {
+  return function(obj) {
+    return obj.index > index;
+  };
+}
+
+function toGlob(obj) {
+  return obj.glob;
+}
 
 module.exports = gs;
diff --git a/test/main.js b/test/main.js
index a08676d..6bdf8f4 100644
--- a/test/main.js
+++ b/test/main.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 var gs = require('../');
 var through2 = require('through2');
 var should = require('should');
-require('mocha');
 var path = require('path');
 var join = path.join;
 var sep = path.sep;
@@ -421,5 +420,23 @@ describe('glob-stream', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should respect the globs array order', function(done) {
+      var stream = gs.create(['./fixtures/stuff/*', '!./fixtures/stuff/*.dmc', './fixtures/stuff/run.dmc'], {cwd: __dirname});
+      should.exist(stream);
+      stream.on('error', function(err) {
+        throw err;
+      });
+      stream.on('data', function(file) {
+        should.exist(file);
+        should.exist(file.path);
+        should.exist(file.base);
+        should.exist(file.cwd);
+        String(file.cwd).should.equal(__dirname);
+        String(file.base).should.equal(join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'stuff'+sep));
+        String(join(file.path,'')).should.equal(join(__dirname, './fixtures/stuff/run.dmc'));
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
   });
 });