diff --git a/pytest_django/plugin.py b/pytest_django/plugin.py
index d004b3502..09c61c801 100644
--- a/pytest_django/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_django/plugin.py
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ def pytest_load_initial_conftests(early_config, parser, args):
     early_config.addinivalue_line(
         "markers",
         "django_db(transaction=False): Mark the test as using "
-        "the django test database.  The *transaction* argument marks will "
+        "the Django test database.  The *transaction* argument marks will "
         "allow you to use real transactions in the test like Django's "
         "TransactionTestCase.",
     )
     early_config.addinivalue_line(
         "markers",
         "urls(modstr): Use a different URLconf for this test, similar to "
-        "the `urls` attribute of Django `TestCase` objects.  *modstr* is "
+        "the `urls` attribute of Django's `TestCase` objects.  *modstr* is "
         "a string specifying the module of a URL config, e.g. "
         '"my_app.test_urls".',
     )
@@ -425,6 +425,30 @@ def pytest_runtest_setup(item):
             _disable_class_methods(item.cls)
 
 
+def pytest_collection_modifyitems(session, config, items):
+    def get_order_number(test):
+        marker_db = test.get_closest_marker('django_db')
+        if marker_db:
+            transaction = validate_django_db(marker_db)[0]
+            if transaction is True:
+                return 1
+        else:
+            transaction = None
+
+        fixtures = getattr(test, 'funcargnames', [])
+        if "transactional_db" in fixtures:
+            return 1
+
+        if transaction is False:
+            return 0
+        if "db" in fixtures:
+            return 0
+
+        return 2
+
+    items[:] = sorted(items, key=get_order_number)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
 def django_test_environment(request):
     """
diff --git a/tests/test_db_setup.py b/tests/test_db_setup.py
index caf4a6ab0..28ee6cf83 100644
--- a/tests/test_db_setup.py
+++ b/tests/test_db_setup.py
@@ -29,6 +29,38 @@ def test_db_can_be_accessed():
     result.stdout.fnmatch_lines(["*test_db_can_be_accessed PASSED*"])
 
 
+def test_db_order(django_testdir):
+    """Test order in which tests are being executed."""
+
+    django_testdir.create_test_module('''
+        import pytest
+
+        from .app.models import Item
+
+        @pytest.mark.django_db(transaction=True)
+        def test_run_second_decorator():
+            pass
+
+        def test_run_second_fixture(transactional_db):
+            pass
+
+        def test_run_first_fixture(db):
+            pass
+
+        @pytest.mark.django_db
+        def test_run_first_decorator():
+            pass
+    ''')
+    result = django_testdir.runpytest_subprocess('-v', '-s')
+    assert result.ret == 0
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
+        "*test_run_first_fixture*",
+        "*test_run_first_decorator*",
+        "*test_run_second_decorator*",
+        "*test_run_second_fixture*",
+    ])
+
+
 def test_db_reuse(django_testdir):
     """
     Test the re-use db functionality.