diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.c b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.c
index 34a9dcef..851237a5 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ typedef struct {
   guint refcount;
   OstreeFetcher *self;
   SoupURI *uri;
+  int priority;
 
   OstreeFetcherState state;
 
@@ -60,6 +61,18 @@ typedef struct {
   GSimpleAsyncResult *result;
 } OstreeFetcherPendingURI;
 
+static int
+pending_uri_compare (gconstpointer a,
+                     gconstpointer b,
+                     gpointer unused)
+{
+  const OstreeFetcherPendingURI *pending_a = a;
+  const OstreeFetcherPendingURI *pending_b = b;
+
+  return (pending_a->priority == pending_b->priority) ? 0 :
+         (pending_a->priority < pending_b->priority) ? -1 : 1;
+}
+
 static void
 pending_uri_free (OstreeFetcherPendingURI *pending)
 {
@@ -507,6 +520,7 @@ ostree_fetcher_request_uri_internal (OstreeFetcher         *self,
                                      SoupURI               *uri,
                                      gboolean               is_stream,
                                      guint64                max_size,
+                                     int                    priority,
                                      GCancellable          *cancellable,
                                      GAsyncReadyCallback    callback,
                                      gpointer               user_data,
@@ -521,6 +535,7 @@ ostree_fetcher_request_uri_internal (OstreeFetcher         *self,
 
   pending->self = g_object_ref (self);
   pending->uri = soup_uri_copy (uri);
+  pending->priority = priority;
   pending->max_size = max_size;
   pending->is_stream = is_stream;
   pending->cancellable = cancellable ? g_object_ref (cancellable) : NULL;
@@ -566,7 +581,7 @@ ostree_fetcher_request_uri_internal (OstreeFetcher         *self,
         }
       pending->out_tmpfile = out_tmpfile;
 
-      g_queue_push_tail (&self->pending_queue, pending);
+      g_queue_insert_sorted (&self->pending_queue, pending, pending_uri_compare, NULL);
       ostree_fetcher_process_pending_queue (self);
     }
 
@@ -587,11 +602,12 @@ void
 _ostree_fetcher_request_uri_with_partial_async (OstreeFetcher         *self,
                                                SoupURI               *uri,
                                                guint64                max_size,
+                                               int                    priority,
                                                GCancellable          *cancellable,
                                                GAsyncReadyCallback    callback,
                                                gpointer               user_data)
 {
-  ostree_fetcher_request_uri_internal (self, uri, FALSE, max_size, cancellable,
+  ostree_fetcher_request_uri_internal (self, uri, FALSE, max_size, priority, cancellable,
                                        callback, user_data,
                                        _ostree_fetcher_request_uri_with_partial_async);
 }
@@ -618,11 +634,12 @@ static void
 ostree_fetcher_stream_uri_async (OstreeFetcher         *self,
                                  SoupURI               *uri,
                                  guint64                max_size,
+                                 int                    priority,
                                  GCancellable          *cancellable,
                                  GAsyncReadyCallback    callback,
                                  gpointer               user_data)
 {
-  ostree_fetcher_request_uri_internal (self, uri, TRUE, max_size, cancellable,
+  ostree_fetcher_request_uri_internal (self, uri, TRUE, max_size, priority, cancellable,
                                        callback, user_data,
                                        ostree_fetcher_stream_uri_async);
 }
@@ -716,6 +733,7 @@ _ostree_fetcher_request_uri_to_membuf (OstreeFetcher  *fetcher,
 
   ostree_fetcher_stream_uri_async (fetcher, uri,
                                    max_size,
+                                   OSTREE_FETCHER_DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
                                    cancellable,
                                    fetch_uri_sync_on_complete, &data);
 
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h
index 1a6c95b7..c81e51aa 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-fetcher.h
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 #define OSTREE_IS_FETCHER_CLASS(k)  (G_TYPE_CHECK_CLASS_TYPE ((k), OSTREE_TYPE_FETCHER))
 #define OSTREE_FETCHER_GET_CLASS(o) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_CLASS ((o), OSTREE_TYPE_FETCHER, OstreeFetcherClass))
 
+/* Lower values have higher priority */
+#define OSTREE_FETCHER_DEFAULT_PRIORITY 0
+
 typedef struct OstreeFetcherClass   OstreeFetcherClass;
 typedef struct OstreeFetcher   OstreeFetcher;
 
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ guint64 _ostree_fetcher_bytes_transferred (OstreeFetcher       *self);
 void _ostree_fetcher_request_uri_with_partial_async (OstreeFetcher         *self,
                                                     SoupURI               *uri,
                                                     guint64                max_size,
+                                                    int                    priority,
                                                     GCancellable          *cancellable,
                                                     GAsyncReadyCallback    callback,
                                                     gpointer               user_data);
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-metalink.c b/src/libostree/ostree-metalink.c
index 5244e917..82091eee 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-metalink.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-metalink.c
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ try_next_url (OstreeMetalinkRequest          *self)
       
       _ostree_fetcher_request_uri_with_partial_async (self->metalink->fetcher, next,
                                                       self->metalink->max_size,
+                                                      OSTREE_FETCHER_DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
                                                       g_task_get_cancellable (self->task),
                                                       on_fetched_url, self->task);
     }
diff --git a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
index a6160d33..296d23eb 100644
--- a/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
+++ b/src/libostree/ostree-repo-pull.c
@@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ enqueue_one_object_request (OtPullData        *pull_data,
 
   _ostree_fetcher_request_uri_with_partial_async (pull_data->fetcher, obj_uri,
                                                   expected_max_size,
+                                                  OSTREE_FETCHER_DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
                                                   pull_data->cancellable,
                                                   is_meta ? meta_fetch_on_complete : content_fetch_on_complete, fetch_data);
   soup_uri_free (obj_uri);
@@ -1451,6 +1452,7 @@ process_one_static_delta (OtPullData   *pull_data,
 
       target_uri = suburi_new (pull_data->base_uri, deltapart_path, NULL);
       _ostree_fetcher_request_uri_with_partial_async (pull_data->fetcher, target_uri, size,
+                                                      OSTREE_FETCHER_DEFAULT_PRIORITY,
                                                       pull_data->cancellable,
                                                       static_deltapart_fetch_on_complete,
                                                       fetch_data);