diff --git a/js/reveal.js b/js/reveal.js
index f47006f..456f418 100644
--- a/js/reveal.js
+++ b/js/reveal.js
@@ -142,6 +142,31 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 			threshold: 80
 		};
 
+    /**
+     * Return a sorted fragments list, ordered by an increasing "fragment-pos" attribute.
+     *
+     * Fragments will be revealed in the order that they are returned by
+     * this function, so you can use "fragment-pos" attributes to control
+     * the order of fragment appearance.
+     *
+     * To maintain a sensible default fragment order, fragments are presumed
+     * to be passed in document order. This function adds a "fragment-pos"
+     * attribute to each node if such an attribute is not already present,
+     * and sets that attribute to an integer value which is the position of
+     * the fragment within the fragments list.
+     *
+     */
+    function sort_fragments( fragments ) {
+        var a = toArray(fragments)
+        a.forEach( function (el, idx) {
+                if (!el.hasAttribute('fragment-pos')) {
+                    el.setAttribute('fragment-pos', idx) }})
+        a.sort(function(l, r) {
+                return l.getAttribute( 'fragment-pos' )
+                       - r.getAttribute( 'fragment-pos') })
+        return a
+    }
+
 	/**
 	 * Starts up the presentation if the client is capable.
 	 */
@@ -1022,6 +1047,7 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		// Show fragment, if specified
 		if( typeof f !== 'undefined' ) {
 			var fragments = currentSlide.querySelectorAll( '.fragment' );
+                        fragments = sort_fragments(fragments)
 
 			toArray( fragments ).forEach( function( fragment, indexf ) {
 				if( indexf < f ) {
@@ -1393,6 +1419,7 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		// Vertical slides:
 		if( document.querySelector( VERTICAL_SLIDES_SELECTOR + '.present' ) ) {
 			var verticalFragments = document.querySelectorAll( VERTICAL_SLIDES_SELECTOR + '.present .fragment:not(.visible)' );
+                        verticalFragments = sort_fragments(verticalFragments)
 			if( verticalFragments.length ) {
 				verticalFragments[0].classList.add( 'visible' );
 
@@ -1404,6 +1431,7 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		// Horizontal slides:
 		else {
 			var horizontalFragments = document.querySelectorAll( HORIZONTAL_SLIDES_SELECTOR + '.present .fragment:not(.visible)' );
+                        horizontalFragments = sort_fragments(horizontalFragments)
 			if( horizontalFragments.length ) {
 				horizontalFragments[0].classList.add( 'visible' );
 
@@ -1428,6 +1456,7 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		// Vertical slides:
 		if( document.querySelector( VERTICAL_SLIDES_SELECTOR + '.present' ) ) {
 			var verticalFragments = document.querySelectorAll( VERTICAL_SLIDES_SELECTOR + '.present .fragment.visible' );
+                        verticalFragments = sort_fragments(verticalFragments)
 			if( verticalFragments.length ) {
 				verticalFragments[ verticalFragments.length - 1 ].classList.remove( 'visible' );
 
@@ -1439,6 +1468,7 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		// Horizontal slides:
 		else {
 			var horizontalFragments = document.querySelectorAll( HORIZONTAL_SLIDES_SELECTOR + '.present .fragment.visible' );
+                        horizontalFragments = sort_fragments(horizontalFragments)
 			if( horizontalFragments.length ) {
 				horizontalFragments[ horizontalFragments.length - 1 ].classList.remove( 'visible' );
 
@@ -1949,4 +1979,4 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		}
 	};
 
-})();
\ No newline at end of file
+})();