diff --git a/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs b/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs
index 6089d29..f8e1eda 100644
--- a/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs
+++ b/Scripts/Editor/NodeGraphEditor.cs
@@ -41,11 +41,22 @@ namespace XNodeEditor {
                 return NodeEditorUtilities.NodeDefaultPath(type);
         }
 
+        /// <summary> The order by which the menu items are displayed. </summary>
+        public virtual int GetNodeMenuOrder(Type type) {
+            //Check if type has the CreateNodeMenuAttribute
+            XNode.Node.CreateNodeMenuAttribute attrib;
+            if (NodeEditorUtilities.GetAttrib(type, out attrib)) // Return custom path
+                return attrib.order;
+            else
+                return 0;
+        }
+
         /// <summary> Add items for the context menu when right-clicking this node. Override to add custom menu items. </summary>
         public virtual void AddContextMenuItems(GenericMenu menu) {
             Vector2 pos = NodeEditorWindow.current.WindowToGridPosition(Event.current.mousePosition);
-            for (int i = 0; i < NodeEditorReflection.nodeTypes.Length; i++) {
-                Type type = NodeEditorReflection.nodeTypes[i];
+            var nodeTypes = NodeEditorReflection.nodeTypes.OrderBy(type => GetNodeMenuOrder(type)).ToArray();
+            for (int i = 0; i < nodeTypes.Length; i++) {
+                Type type = nodeTypes[i];
 
                 //Get node context menu path
                 string path = GetNodeMenuName(type);
diff --git a/Scripts/Node.cs b/Scripts/Node.cs
index beb5f77..9d2721b 100644
--- a/Scripts/Node.cs
+++ b/Scripts/Node.cs
@@ -317,10 +317,20 @@ namespace XNode {
         [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class, AllowMultiple = false)]
         public class CreateNodeMenuAttribute : Attribute {
             public string menuName;
+            public int order;
             /// <summary> Manually supply node class with a context menu path </summary>
             /// <param name="menuName"> Path to this node in the context menu. Null or empty hides it. </param>
             public CreateNodeMenuAttribute(string menuName) {
                 this.menuName = menuName;
+                this.order = 0;
+            }
+
+            /// <summary> Manually supply node class with a context menu path </summary>
+            /// <param name="menuName"> Path to this node in the context menu. Null or empty hides it. </param>
+            /// <param name="order"> The order by which the menu items are displayed. </param>
+            public CreateNodeMenuAttribute(string menuName, int order) {
+                this.menuName = menuName;
+                this.order = order;
             }
         }