diff --git a/public_html/lists/admin/actions/processqueue.php b/public_html/lists/admin/actions/processqueue.php
index 9c7ada027..5f1b318ec 100644
--- a/public_html/lists/admin/actions/processqueue.php
+++ b/public_html/lists/admin/actions/processqueue.php
@@ -897,6 +897,12 @@ function sendEmailTest($messageid, $email)
         );
     }
 
+    //# this allows plugins to change the order in which the subscribers are
+    //# processed, by adding an "order by" clause to the query
+    foreach ($GLOBALS['plugins'] as $pluginname => $plugin) {
+        $query = $plugin->processQueueUserSelectQuery($query, $messageid);
+    }
+
     if (VERBOSE) {
         processQueueOutput('User select query '.$query);
     }
@@ -938,6 +944,9 @@ function sendEmailTest($messageid, $email)
         //# rerun the initial query, in order to continue as normal
         $query = sprintf('select userid from '.$tables['usermessage'].' where messageid = %d and status = "todo"',
             $messageid);
+        foreach ($GLOBALS['plugins'] as $pluginname => $plugin) {
+            $query = $plugin->processQueueUserSelectQuery($query, $messageid);
+        }
         $userids = Sql_Query($query);
         $counters['total_users_for_message '.$messageid] = Sql_Affected_Rows();
     }
diff --git a/public_html/lists/admin/defaultplugin.php b/public_html/lists/admin/defaultplugin.php
index 2995b150a..5df3a45a0 100644
--- a/public_html/lists/admin/defaultplugin.php
+++ b/public_html/lists/admin/defaultplugin.php
@@ -848,6 +848,22 @@ public function processQueueStart()
     {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * processQueueUserSelectQuery
+     * called with the query that selects the subscribers of a campaign, just
+     * before that query is run
+     * allows a plugin to change the order in which subscribers are processed,
+     * for example to interleave imported segments instead of sending in
+     * database order
+     * @param string query the query that is about to be run
+     * @param int messageid the campaign being processed
+     * @return string the query to run
+     */
+    public function processQueueUserSelectQuery($query, $messageid)
+    {
+        return $query;
+    }
+
     /**
      * allowProcessQueue
      * called at the beginning of processQueue