diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Query/Select.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Query/Select.php
index a5e93e8e39e28aaba1ef0d5bd72e28d451ab9aec..b7db60579da16dd56fa23be5c4ef8d872e3e285f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Query/Select.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Query/Select.php
@@ -860,6 +860,14 @@ public function __toString() {
       $query .= "\nHAVING " . $this->having;
     }
 
+    // UNION is a little odd, as the select queries to combine are passed into
+    // this query, but syntactically they all end up on the same level.
+    if ($this->union) {
+      foreach ($this->union as $union) {
+        $query .= ' ' . $union['type'] . ' ' . (string) $union['query'];
+      }
+    }
+
     // ORDER BY
     if ($this->order) {
       $query .= "\nORDER BY ";
@@ -879,14 +887,6 @@ public function __toString() {
       $query .= "\nLIMIT " . (int) $this->range['length'] . " OFFSET " . (int) $this->range['start'];
     }
 
-    // UNION is a little odd, as the select queries to combine are passed into
-    // this query, but syntactically they all end up on the same level.
-    if ($this->union) {
-      foreach ($this->union as $union) {
-        $query .= ' ' . $union['type'] . ' ' . (string) $union['query'];
-      }
-    }
-
     if ($this->forUpdate) {
       $query .= ' FOR UPDATE';
     }
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/SelectTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/SelectTest.php
index b5248631f575e032c425f336bfd43081e96aff8e..cc857a27716d99206ffe3ed1047d82dd2b53245f 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/SelectTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Database/SelectTest.php
@@ -322,6 +322,64 @@ function testUnionCount() {
     $this->assertEqual(count($names), $count, "The count query's result matched the number of rows in the UNION query.");
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests that we can UNION multiple Select queries together and set the ORDER.
+   */
+  function testUnionOrder() {
+    // This gives George and Ringo.
+    $query_1 = db_select('test', 't')
+      ->fields('t', array('name'))
+      ->condition('age', array(27, 28), 'IN');
+
+    // This gives Paul.
+    $query_2 = db_select('test', 't')
+      ->fields('t', array('name'))
+      ->condition('age', 26);
+
+    $query_1->union($query_2);
+    $query_1->orderBy('name', 'DESC');
+
+    $names = $query_1->execute()->fetchCol();
+
+    // Ensure we get all 3 records.
+    $this->assertEqual(count($names), 3, 'UNION returned rows from both queries.');
+
+    // Ensure that the names are in the correct reverse alphabetical order,
+    // regardless of which query they came from.
+    $this->assertEqual($names[0], 'Ringo', 'First query returned correct name.');
+    $this->assertEqual($names[1], 'Paul', 'Second query returned correct name.');
+    $this->assertEqual($names[2], 'George', 'Third query returned correct name.');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests that we can UNION multiple Select queries together with and a LIMIT.
+   */
+  function testUnionOrderLimit() {
+    // This gives George and Ringo.
+    $query_1 = db_select('test', 't')
+      ->fields('t', array('name'))
+      ->condition('age', array(27, 28), 'IN');
+
+    // This gives Paul.
+    $query_2 = db_select('test', 't')
+      ->fields('t', array('name'))
+      ->condition('age', 26);
+
+    $query_1->union($query_2);
+    $query_1->orderBy('name', 'DESC');
+    $query_1->range(0, 2);
+
+    $names = $query_1->execute()->fetchCol();
+
+    // Ensure we get all only 2 of the 3 records.
+    $this->assertEqual(count($names), 2, 'UNION with a limit returned rows from both queries.');
+
+    // Ensure that the names are in the correct reverse alphabetical order,
+    // regardless of which query they came from.
+    $this->assertEqual($names[0], 'Ringo', 'First query returned correct name.');
+    $this->assertEqual($names[1], 'Paul', 'Second query returned correct name.');
+  }
+
   /**
    * Tests that random ordering of queries works.
    *