diff --git a/src/Controller/TaxonomiesController.php b/src/Controller/TaxonomiesController.php
index 1831025eef5e7f7573be77026f834c61b5a66fb2..4986ef1149c8416b3885dbfb342aff506b2972dd 100755
--- a/src/Controller/TaxonomiesController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/TaxonomiesController.php
@@ -151,6 +151,16 @@ class TaxonomiesController extends ControllerBase {
       $taxonomies = $taxonomiesConfig;
     }
 
+    // Sorts taxonomies so that all parent terms come before -- and therefore
+    // are created before -- their respective child terms
+    foreach ($taxonomies as $taxonomy => $terms) {
+      $parents = [];
+      foreach ($terms as $key => $term_data) {
+        $parents[$key] = $term_data['parent'];
+      }
+      array_multisort($parents, SORT_ASC, $taxonomies[$taxonomy]);
+    }
+
     if (array_key_exists('drush', $form) && $form['drush'] === TRUE) {
       $context = [];
       $context['drush'] = TRUE;