--- xfconf-4.6.1.orig/xfconfd/xfconf-backend-perchannel-xml.c
+++ xfconf-4.6.1/xfconfd/xfconf-backend-perchannel-xml.c
@@ -1643,8 +1643,8 @@
                                            GError **error)
 {
     XfconfChannel *channel = NULL;
-    gchar *filename_stem, **filenames, *user_file;
-    gint i;
+    gchar *filename_stem, *tmp_filename, **filenames, *user_file;
+    gint i, size;
     XfconfProperty *prop;
 
     TRACE("entering");
@@ -1655,6 +1655,14 @@
                                             filename_stem, FALSE);
     g_free(filename_stem);
 
+    /* reverse array, to respect xdg base dirs' priority when merging */
+    for(size = 0; filenames[size]; ++size);
+    for(i = 0; (filenames[i]) && (i < size/2); ++i) {
+        tmp_filename = filenames[i];
+        filenames[i] = filenames[size - 1 - i];
+        filenames[size - 1 - i] = tmp_filename;
+    }
+
     if((!filenames || !filenames[0]) && !user_file) {
         if(error) {
             g_set_error(error, XFCONF_ERROR,