diff --git a/lib/less/tree/ruleset.js b/lib/less/tree/ruleset.js
index 2842719e..3238f97a 100644
--- a/lib/less/tree/ruleset.js
+++ b/lib/less/tree/ruleset.js
@@ -183,14 +183,16 @@ tree.Ruleset.prototype = {
     //     `context` holds an array of arrays.
     //
     toCSS: function (env) {
-        var css = [],      // The CSS output
+        var i, css = [],      // The CSS output
             rules = [],    // node.Rule instances
            _rules = [],    //
             rulesets = [], // node.Ruleset instances
+            ruleNodes = [],
+            rulesetNodes = [],
             selector,      // The fully rendered selector
             debugInfo,     // Line number debugging
             rule,
-            ruleCSS;
+            importNodes = [];
 
         this.mergeRules();
 
@@ -200,24 +202,34 @@ tree.Ruleset.prototype = {
             env.tabLevel++;
         }
 
-        // Compile rules and rulesets
-        for (var i = 0; i < this.rules.length; i++) {
-            rule = this.rules[i];
+        var tabRuleStr = env.compress ? '' : Array(env.tabLevel + 1).join("  "),
+            tabSetStr = env.compress ? '' : Array(env.tabLevel).join("  ");
 
-            if (rule.rules || (rule instanceof tree.Media) || rule instanceof tree.Directive) {
-                rulesets.push(rule.toCSS(env));
-            } else if (rule instanceof tree.Comment) {
-                if (this.root) {
-                    rulesets.push(rule.toCSS(env));
-                } else {
-                    rules.push(rule.toCSS(env));
-                }
+        for (i = 0; i < this.rules.length; i++) {
+            rule = this.rules[i];
+            if (rule instanceof tree.Import) {
+                importNodes.push(rule);
+            } else if (this.root || rule.rules || (rule instanceof tree.Media) || rule instanceof tree.Directive) {
+                rulesetNodes.push(rule);
             } else {
-                if (rule.toCSS) {
-                    rules.push(rule.toCSS(env));
-                } else if (rule.value) {
-                    rules.push(rule.value.toString());
-                }
+                ruleNodes.push(rule);
+            }
+        }
+
+        rulesetNodes = importNodes.concat(rulesetNodes);
+
+        for (i = 0; i < rulesetNodes.length; i++) {
+            rulesets.push(rulesetNodes[i].toCSS(env));
+        }
+
+        // Compile rules and rulesets
+        for (i = 0; i < ruleNodes.length; i++) {
+            rule = ruleNodes[i];
+
+            if (rule.toCSS) {
+                rules.push(rule.toCSS(env));
+            } else if (rule.value) {
+                rules.push(rule.value.toString());
             }
         }
 
@@ -232,9 +244,6 @@ tree.Ruleset.prototype = {
             }
         }
 
-        var tabRuleStr = env.compress ? '' : Array(env.tabLevel + 1).join("  "),
-            tabSetStr = env.compress ? '' : Array(env.tabLevel).join("  ");
-
         rulesets = rulesets.join('\n' + (this.root ? tabRuleStr : tabSetStr));
 
         // If this is the root node, we don't render
diff --git a/test/css/import-inline.css b/test/css/import-inline.css
index f198d3c1..f28e19c6 100644
--- a/test/css/import-inline.css
+++ b/test/css/import-inline.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-this isn't very valid CSS.
 @media (min-width: 600px) {
   #css { color: yellow; }
 
 }
+this isn't very valid CSS.
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