diff --git a/lib/base/initialize.hpp b/lib/base/initialize.hpp
index 1459bd25f..94dedfaf2 100644
--- a/lib/base/initialize.hpp
+++ b/lib/base/initialize.hpp
@@ -9,17 +9,22 @@
 namespace icinga
 {
 
+/**
+ * Priority values for use with the INITIALIZE_ONCE_WITH_PRIORITY macro.
+ *
+ * The values are given in the order of initialization.
+ */
 enum class InitializePriority {
-	CreateNamespaces = 1000,
-	InitIcingaApplication = 50,
-	RegisterTypeType = 20,
-	RegisterObjectType = 20,
-	RegisterPrimitiveTypes = 15,
-	RegisterBuiltinTypes = 15,
-	RegisterFunctions = 10,
-	RegisterTypes = 10,
-	EvaluateConfigFragments = 5,
-	Default = 0,
+	CreateNamespaces,
+	InitIcingaApplication,
+	RegisterTypeType,
+	RegisterObjectType,
+	RegisterPrimitiveTypes,
+	RegisterBuiltinTypes,
+	RegisterFunctions,
+	RegisterTypes,
+	EvaluateConfigFragments,
+	Default,
 };
 
 #define I2_TOKENPASTE(x, y) x ## y
diff --git a/lib/base/loader.cpp b/lib/base/loader.cpp
index 84427d755..d15defb95 100644
--- a/lib/base/loader.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/loader.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 using namespace icinga;
 
-boost::thread_specific_ptr<std::priority_queue<DeferredInitializer> >& Loader::GetDeferredInitializers()
+boost::thread_specific_ptr<Loader::DeferredInitializerPriorityQueue>& Loader::GetDeferredInitializers()
 {
-	static boost::thread_specific_ptr<std::priority_queue<DeferredInitializer> > initializers;
+	static boost::thread_specific_ptr<DeferredInitializerPriorityQueue> initializers;
 	return initializers;
 }
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ void Loader::ExecuteDeferredInitializers()
 void Loader::AddDeferredInitializer(const std::function<void()>& callback, InitializePriority priority)
 {
 	if (!GetDeferredInitializers().get())
-		GetDeferredInitializers().reset(new std::priority_queue<DeferredInitializer>());
+		GetDeferredInitializers().reset(new Loader::DeferredInitializerPriorityQueue());
 
 	GetDeferredInitializers().get()->push(DeferredInitializer(callback, priority));
 }
diff --git a/lib/base/loader.hpp b/lib/base/loader.hpp
index 48b6b3d11..f1c775928 100644
--- a/lib/base/loader.hpp
+++ b/lib/base/loader.hpp
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ public:
 		: m_Callback(std::move(callback)), m_Priority(priority)
 	{ }
 
-	bool operator<(const DeferredInitializer& other) const
+	bool operator>(const DeferredInitializer& other) const
 	{
-		return m_Priority < other.m_Priority;
+		return m_Priority > other.m_Priority;
 	}
 
 	void operator()()
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ public:
 private:
 	Loader();
 
-	static boost::thread_specific_ptr<std::priority_queue<DeferredInitializer> >& GetDeferredInitializers();
+	// Deferred initializers are run in the order of the definition of their enum values.
+	// Therefore, initializers that should be run first have lower enum values and
+	// the order of the std::priority_queue has to be reversed using std::greater.
+	using DeferredInitializerPriorityQueue = std::priority_queue<DeferredInitializer, std::vector<DeferredInitializer>, std::greater<>>;
+
+	static boost::thread_specific_ptr<DeferredInitializerPriorityQueue>& GetDeferredInitializers();
 };
 
 }