diff --git a/src/canvas.class.js b/src/canvas.class.js
index a32e4fb5c2f..9abe38cdd97 100644
--- a/src/canvas.class.js
+++ b/src/canvas.class.js
@@ -375,7 +375,23 @@
       else {
         objsToRender = this._objects;
       }
-      return objsToRender;
+
+      return this._sortObjectsByDisplayOrder(objsToRender);
+    },
+
+    _sortObjectsByDisplayOrder: function (objects) {
+      return objects.sort(function(a, b) {
+        var sortValue = 0, az = a.zIndex || 0, bz = b.zIndex || 0;
+
+        if (az < bz) {
+          sortValue = -1;
+        }
+        else if (az > bz) {
+          sortValue = 1;
+        }
+
+        return sortValue;
+      });
     },
 
     /**
@@ -1234,6 +1250,7 @@
      * @private
      */
     _searchPossibleTargets: function(objects, pointer) {
+      objects = this._sortObjectsByDisplayOrder(objects);
 
       // Cache all targets where their bounding box contains point.
       var target, i = objects.length, normalizedPointer, subTarget;