diff --git a/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp b/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp
index 8d5fbacf4080..8c464b11db77 100644
--- a/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp
+++ b/src/app/legend/qgslegend.cpp
@@ -988,11 +988,11 @@ QgsLegendGroup* QgsLegend::addEmbeddedGroup( const QString& groupName, const QSt
   QDomNodeList legendGroupList = legendElem.elementsByTagName( "legendgroup" );
   for ( int i = 0; i < legendGroupList.size(); ++i )
   {
-    QDomElement legendElem = legendGroupList.at( i ).toElement();
-    if ( legendElem.attribute( "name" ) == groupName )
+    QDomElement legendGroupElem = legendGroupList.at( i ).toElement();
+    if ( legendGroupElem.attribute( "name" ) == groupName )
     {
       //embedded groups cannot be embedded again
-      if ( legendElem.attribute( "embedded" ) == "1" )
+      if ( legendGroupElem.attribute( "embedded" ) == "1" )
       {
         mEmbeddedGroups.remove( groupName );
         return 0;
@@ -1017,7 +1017,8 @@ QgsLegendGroup* QgsLegend::addEmbeddedGroup( const QString& groupName, const QSt
       group->setFont( 0, groupFont );
       setCurrentItem( group );
 
-      QDomNodeList groupChildren = legendElem.childNodes();
+      bool updateDrawingOrder = legendElem.attribute( "updateDrawingOrder" ) == "true";
+      QDomNodeList groupChildren = legendGroupElem.childNodes();
       for ( int j = 0; j < groupChildren.size(); ++j )
       {
         QDomElement childElem = groupChildren.at( j ).toElement();
@@ -1040,6 +1041,14 @@ QgsLegendGroup* QgsLegend::addEmbeddedGroup( const QString& groupName, const QSt
 
           if ( cItem )
           {
+            //add drawing order
+            int drawingOrder = ( updateDrawingOrder ? -1 : childElem.attribute( "drawingOrder", "-1" ).toInt() );
+            QgsLegendLayer* llI = dynamic_cast<QgsLegendLayer*>( cItem );
+            if ( llI )
+            {
+              llI->setDrawingOrder( drawingOrder );
+            }
+
             group->insertChild( group->childCount(), cItem );
           }
 
@@ -1474,24 +1483,39 @@ QList<QgsMapCanvasLayer> QgsLegend::canvasLayers()
         {
           qSort( groupLayers.begin(), groupLayers.end(), inReverseDrawingOrder );
         }
-        for ( int i = groupLayers.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i )
+
+        QMap<int, QgsMapCanvasLayer > orderedLayers;
+        for ( int i = 0; i < groupLayers.size(); ++i )
         {
           QgsLegendLayer* ll = groupLayers.at( i );
+          int drawingOrder = ll->drawingOrder();
           if ( !ll || embeddedGroupChildren.contains( ll ) )
           {
             continue;
           }
 
-          if ( mUpdateDrawingOrder )
+          if ( drawingOrder == -1 )
           {
-            layers.insertMulti( nEntries, ll->canvasLayer() );
+            orderedLayers.insert( orderedLayers.size(), ll->canvasLayer() );
           }
           else
           {
-            layers.insertMulti( groupDrawingOrder,  ll->canvasLayer() );
+            orderedLayers.insert( drawingOrder, ll->canvasLayer() );
           }
           embeddedGroupChildren.insert( ll );
         }
+        QMap<int, QgsMapCanvasLayer >::iterator orderedLayersIt = orderedLayers.begin();
+        for ( ; orderedLayersIt != orderedLayers.end(); ++orderedLayersIt )
+        {
+          if ( mUpdateDrawingOrder )
+          {
+            layers.insert( layers.size(), orderedLayersIt.value() );
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            layers.insertMulti( groupDrawingOrder,  orderedLayersIt.value() );
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
     ++it;
diff --git a/src/mapserver/qgis_map_serv.cpp b/src/mapserver/qgis_map_serv.cpp
index b7cbd40e3d7a..4cd4162e0d10 100644
--- a/src/mapserver/qgis_map_serv.cpp
+++ b/src/mapserver/qgis_map_serv.cpp
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
 
   //Default prefix path may be altered by environment variable
   QgsApplication::init();
+#if !defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+  // init QGIS's paths - true means that all path will be inited from prefix
+  QgsApplication::setPrefixPath( CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX, TRUE );
+#endif
 
 #if defined(MAPSERVER_SKIP_ECW)
   QgsDebugMsg( "Skipping GDAL ECW drivers in server." );
diff --git a/src/mapserver/qgsprojectparser.cpp b/src/mapserver/qgsprojectparser.cpp
index c6c1a9781adb..86eea48aa74d 100644
--- a/src/mapserver/qgsprojectparser.cpp
+++ b/src/mapserver/qgsprojectparser.cpp
@@ -1851,6 +1851,7 @@ void QgsProjectParser::addLayersFromGroup( const QDomElement& legendGroupElem, Q
   }
   else //normal group
   {
+    bool updateDrawingOrder = ( legendGroupElem.parentNode().toElement().attribute( "updateDrawingOrder" ) == "true" );
     QMap< int, QDomElement > layerOrderList;
     QDomNodeList groupElemChildren = legendGroupElem.childNodes();
     for ( int i = 0; i < groupElemChildren.size(); ++i )
@@ -1862,7 +1863,7 @@ void QgsProjectParser::addLayersFromGroup( const QDomElement& legendGroupElem, Q
       }
       else if ( elem.tagName() == "legendlayer" )
       {
-        int drawingOrder = elem.attribute( "drawingOrder", "-1" ).toInt();
+        int drawingOrder = updateDrawingOrder ? -1 : elem.attribute( "drawingOrder", "-1" ).toInt();
         if ( drawingOrder == -1 )
         {
           addLayerFromLegendLayer( elem, layerList, useCache );
@@ -4123,6 +4124,14 @@ void QgsProjectParser::addDrawingOrderEmbeddedGroup( const QDomElement& groupEle
     return;
   }
 
+  //legend or custom drawing order in embedded project?
+  bool updateDrawingOrder = true;
+  QDomNodeList legendNode = doc->elementsByTagName( "legend" );
+  if ( legendNode.size() > 0 )
+  {
+    updateDrawingOrder = ( legendNode.at( 0 ).toElement().attribute( "updateDrawingOrder" ) == "true" );
+  }
+
   QDomNodeList layerNodeList = embeddedGroupElem.elementsByTagName( "legendlayer" );
   QDomElement layerElem;
   QMap<int, QString > layerNames;
@@ -4132,7 +4141,7 @@ void QgsProjectParser::addDrawingOrderEmbeddedGroup( const QDomElement& groupEle
     layerElem = layerNodeList.at( i ).toElement();
     layerName = layerElem.attribute( "name" );
 
-    int layerDrawingOrder = layerElem.attribute( "drawingOrder", "-1" ).toInt();
+    int layerDrawingOrder = updateDrawingOrder ? -1 : layerElem.attribute( "drawingOrder", "-1" ).toInt();
     if ( layerDrawingOrder == -1 )
     {
       layerNames.insert( layerNames.size(), layerName );