diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/test/context/support/WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListener.java b/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/test/context/support/WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListener.java
index 1b24f43d11..1fc684a64b 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/test/context/support/WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListener.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/test/context/support/WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListener.java
@@ -17,14 +17,10 @@ package org.springframework.security.test.context.support;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
-import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
-import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.context.support.StaticApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
-import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContext;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.security.test.context.TestSecurityContextHolder;
@@ -32,11 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.test.web.servlet.request.SecurityMockMvcRequ
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListener;
 import org.springframework.test.context.support.AbstractTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener;
-import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
-import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
-import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
  * A {@link TestExecutionListener} that will find annotations that are annotated with
@@ -49,7 +41,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
  * @author Rob Winch
  * @since 4.0
  */
-@Order(1000)
 public class WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListener extends
 		AbstractTestExecutionListener {
 
@@ -115,4 +106,12 @@ public class WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListener extends
 	public void afterTestMethod(TestContext testContext) throws Exception {
 		TestSecurityContextHolder.clearContext();
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns {@code 1000}.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public int getOrder() {
+		return 1000;
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/test/context/support/WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListenerTests.java b/test/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/test/context/support/WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListenerTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81a5826c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/test/context/support/WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListenerTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.security.test.context.support;
+
+import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestExecutionListener;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rob Winch
+ *
+ */
+public class WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListenerTests {
+	WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListener listener;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setup() {
+		listener = new WithSecurityContextTestExecutionListener();
+	}
+
+	// SEC-2709
+	@Test
+	public void orderOverridden() {
+		DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener otherListener = new DependencyInjectionTestExecutionListener();
+
+		List<TestExecutionListener> listeners = new ArrayList<TestExecutionListener>();
+		listeners.add(otherListener);
+		listeners.add(listener);
+
+		AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(listeners);
+
+		assertThat(listeners).containsSequence(listener, otherListener);
+	}
+}