diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/app.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/app.ts
index e0680e271c..459c638a31 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/app.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/app.ts
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ async function resolveApp (nuxt: Nuxt, app: NuxtApp) {
     }))
   }
 
-  // Resolve plugins
+  // Resolve plugins, first extended layers and then base
   app.plugins = [
     ...nuxt.options.plugins.map(normalizePlugin)
   ]
-  for (const config of nuxt.options._layers.map(layer => layer.config)) {
+  for (const config of nuxt.options._layers.map(layer => layer.config).reverse()) {
     app.plugins.push(...[
       ...(config.plugins || []),
       ...config.srcDir
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index ec0b6ab1be..3e4db35cdc 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -983,6 +983,11 @@ describe('extends support', () => {
       const html = await $fetch('/foo')
       expect(html).toContain('Plugin | foo: String generated from foo plugin!')
     })
+
+    it('respects plugin ordering within layers', async () => {
+      const html = await $fetch('/plugins/ordering')
+      expect(html).toContain('catchall at plugins')
+    })
   })
 
   describe('server', () => {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/plugins/09.layer-plugin-pre.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/plugins/09.layer-plugin-pre.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b2f5c9f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/plugins/09.layer-plugin-pre.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
+  nuxtApp.provide('layerPluginPre', 'layer-plugin')
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/plugins/11.layer-plugin-post.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/plugins/11.layer-plugin-post.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..786ea4113f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/plugins/11.layer-plugin-post.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
+  nuxtApp.provide('layerPluginPost', 'layer-plugin')
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/plugins/10.layer-ordering.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/plugins/10.layer-ordering.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04c2e492c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/plugins/10.layer-ordering.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
+  if (useRoute().path === '/plugins/ordering') {
+    if (!nuxtApp.$layerPluginPre) {
+      throw createError('layer plugin failed to run before end project plugin')
+    }
+    if (!nuxtApp.$layerPluginPost) {
+      throw createError('layer plugin failed to run before end project plugin')
+    }
+  }
+})