diff --git a/doc/development/api/payment.rst b/doc/development/api/payment.rst
index 747e0229a0..5f097e25d7 100644
--- a/doc/development/api/payment.rst
+++ b/doc/development/api/payment.rst
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ The provider class
 
    .. autoattribute:: is_enabled
 
+   .. autoattribute:: priority
+
    .. autoattribute:: settings_form_fields
 
    .. automethod:: settings_form_clean
diff --git a/src/pretix/base/models/event.py b/src/pretix/base/models/event.py
index 6eadc8e5f2..fbee95c12a 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/models/event.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/models/event.py
@@ -632,7 +632,9 @@ class Event(EventMixin, LoggedModel):
                     pp = p(self)
                     providers[pp.identifier] = pp
 
-            self._cached_payment_providers = OrderedDict(sorted(providers.items(), key=lambda v: str(v[1].verbose_name)))
+            self._cached_payment_providers = OrderedDict(sorted(
+                providers.items(), key=lambda v: (-v[1].priority, str(v[1].verbose_name))
+            ))
         return self._cached_payment_providers
 
     def get_html_mail_renderer(self):
diff --git a/src/pretix/base/payment.py b/src/pretix/base/payment.py
index b4df86cfbd..1c88106e04 100644
--- a/src/pretix/base/payment.py
+++ b/src/pretix/base/payment.py
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ class BasePaymentProvider:
         """
         return False
 
+    @property
+    def priority(self) -> int:
+        """
+        Returns a priority that is used for sorting payment providers. Higher priority means higher up in the list.
+        Default to 100. Providers with same priority are sorted alphabetically.
+        """
+        return 100
+
     @property
     def is_enabled(self) -> bool:
         """
@@ -925,6 +933,7 @@ class OffsettingProvider(BasePaymentProvider):
 class GiftCardPayment(BasePaymentProvider):
     identifier = "giftcard"
     verbose_name = _("Gift card")
+    priority = 10
 
     @property
     def settings_form_fields(self):