diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 646cb44877..69edabf07a 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -667,29 +667,57 @@ func (srv *Server) ImagePull(localName string, tag string, out io.Writer, sf *ut
 
 // Retrieve the all the images to be uploaded in the correct order
 // Note: we can't use a map as it is not ordered
-func (srv *Server) getImageList(localRepo map[string]string) ([]*registry.ImgData, error) {
-	var imgList []*registry.ImgData
+func (srv *Server) getImageList(localRepo map[string]string) ([][]*registry.ImgData, error) {
+	imgList := map[string]*registry.ImgData{}
+	depGraph := utils.NewDependencyGraph()
 
-	imageSet := make(map[string]struct{})
 	for tag, id := range localRepo {
 		img, err := srv.runtime.graph.Get(id)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		img.WalkHistory(func(img *Image) error {
-			if _, exists := imageSet[img.ID]; exists {
+		depGraph.NewNode(img.ID)
+		img.WalkHistory(func(current *Image) error {
+			imgList[current.ID] = &registry.ImgData{
+				ID: current.ID,
+				Tag: tag,
+			}
+			parent, err := current.GetParent()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if parent == nil {
 				return nil
 			}
-			imageSet[img.ID] = struct{}{}
-
-			imgList = append([]*registry.ImgData{{
-				ID:  img.ID,
-				Tag: tag,
-			}}, imgList...)
+			depGraph.NewNode(parent.ID)
+			depGraph.AddDependency(current.ID, parent.ID)
 			return nil
 		})
 	}
-	return imgList, nil
+
+	traversalMap, err := depGraph.GenerateTraversalMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	utils.Debugf("Traversal map: %v", traversalMap)
+	result := [][]*registry.ImgData{}
+	for _, round := range traversalMap {
+		dataRound := []*registry.ImgData{}
+		for _, imgID := range round {
+			dataRound = append(dataRound, imgList[imgID])
+		}
+		result = append(result, dataRound)
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+func flatten(slc [][]*registry.ImgData) []*registry.ImgData {
+	result := []*registry.ImgData{}
+	for _, x := range slc {
+		result = append(result, x...)
+	}
+	return result
 }
 
 func (srv *Server) pushRepository(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, localName, remoteName string, localRepo map[string]string, indexEp string, sf *utils.StreamFormatter) error {
@@ -698,39 +726,43 @@ func (srv *Server) pushRepository(r *registry.Registry, out io.Writer, localName
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	flattenedImgList := flatten(imgList)
 	out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Sending image list"))
 
 	var repoData *registry.RepositoryData
-	repoData, err = r.PushImageJSONIndex(indexEp, remoteName, imgList, false, nil)
+	repoData, err = r.PushImageJSONIndex(indexEp, remoteName, flattenedImgList, false, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	for _, ep := range repoData.Endpoints {
 		out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Pushing repository %s (%d tags)", localName, len(localRepo)))
-		// For each image within the repo, push them
-		for _, elem := range imgList {
-			if _, exists := repoData.ImgList[elem.ID]; exists {
-				out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Image %s already pushed, skipping", elem.ID))
-				continue
-			} else if r.LookupRemoteImage(elem.ID, ep, repoData.Tokens) {
-				out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Image %s already pushed, skipping", elem.ID))
-				continue
-			}
-			if checksum, err := srv.pushImage(r, out, remoteName, elem.ID, ep, repoData.Tokens, sf); err != nil {
-				// FIXME: Continue on error?
-				return err
-			} else {
-				elem.Checksum = checksum
-			}
-			out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Pushing tags for rev [%s] on {%s}", elem.ID, ep+"repositories/"+remoteName+"/tags/"+elem.Tag))
-			if err := r.PushRegistryTag(remoteName, elem.ID, elem.Tag, ep, repoData.Tokens); err != nil {
-				return err
+		// This section can not be parallelized (each round depends on the previous one)
+		for _, round := range imgList {
+			// FIXME: This section can be parallelized
+			for _, elem := range round {
+				if _, exists := repoData.ImgList[elem.ID]; exists {
+					out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Image %s already pushed, skipping", elem.ID))
+					continue
+				} else if r.LookupRemoteImage(elem.ID, ep, repoData.Tokens) {
+					out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Image %s already pushed, skipping", elem.ID))
+					continue
+				}
+				if checksum, err := srv.pushImage(r, out, remoteName, elem.ID, ep, repoData.Tokens, sf); err != nil {
+					// FIXME: Continue on error?
+					return err
+				} else {
+					elem.Checksum = checksum
+				}
+				out.Write(sf.FormatStatus("", "Pushing tags for rev [%s] on {%s}", elem.ID, ep+"repositories/"+remoteName+"/tags/"+elem.Tag))
+				if err := r.PushRegistryTag(remoteName, elem.ID, elem.Tag, ep, repoData.Tokens); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	if _, err := r.PushImageJSONIndex(indexEp, remoteName, imgList, true, repoData.Endpoints); err != nil {
+	if _, err := r.PushImageJSONIndex(indexEp, remoteName, flattenedImgList, true, repoData.Endpoints); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index e8cf08aaba..b761da0fbd 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -889,3 +889,119 @@ func UserLookup(uid string) (*user.User, error) {
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("User not found in /etc/passwd")
 }
+
+type DependencyGraph struct{
+	nodes map[string]*DependencyNode
+}
+
+type DependencyNode struct{
+	id 		string
+	deps	map[*DependencyNode]bool
+}
+
+func NewDependencyGraph() DependencyGraph {
+	return DependencyGraph{
+		nodes: map[string]*DependencyNode{},
+	}
+}
+
+func (graph *DependencyGraph) addNode(node *DependencyNode) string {
+	if graph.nodes[node.id] == nil {
+		graph.nodes[node.id] = node
+	}
+	return node.id
+}
+
+func (graph *DependencyGraph) NewNode(id string) string {
+	if graph.nodes[id] != nil {
+		return id
+	}
+	nd := &DependencyNode{
+		id: id,
+		deps: map[*DependencyNode]bool{},
+	}
+	graph.addNode(nd)
+	return id
+}
+
+func (graph *DependencyGraph) AddDependency(node, to string) error {
+	if graph.nodes[node] == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Node %s does not belong to this graph", node)
+	}
+
+	if graph.nodes[to] == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Node %s does not belong to this graph", to)
+	}
+
+	if node == to {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Dependency loops are forbidden!")
+	}
+
+	graph.nodes[node].addDependency(graph.nodes[to])
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (node *DependencyNode) addDependency(to *DependencyNode) bool {
+	node.deps[to] = true
+	return node.deps[to]
+}
+
+func (node *DependencyNode) Degree() int {
+	return len(node.deps)
+}
+
+// The magic happens here ::
+func (graph *DependencyGraph) GenerateTraversalMap() ([][]string, error) {
+	Debugf("Generating traversal map. Nodes: %d", len(graph.nodes))
+	result := [][]string{}
+	processed := map[*DependencyNode]bool{}
+	// As long as we haven't processed all nodes...
+	for len(processed) < len(graph.nodes) {
+		// Use a temporary buffer for processed nodes, otherwise
+		// nodes that depend on each other could end up in the same round.
+		tmp_processed := []*DependencyNode{}
+		for _, node := range graph.nodes {
+			// If the node has more dependencies than what we have cleared,
+			// it won't be valid for this round.
+			if node.Degree() > len(processed) {
+				continue
+			}
+			// If it's already processed, get to the next one
+			if processed[node] {
+				continue
+			}
+			// It's not been processed yet and has 0 deps. Add it!
+			// (this is a shortcut for what we're doing below)
+			if node.Degree() == 0 {
+				tmp_processed = append(tmp_processed, node)
+				continue
+			}
+			// If at least one dep hasn't been processed yet, we can't
+			// add it.
+			ok := true
+			for dep, _ := range node.deps {
+				if !processed[dep] {
+					ok = false
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			// All deps have already been processed. Add it!
+			if ok {
+				tmp_processed = append(tmp_processed, node)
+			}
+		}
+		Debugf("Round %d: found %d available nodes", len(result), len(tmp_processed))
+		// If no progress has been made this round, 
+		// that means we have circular dependencies.
+		if len(tmp_processed) == 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not find a solution to this dependency graph")
+		}
+		round := []string{}
+		for _, nd := range tmp_processed {
+			round = append(round, nd.id)
+			processed[nd] = true
+		}
+		result = append(result, round)
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
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diff --git a/utils/utils_test.go b/utils/utils_test.go
index 3341650860..be796b2381 100644
--- a/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -365,3 +365,60 @@ func TestParseRelease(t *testing.T) {
 	assertParseRelease(t, "3.4.54.longterm-1", &KernelVersionInfo{Kernel: 3, Major: 4, Minor: 54, Flavor: "1"}, 0)
 	assertParseRelease(t, "3.8.0-19-generic", &KernelVersionInfo{Kernel: 3, Major: 8, Minor: 0, Flavor: "19-generic"}, 0)
 }
+
+
+func TestDependencyGraphCircular(t *testing.T) {
+	g1 := NewDependencyGraph()
+	a := g1.NewNode("a")
+	b := g1.NewNode("b")
+	g1.AddDependency(a, b)
+	g1.AddDependency(b, a)
+	res, err := g1.GenerateTraversalMap()
+	if res != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected nil result")
+	}
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected error (circular graph can not be resolved)")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDependencyGraph(t *testing.T) {
+	g1 := NewDependencyGraph()
+	a := g1.NewNode("a")
+	b := g1.NewNode("b")
+	c := g1.NewNode("c")
+	d := g1.NewNode("d")
+	g1.AddDependency(b, a)
+	g1.AddDependency(c, a)
+	g1.AddDependency(d, c)
+	g1.AddDependency(d, b)
+	res, err := g1.GenerateTraversalMap()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%s", err)
+	}
+
+	if res == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected nil result")
+	}
+
+	if len(res) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected map of length 3, found %d instead", len(res))
+	}
+
+	if len(res[0]) != 1 || res[0][0] != "a" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected [a], found %v instead", res[0])
+	}
+
+	if len(res[1]) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected 2 nodes for step 2, found %d", len(res[1]))
+	}
+
+	if (res[1][0] != "b" && res[1][1] != "b") || (res[1][0] != "c" && res[1][1] != "c") {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected [b, c], found %v instead", res[1])
+	}
+
+	if len(res[2]) != 1 || res[2][0] != "d" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected [d], found %v instead", res[2])
+	}
+}
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