diff --git a/common/configdb.cpp b/common/configdb.cpp
index ececb2d3f..af49024a1 100644
--- a/common/configdb.cpp
+++ b/common/configdb.cpp
@@ -233,6 +233,30 @@ void ConfigDBConnector_Native::mod_config(const map<string, map<string, map<stri
     }
 }
 
+// Write multiple tables into config db.
+//    Extra entries/fields in the db which are not in the data are kept.
+//    This version accepts an additional "order" parameter containing the table names
+//    to update in order.
+void ConfigDBConnector_Native::mod_config(const unordered_map<string, map<string, map<string, string>>>& data,
+                                          const vector<string>& order)
+{
+    for (auto const& table_name: order)
+    {
+        auto const& table_data_iter = data.find(table_name);
+        if (table_data_iter == data.end() || table_data_iter->second.empty() )
+        {
+            delete_table(table_name);
+            continue;
+        }
+        for (auto const& ie: table_data_iter->second)
+        {
+            string key = ie.first;
+            auto const& fvs = ie.second;
+            mod_entry(table_name, key, fvs);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Read all config data.
 // Returns:
 //     Config data in a dictionary form of
@@ -424,6 +448,35 @@ void ConfigDBPipeConnector_Native::mod_config(const map<string, map<string, map<
     pipe.exec();
 }
 
+// Write multiple tables into config db.
+//    Extra entries/fields in the db which are not in the data are kept.
+//    This version accepts an additional "order" parameter containing the table names
+//    to update in order.
+void ConfigDBPipeConnector_Native::mod_config(const unordered_map<string, map<string, map<string, string>>>& data,
+                                              const vector<string>& order)
+{
+    auto& client = get_redis_client(m_db_name);
+    DBConnector clientPipe(client);
+    RedisTransactioner pipe(&clientPipe);
+    pipe.multi();
+    for (auto const& table_name: order)
+    {
+        auto const& table_data_iter = data.find(table_name);
+        if (table_data_iter == data.end() || table_data_iter->second.empty() )
+        {
+            _delete_table(client, pipe, table_name);
+            continue;
+        }
+        for (auto const& it: table_data_iter->second)
+        {
+            auto& key = it.first;
+            _mod_entry(pipe, table_name, key, it.second);
+        }
+    }
+    pipe.exec();
+}
+
+
 // Read config data in batches of size REDIS_SCAN_BATCH_SIZE using Redis pipelines
 // Args:
 //     client: Redis client
diff --git a/common/configdb.h b/common/configdb.h
index 1611117a8..dbd8cef1f 100644
--- a/common/configdb.h
+++ b/common/configdb.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class ConfigDBConnector_Native : public SonicV2Connector_Native
     std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>> get_table(std::string table);
     void delete_table(std::string table);
     virtual void mod_config(const std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>>& data);
+    virtual void mod_config(const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>>& data,
+                            const std::vector<std::string>& order);
     virtual std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>> get_config();
 
     std::string getKeySeparator() const;
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ func NewConfigDBConnector(a ...interface{}) *ConfigDBConnector {
                     raw_key = self.serialize_key(key)
                     raw_data = self.typed_to_raw(data)
                     raw_config[table_name][raw_key] = raw_data
-            super(ConfigDBConnector, self).mod_config(raw_config)
+            super(ConfigDBConnector, self).mod_config(raw_config, list(raw_config))
 
         def mod_entry(self, table, key, data):
             key = self.serialize_key(key)
@@ -331,6 +333,8 @@ class ConfigDBPipeConnector_Native: public ConfigDBConnector_Native
 
     void set_entry(std::string table, std::string key, const std::map<std::string, std::string>& data) override;
     void mod_config(const std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>>& data) override;
+    void mod_config(const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>>& data,
+                    const std::vector<std::string>& order) override;
     std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>> get_config() override;
 
 private:
diff --git a/pyext/swsscommon.i b/pyext/swsscommon.i
index b3d015e03..49bba75da 100644
--- a/pyext/swsscommon.i
+++ b/pyext/swsscommon.i
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 %include <std_map.i>
 %include <std_deque.i>
 #ifdef SWIGPYTHON
+%include <std_unordered_map.i>
 %include <std_shared_ptr.i>
 #endif
 %include <typemaps.i>
@@ -81,6 +82,9 @@
 %template(ScanResult) std::pair<int64_t, std::vector<std::string>>;
 %template(GetTableResult) std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>;
 %template(GetConfigResult) std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>>;
+#ifdef SWIGPYTHON
+%template(GetUnorderedConfigResult) std::unordered_map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::map<std::string, std::string>>>;
+#endif
 %template(GetInstanceListResult) std::map<std::string, swss::RedisInstInfo>;
 %template(KeyOpFieldsValuesQueue) std::deque<std::tuple<std::string, std::string, std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>>>>;
 %template(VectorSonicDbKey) std::vector<swss::SonicDBKey>;
diff --git a/tests/test_redis_ut.py b/tests/test_redis_ut.py
index bf395a34f..7ee5b93e2 100644
--- a/tests/test_redis_ut.py
+++ b/tests/test_redis_ut.py
@@ -831,6 +831,64 @@ def test_ConfigDBConnector_with_statement(self):
     # check close() method called by with statement
     ConfigDBConnector.close.assert_called_once_with()
 
+def _test_ConfigDBConnectorSetOrder(cls):
+    table_name_1 = "PREFIX_SET"
+    table_name_2 = "PREFIX"
+    inp = {
+        table_name_1: {
+            "test_prefix_set": {
+                "mode": "IPv4"
+            }
+        },
+        table_name_2: {
+            "test_prefix_set|10.1.0.0/24|exact": {
+                "action": "permit"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret_queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
+
+    def thread_listen(ret_queue):
+        config_db = ConfigDBConnector()
+        config_db.connect(wait_for_init=False)
+
+        def handler(table, key, data):
+            print('thread_listen received', table, key, data)
+            ret_queue.put(table)
+
+        config_db.subscribe(table_name_1, handler)
+        config_db.subscribe(table_name_2, handler)
+        config_db.listen()
+
+    config_db = cls()
+    config_db.connect(wait_for_init=False)
+    client = config_db.get_redis_client(config_db.CONFIG_DB)
+    client.flushdb()
+
+    listener = multiprocessing.Process(target=thread_listen, args=(ret_queue,))
+    listener.start()
+
+    # Wait until the listener has connected before modifying the config
+    time.sleep(2)
+
+    try:
+        config_db.mod_config(inp)
+        # Check that items are added to the queue in order
+        assert ret_queue.get(timeout=5) == table_name_1
+        assert ret_queue.get(timeout=5) == table_name_2
+    finally:
+        listener.terminate()
+
+def test_ConfigDBConnectorSetOrder():
+    """Check that ConfigDBConnector::mod_config updates tables in order of the
+    input Python dict"""
+    _test_ConfigDBConnectorSetOrder(ConfigDBConnector)
+
+def test_ConfigDBPipeConnectorSetOrder():
+    """Check that ConfigDBPipeConnector::mod_config updates tables in order of the
+    input Python dict"""
+    _test_ConfigDBConnectorSetOrder(ConfigDBPipeConnector)
 
 def test_SmartSwitchDBConnector():
     test_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -878,4 +936,3 @@ def test_TableOpsMemoryLeak():
         t.set("long_data", fvs)
         t.get("long_data")
     assert psutil.Process(os.getpid()).memory_info().rss - rss < OP_COUNT
-