diff --git a/netbox/extras/api/views.py b/netbox/extras/api/views.py
index 3f5bb172a..facb1b17a 100644
--- a/netbox/extras/api/views.py
+++ b/netbox/extras/api/views.py
@@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ class TagViewSet(NetBoxModelViewSet):
 
 
 class TaggedItemViewSet(RetrieveModelMixin, ListModelMixin, BaseViewSet):
-    queryset = TaggedItem.objects.prefetch_related('content_type', 'content_object', 'tag')
+    queryset = TaggedItem.objects.prefetch_related(
+        'content_type', 'content_object', 'tag'
+    ).order_by('tag__weight', 'tag__name')
     serializer_class = serializers.TaggedItemSerializer
     filterset_class = filtersets.TaggedItemFilterSet