diff --git a/src/rules/order.js b/src/rules/order.js
index 827beb9238..bf1fdbb2b6 100644
--- a/src/rules/order.js
+++ b/src/rules/order.js
@@ -246,14 +246,34 @@ function getSorter(ascending) {
   return function importsSorter(importA, importB) {
     let result = 0;
 
-    const A = importA.split('/');
-    const B = importB.split('/');
-    
-    if (A < B) {
-      result = -1;
-    } else if (A > B) {
-      result = 1;
-    } 
+    if (!importA.includes('/') && !importB.includes('/')) {
+      if (importA < importB) {
+        result = -1;
+      } else if (importA > importB) {
+        result = 1;
+      } else {
+        result = 0;
+      }
+    } else {
+      const A = importA.split('/');
+      const B = importB.split('/');
+      const a = A.length
+      const b = B.length
+
+      for (var i = 0; i < Math.min(a,b); i++) {
+        if (A[i] < B[i]) {
+          result = -1;
+          break;
+        } else if (A[i] > B[i]) {
+          result = 1;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (!result && a != b) {
+        result = a < b ? -1 : 1
+      }
+    }
     
     return result * multiplier;
   };
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/order.js b/tests/src/rules/order.js
index 04bfdeac80..da3e96104d 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/order.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/order.js
@@ -705,6 +705,17 @@ ruleTester.run('order', rule, {
       `,
       options: [{ alphabetize: { order: 'desc' } }],
     }),
+    // Option alphabetize: {order: 'desc'} and move nested import entries closer to the main import entry with file names having non-alphanumeric characters.
+    test({
+      code: `
+        import b from "foo-bar";
+        import c from "foo,bar";
+        import d from "foo/barfoo";
+        import a from "foo";`,
+      options: [{
+          alphabetize: { order: 'desc' },
+        }],
+    }),
     // Option alphabetize with newlines-between: {order: 'asc', newlines-between: 'always'}
     test({
       code: `